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Five Irish teams compete for €1 million gas decarbonisation prize
Gas Networks Ireland said on 11 November 2026 that five Irish research teams are competing for a €1 million prize under its Research Ireland Innovation Challenge, part of a €2.6 million programme to decarbonise the gas network. The teams presented ideas covering seaweed, plastic waste and artificial intelligence at an event at TU Dublin's Grangegorman campus. Each team has received initial funding and now enters a seed phase ahead of a final prize round concluding next year.
Our readThe prize money is modest next to the gas network's decarbonisation bill, but it shows Gas Networks Ireland trying to build a pipeline of home-grown technology rather than importing it.
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