Program

Location: Main Building Lobby

Sponsored by Fortis BC

Catalyst H2 Welcome Remarks by Janice Lin, President & Founder of Green Hydrogen Coalition

Rich Voorberg, President, Siemens Energy North America, shares his perspective what needs to be addressed to accelerate the green hydrogen economy in North America, including P2X, the impacts of the IRA, as well as sharing lighthouse project examples from around the world.

Free and open to all conference attendees, an exciting display of green hydrogen technology featuring Toyota and Hyzon’s Class 8 trucks and GKN Hydrogen's metal hydride hydrogen storage will be on display in front of the Lagunita Pavilion at the Hotel Maya.

This keynote session will focus on the opportunity for a GH2 hub in the Carolinas and what it will mean for deep, multi-sectoral decarbonization, local economic development, and regional and international collaboration/integration.

Learning Objectives:

1. Learn about the "ingredients" that make the Southeast an ideal location for a mass-scale, high-impact GH2 hub.

2. Hear from local leaders on the role GH2 plays in their decarbonization planning, and the potential for this resource to deliver regional climate, economic, and community benefits.

Panelists:

• Swati Daji, Senior VP, Duke Energy

• Dave Miracle, Corporate Sustainability Manager, Nucor Corporation

• Richard Voorberg, President, North America, Siemens Energy

• Moderator: Janice Lin, Founder and President, Green Hydrogen Coalition

At the Global Clean Energy Action Forum on September 22, 2022, the U.S. announced $94 billion of global public funding to accelerate clean energy development. As part of this announcement, the Department of Energy announced a $7 billion Request for Proposals to advance clean hydrogen hubs in the U.S. Hear insights from Dr. Satyapal on the implementation of Phase 1 of this exciting H2 Hubs opportunity.

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand the strategic alignment between the Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs FOA, National Hydrogen Strategy, and Inflation Reduction Act’s Production Tax Credit guidance.

2. Hear the latest from the U.S. Department of Energy on the Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs opportunity, and provide potential applicants with advice for a successful final application.

3. Share a vision for the national clean hydrogen strategy enabled by this funding.

Speaker:

• Sunita Satyapal, Director of the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

Sponsored by Stantec

Learn how a confluence of trends in the energy system transition are enabling the rapid growth of energy storage, and how green hydrogen is poised to play a key role globally in deepening and accelerating this shift featuring Paul Browning, Energy Transition Entrepreneur and ​Green Hydrogen Champion.

Learn about the latest developments at ACES Delta, North America’s largest GH2 project and a joint venture between Mitsubishi Power Americas and Magnum Development. Learn more about what project workstreams the U.S. Department of Energy’s $500 million loan will enable, and discuss the project's significant role in serving the U.S. West.

Learning Objectives:

1. Learn details on this momentous project, its status, and the landmark funding from the U.S. DOE Loan Programs Office.

2. Define the role this project will play to serve as a storage resource for the U.S. West.

3. Gather lessons learned for attendees across the country who are looking to secure project funding.

Speakers:

• Michael Ducker, Senior Vice President, Head of Hydrogen Infrastructure, Mitsubishi Power Americas

• Brian Mahar, Senior Communications & Public Affairs Consultant, DOE LPO

• John Ward, Communications Director, Intermountain Power Agency

• Moderator: Erin Childs, Director, Strategen

Hosted by Green Hydrogen Coalition with support from SoCal Gas

This session will address the role of pipeline transport for achieving a mass-scale green hydrogen economy, and why it has grown to become a low-cost solution for Europe’s clean energy transition.  Learn about the progress of the European Hydrogen Backbone Initiative and how the Ukraine conflict is accelerating both policy and commercial innovation and progress across the continent. This session will also address the need for similar infrastructure in the U.S., and best practices that the U.S. can take from the European experience.

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand the critical role of pipeline infrastructure in enabling a low-cost, mass scale, GH2 economy.

2. Learn about the progress of the European Hydrogen Backbone Initiative and the urgency for its development.

3. Understand the potential for utilizing and repurposing the U.S.'s existing natural gas pipeline network and how it can accelerate a regional and national clean/green hydrogen economy and a clean and just energy transition.

Speakers:

• Michael Healy, Chief Commercial Officer, Avantus

• John Jung, President, Energy Vault Solutions

• Joseph Ran, VP of Business Development, World Energy

• Moderator: Erin Childs, Director, Strategen Consulting

This session will address the role of pipeline transport for achieving a mass-scale green hydrogen economy, and why it has grown to become a low-cost solution for Europe’s clean energy transition.  Learn about the progress of the European Hydrogen Backbone Initiative and how the Ukraine conflict is accelerating both policy and commercial innovation and progress across the continent. This session will also address the need for similar infrastructure in the U.S., and best practices that the U.S. can take from the European experience.

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand the critical role of pipeline infrastructure in enabling a low-cost, mass scale, GH2 economy.

2. Learn about the progress of the European Hydrogen Backbone Initiative and the urgency for its development.

3. Understand the potential for utilizing and repurposing the U.S.'s existing natural gas pipeline network and how it can accelerate a regional and national clean/green hydrogen economy and a clean and just energy transition.

