08:00
Registration and welcome coffee
08:50
Opening remarks from the chair
Christine Kininmonth
Journalist & Presenter
SETTING THE FRAMEWORK FOR A VIABLE HYDROGEN ECONOMY
09:00
Delivering value in the hydrogen supply chain - the path to commercial hydrogen
- Evolving to deliver whole of network decarbonisation for domestic and industrial customers
- What incentives should the federal government be offering to kick start a viable hydrogen economy?
- Assessing the practicalities and financial outcomes (long and short term)
- Learnings from AGIG’s current projects (HyP SA, HyP Gladstone, the Australian Hydrogen Centre, WA feasibility, Market Sounding)
Ben Wilson
Chief Executive Officer
AGIG
09:25
Overview of BloombergNEF's independent analysis and outlook for a hydrogen economy
- Producing, storing and transporting hydrogen, with estimates for delivered costs
- Economics of using hydrogen to decarbonize the hard-to-abate sectors
- Estimating of the amount of subsidy and investment required for scale-up
Kobad Bhavnagri
Global Head of Industry and Building Decarbonization
BloombergNEF
09:50
Building a workable regulatory environment to facilitate the hydrogen economy
- Ensuring the certification process for hydrogen production are robust but practical enough to encourage growth
- Can current market registration process accommodate new hydrogen and renewable gas production?
- Implications of ring-fencing for owners and producers of hydrogen
- Matching the National Gas Rules (NGR 79 and NGR 91) to expenditure incurred blending of hydrogen into existing networks and implications for the wider hydrogen economy
- What is the impact on the retail market from blending hydrogen into natural gas network?
Dennis Van Puyvelde
Head of Gas
Energy Networks Australia
10:15
Morning tea
10:45
Accurately predicting the costs of discrete elements of the value chain and how they will change over time
- What scales of infrastructure will deliver the most economic outcomes?
- What are the barriers/triggers that could reduce costs?
- Where will the water come from?
- Who will be the domestic users/buyers of hydrogen?
James Hetherington
Manager of Hydrogen Strategy
Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources
Strategies to make hydrogen happen - seed funding, subsidies and investment
11:10
Technical and financial implications of a fully integrated renewable hydrogen supply chain
ARENA have funded BP Australia to assess the feasibility of building a renewable hydrogen and ammonia production facility in Geraldton, Western Australia. The feasibility study is expected to be completed by February 2021.
- Producing renewable hydrogen and ammonia at a competitive price
- Scaling up to produce hydrogen for domestic use and export
Nicholas Shaw
Head of Strategy and Low Carbon Energy
BP Australia
11:35
Investment strategies for large scale hydrogen projects
Hear how ARENA and the CEFC are working to resolve the issues hobbling the hydrogen economy (high production costs, limited regulatory frameworks, under-developed end-use markets and insufficient demand to attract investment in projects) and to make hydrogen a viable power choice.
Rupert Maloney
Head of Hydrogen
Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC)
Matt Walden
Transactions and Business Development
Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
12:05
Lunch
13:05
PANEL DISCUSSION: How will investors move hydrogen from niche to mainstream?
- What is needed to build a commercial supply chain with reasonable costs, timeframes and off take?
- How can commercial demand for hydrogen be driven what government incentives are needed?
- What are institutional investors looking for when assessing large scale hydrogen investments?
Moderator:
Christine Kininmonth
Journalist & Presenter
Panellists:
Kate Vidgen
Senior Managing Director & Global Head of Oil and Gas Principal
Macquarie Capital
Edgare Kerkwijk
Board Member
Asia Pacific Hydrogen Association
David Grabau
Senior Investment Specialist, Resources and Energy
Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade)
13:50
Facilitating opportunities for the production and use of renewable hydrogen in Tasmania
- Enabling initial investment in renewable hydrogen production and end-use technologies in Tasmania
- Facilitating export based large-scale renewable hydrogen investments
- Pathways from initial demonstration projects toward large-scale renewable hydrogen developments
Sean Terry
Chief of Staff, Minister for State Growth, Minister for Energy, Minister for Environment, Parks and Heritage
Tasmanian Government
Accurately costing the feasibility of hydrogen projects
14:15
Investing in renewable hydrogen (pre-recorded commentary)
The Hon. Adam Bandt
Member for Melbourne
Australian Federal Government
14:25
PANEL DISCUSSION: Which direction makes most sense: straight to green hydrogen or a transition through brown, grey and blue?
- Is there a legitimate need for staged transition?
- Is it wasteful to build non-green hydrogen infrastructure if green is the ultimate goal?
- Comparing emissions profiles and end to end efficiency of various H2 supply chains
Moderator:
Christine Kininmonth
Journalist & Presenter
Panellists:
Ken Dragoon
Executive Director
Renewable Hydrogen Alliance (USA)
Jeremy Stone
Non Executive Director & Advisor
J Power
Sandra Lau
Alternative Fuels Manager
Viva Energy Australia
15:10
Afternoon tea
15:40
PANEL DISCUSSION: How do industry partnerships impact on the cost of deploying hydrogen at scale?
- What lessons should be taken from current international commercial-scale projects across the supply chain?
- How relevant overseas experiences relevant when forecasting costs? What factors will make Australia different?
- Is a systematic cooperative approach the key to economies of scale and cost reductions?
Moderator:
Christine Kininmonth
Journalist & Presenter
Panellists:
Kathryn Horlin
Principal, Low Emissions Technology
BHP
Michael Dolan
Manager Hydrogen
Fortescue Metals Group
Andrew Tan
President & Chief Executive Officer Australia
Chiyoda Corporation
Luke Blackbourn
Manager Government & External Relations
Yara Pilbra
16:25
How can Stanwell’s 10 MW hydrogen electrolyser project help create a pathway to a commercially viable hydrogen industry?
- Evaluating the ideal operating conditions for electrolysers at scale
- Assessing commercial opportunities for hydrogen in domestic and international markets
- Taking advantage of the Central Queensland site location
- The value of ARENA support
Stephen Quilter
Executive General Manager Energy Trading and Commercial Strategy
Stanwell
16:50
Heavy industry using hydrogen power at scale to decarbonise operations (Live video presentation)
- Anglo American is developing a hydrogen-powered ultra-class electric mining haul truck for use at the Mogalakwena platinum mine in South Africa.
- Determining the economic feasibility of hydrogen powered trucks at the world’s biggest open cut mine
- Working with OEMs to adapt existing equipment for hydrogen batteries
- Maximising the energy savings and increased efficiency of renewable hydrogen
- Leveraging commercial implementation – partnerships and licensing arising out of new technologies
Julian Soles
Head of Technology Development, Mining & Sustainability
Anglo American (UK)
17:15
Scaling up pilot projects into commercial hydrogen production
- Ensuring profitability when securing connections, offtake agreements, capital raising and planning permission
- Choosing the right site for industrial hydrogen – environmental, regulatory and optimum purchasing conditions
- Can hydrogen can be cost-competitive with existing ‘green’ energy generation technology?
- What Horizon have learned so far from the Denham solar powered hydrogen plant
Stephanie Unwin
Chief Executive Officer
Horizon Power
17:40
Closing remarks from the Chair
17:45
End of day one and networking drinks