The role of hydrogen in decarbonising economies – Join the Asset Management Council Melbourne Chapter for it’s upcoming webinar:
Date: Wednesday, 23 November 2022
Time: 1pm – 2pm AEDT
Place: Online, register to be sent your link
Cost: Free for AMCouncil members, otherwise $50
Earn: 1 CPD point
Hydrogen can be seen as a means of storing clean energy, to support direct use of renewables and other storage forms such as batteries. Its use for the harder to abate areas of the global economy – those that cannot be feasibly serviced by electricity or batteries alone – supports not only decarbonisation but also energy security and reliability.
And by supporting and allowing green electricity to reach scale we are all supporting diversity of energy supply. In a world where oil and gas can be used by hostile nations as bargaining chips, using the sun and wind to make electricity – and storing and exporting it as hydrogen and its derivatives – also fundamentally supports nations’ and regions’ economic and national security.
But what does it take to get there? There is much to be done, and work is occurring across the globe to understand the task, test options and get to technological and commercial readiness. This presentation outlines where we are up to and what still needs to happen.
Fiona Simon is the CEO of the Australian Hydrogen Council (AHC), the peak body for the Australian hydrogen industry.
AHC connects the hydrogen industry and its stakeholders in building a secure, clean and resilient energy future based on hydrogen. AHC’s members are from a range of sectors, including energy, transport, consulting, banking and technology.