Panelists:

• Kyle Schaper, Business Development Lead - New Energy Ventures, Williams

• Daniel Muthmann, Head of Corporate Development, Strategy, Policy and Communication. OGE

• Neil Navin, Vice President, Clean Energy Innovations, Southern California Gas Company

• Moderator: Tanya Peacock, Board Secretary and Advocacy Committee Co-Chair, California Hydrogen Business Council

Sponsored by MCE

Electrolysis equipment has been commercially available for more than a century and is in the midst of massive global scale-up and innovation. Learn about different electrolysis approaches and manufacturing advancements that are reducing costs and engineering our path to a fossil-free future.

Learning Objectives:

1. Learn about the U.S.’s efforts in the manufacturing and deployment of electrolyzers to respond to the growing demand for GH2, and how project demand has gone from 1-10's of MWs to now 100's of MW).

2. Understand what key strategies are needed to improve electrolyzer design and construction, economies of scale, material selection, and system efficiency.

3. Hear from experts on their forecasts of what will be the biggest factor for system cost reductions for electrolyzer production.

4. Gain insights on potential impacts of supply chain issues for materials, and the subsequent potential impacts on electrolyzer costs and scale-up potential.

Speakers:

• Akhil Batheja, Business Development Director - Hydrogen, Bloom Energy

• Alex Panchula, VP Of Product Management, Electric Hydrogen Co.

• Steve Kloos, Chief Executive Officer, AquaHydrex

• Katy Perry, Business Development Manager, Siemens Energy

• Moderator: Jack Brouwer, Director of NFCRC and APEP, UC Irvine

Ammonia (NH3) is an internationally traded commodity produced from hydrogen and nitrogen that is supported today by a vast existing international network, including: port infrastructure, pipelines, and storage. Today, the hydrogen used in ammonia production is sourced from fossil fuels and has been subject to price volatility and shortages as a result of the conflict in Ukraine. Ammonia has many industrial uses, notably as a key ingredient in the production of fertilizer and as a potential decarbonized maritime shipping fuel. In this session, you'll learn about the potential for ammonia as a carrier for renewable hydrogen, and you'll hear an update about global progress to accelerate expanded infrastructure development, procurement,  and trade of green ammonia. Finally, learn what this can mean for the agricultural industry, maritime shipping industry, and GH2 international trade.

Learning Objectives:

1. Learn how ammonia is used in the agricultural sector today, including how it is produced and traded internationally.

2. Understand the opportunity to produce green ammonia with GH2.

3. Explore how green ammonia can serve as a hydrogen carrier to leverage existing port infrastructure for global trade of GH2.

4. Discuss global efforts underway (with a focus on Rotterdam, Australia, and Japan) to begin procuring and trading clean/green ammonia.

5. Understand the opportunity for green ammonia in California for agricultural sector).

Speakers:

• John O'Brien, VP, Government and Regulatory Affairs, JERA Americas

• Amadou Ba, Branch Chief, California Department of Food and Agriculture

• Bo Hartvigsen, Senior Business Development Director, Power-to-X, Topsoe

• Moderator: Oleksiy Tatarenko, Senior Principal, Hydrogen Initiatives, RMI

Hydrogen, as a mature industrial global commodity, is already stored in underground salt caverns and above ground pressurized containers, and transported in pipelines (the U.S. has more than 1,600 miles of hydrogen pipelines in commercial operation today). In this session, you'll learn about a variety of innovative transport and storage pathways that are re-inventing traditional methods, as well as their implications for how hydrogen is produced and used to support the emerging green hydrogen economy.

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand how hydrogen, as a commercially mature industrial commodity, is stored and transported today.

2. Understand the different types of new, innovative storage and transport solutions in the market today, and those on the horizon.

3. Learn about ammonia as an already globally traded hydrogen storage carrier, and its potential to revolutionize the heavy-duty transportation industry and support GH2 as a globally traded commodity.

4. Identify key actions, analyses, or demonstrations that are needed to best inform decisionmakers and to build support for a broader rollout of hydrogen as an energy storage resource.

Speakers:

• Maciek Lukawski, Head of Market Development, Amogy

• Rafael Schmidt, Head of Business Development, Hydrogenius

• Joe Massaquoi, Chief Financial Officer, H2 Clipper, Inc.

• Moderator: Tom Martz, Principal Project Manager, EPRI

Until recently, air travel was considered a human activity that could not be decarbonized. This is no longer the case! Learn from aviation industry leaders and innovators on how they are transforming and decarbonizing air travel and operations, and what this means for the GH2 market.

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand the drivers of aviation decarbonization.

2. Learn the status of key enabling technologies (SAF production; fuel cell flight) and the timeline for realistic adoption.

3. Identify any major permitting or regulatory barriers that must be overcome to enable both 100% SAF and fuel cell flight.

4. Understand the infrastructure required to enable decarbonized flight in and around airports.

5. Learn about other major uses of H2 in airports.

6. Learn what aviation off takers need from the rest of the industry to move faster.

Speakers:

• Michael Christensen, Chief Operations & Maintenance Officer, Los Angeles World Airports

• Joseph Ran, Vice President of Business Development, World Energy

• Amanda R Simpson, Vice President for Research and Technology, Airbus Americas

• Moderator: Ford von Weise, Director of Global Head, Aircraft Finance, Citi Private Bank

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