Professor Michael Goodsite
The Hon Guy Barnett
The Hon Kim Richards
The Hon Alannah MacTiernanHear the heads of hydrogen from the Department of Energy and Public Works (Queensland) and NSW Department of Planning and Environment discuss how their policies are giving the certainty needed to progress hydrogen from a fledgling sector to major industry through incentives for reducing costs, establishing distribution networks and corresponding infrastructure for local and export markets. Two short presentations, followed by a moderated Q&A.
Moderator:
Vincent Dwyer
Principal
Energy Estate
Chris Shaw
Deputy Director-General of Hydrogen Division
Department of Energy and Public Works (Queensland)
Tim Stock
Director of Hydrogen & Clean Energy
NSW Department of Planning and Environment
- Comparing international funding support and strategies outlined by different governments
- Evaluating the value of existing subsidies and tax regimes
- What incentivises hydrogen offtake?
- Analysing the impact of carbon taxes on hydrogen developments
Amy Philbrook
Future Fuels and Renewables
ATCO
- Focusing on getting the policy settings right in Australia
- What does it take to get off the drawing board and past FID (final decision in investment)?
- Ensuring regulation is driven by/appropriate to the current realities of the Australian energy market
Vikram Singh
Head of Hydrogen Development
Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG)
- Defining the breakthrough technologies required to make the Australian hydrogen industry more efficient and less expensive
- Prioritising the technology that will close the gaps and allow a hydrogen market to develop
- Highlighting Australian technology in the growing global industry
Miranda Taylor
Chief Executive Officer
National Energy Resources Australia (NERA)
- Building a realistic business plan that does not depend on a hypothetical hydrogen energy chain or market
- Mapping out pathways for taking a project to commercial operation
- Defining the customers for large-scale production and value adding of hydrogen and related chemicals
David Heard
Executive Director, Australia
Hiringa
The Hon Lily D’Ambrosio
The Hon Matt Kean- How can we overcome the need for a large-scale ‘hydrogen economy’ to create market-specific projects?
- What actual costs and performance do hydrogen projects need to achieve to be commercially viable?
- What are the most productive ways of working within the existing value chain to put hydrogen on a commercial footing as soon as possible?
- When can profit be realistically expected?
Moderator:
Miranda Taylor
Chief Executive Officer
National Energy Resources Australia (NERA)
Panellists:
Surena Ho
Senior Commercial Manager - Corporate Development
Osaka Gas Australia
Saul Kavonic
Head of Integrated Energy, Resources and Carbon Research
Credit Suisse
Chang Wang
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Monash University
- Assessing the development path for hydrogen projects in Australia
- Exploring financial, strategic and operational risk mitigation to increase bankability and maximise financing options
- Planning for market changes and technological advances: electricity cost optimisation, electrolyser CAPEX, scalability, cost roadmaps and technologies to increase yield
- Considering capital structure options for hydrogen investments
- Carbon pricing as a de-risker for hydrogen projects
- Enabling decarbonisation through domestic hydrogen development
- Blending 10-20% hydrogen into existing network infrastructure
- Displacing natural gas with hydrogen during times of abundant renewable electricity availability
- Analysing the role of a Renewable Gas Target (RGT) and certification on project development and commercialisation
- Scrutinising cost resilience, security of supply, and social licence
Peter Harcus
General Manager Assets and Operations, Gas Distribution
Jemena
- What are the defining parameters for projects offering realistic ROIs?
- How can sizable syndication of finance be achieved?
- How critical are offtake agreements and can projects move forward without guaranteed buyers/users?
- What are the key success factors for reaching Final Investment Decision (FID)?
- Without offtake agreements, how can we make a dynamic yet reliable enough market to ensure active trading (a hydrogen trading platform?)
Moderator:
Mark McCallum
Chief Executive Officer
Low Emissions Technology Australia (LETA)
Panellists:
Clark Butler
Director
Zero Industrials
Ignacio Hernandez
CEO Asia Pacific & Global CFO
HIF Global
Alex McIntosh
Director
Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
Iain MacGill
Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications
University of NSW (UNSW)
- How do you ensure the hydrogen you create is what buyers looking for?
- What is the impact of location?
- How quickly can hydrogen become the fuel-of-first-choice for users in specific sectors?
- How critical are guaranteed buyers? Is it advisable to start without a concrete offtake agreement?
Moderator:
Mendo Kundevski
Director, Energy Transition
S&P Global Australia
Panellists:
Gina Bozinovski
Managing Director
LINE Hydrogen
Vicky Au
Deputy Lead, Hydrogen Industry Mission
CSIRO
Steve Hoy
Chief Executive Officer
Enosi Australia