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Hydrogen is a potentially versatile molecule, hence the recent excitement around its potential role in decarbonising sectors from chemistry to heat, and transport to power generation and energy storage. However, in most of these proposed applications, hydrogen will compete against (or coexist with) a variety of other low carbon options and solutions, both existing and emerging.
Across three business-focused sessions, this training course will provide attendees with a comprehensive and up-to-date review of energy transition pathways and technologies, in order to clearly frame hydrogen within its wider market context.
It will provide an independent and hype-free perspective of hydrogen’s competitive advantages and disadvantages in this competitive environment, providing a knowledge base from which to better frame strategic business decisions and choices.
Attendees will include those in senior commercial and business-focused roles, including business development, strategy planning, product development and investment.
Course Objectives:
Reviewing current models and scenarios of how to create ‘net zero’ energy systems and economies
Assessing the technical and commercial readiness levels of competing energy transition solutions and technologies: how does hydrogen compare?
Analysing the variety of proposed clean hydrogen demand drivers and the factors which will enable or hinder growth
Quantifying the scale requirements of key energy transition pathways, and the implications for hydrogen as an enabler
Discussing hydrogen in the context of parallel growth sectors such as electrification, bioenergy and CCUS
Reviewing policy and project announcements from around the world, including differing motivations, timeframes and market contexts
Understanding the practical and investment barriers to hydrogen as an energy transition solution
Agenda
Attend live or watch the recordings. Each session includes dedicated Q&A sections throughout.
Session 1: 29th April, 14:00 - 17:00 CET
The energy transition: past, present and future
Historic trends in emissions and the energy mix, including rates of change
Decarbonisation success stories: what are the key lessons?
Data showing regional contrasts within the global energy transition picture
Policy and the energy transition: key motivations, constraints and industrial strategies
Quantifying the scale requirements of the energy transition (and discussing whether these are achievable on proposed timeframes)
Examples of net zero scenarios and modelled pathways: what are the common features?
The oil & gas sector and the energy transition: business drivers, risks and opportunities
What current progress suggests about ‘hard to decarbonise’ sectors and their potential solutions
Where does hydrogen feature in energy transition scenarios and forecasts?
How big could the hydrogen market become, and on what does this depend?
Session 2: 30th April, 14:00 - 17:00 CET
Hydrogen markets and demand, in an era of electrification
Segmenting the hydrogen market: current and proposed sources of demand
The basis of electrification’s role as a core carbon reduction strategy, including a critical analysis of ‘efficiency’ in energy systems
Trends in the electrification of transport
Trends in the electrification of heat
Limits to electrification, including grids, power supply attributes and critical mineral resources
A critical analysis of the potential role of hydrogen in competition with direct electrification solutions
A review of energy storage technologies (current and emerging), and how they impact the role of hydrogen in an increasingly electrified energy mix
Hydrogen as an enabler for high levels of renewable power in the energy mix (coexistence with electrification)
Infrastructure deployments which are crucial to the competitiveness of hydrogen in an increasingly electrified market environment
What are the key hydrogen technological developments on which its growth and competitiveness will depend?
Session 3: 1st May, 14:00 - 17:00 CET
Clean fuels, CCUS and hydrogen
Assessing the variety of proposed ‘clean fuel’ options and the segments in which they could prove to be crucial
Pathways to hydrogen derivatives and ‘e-fuels’, including technology status, scale and cost considerations
Focus area: current and proposed solutions to decarbonising shipping
Focus area: current and proposed solutions to decarbonising aviation
Biofuels as an alternative to hydrogen-based fuels: what are their pros and cons, and limits to scale?
Putting the ‘net’ in net zero: the critical role of carbon removal solutions, including BECCS and DACC
Carbon capture and the continued use of fossil fuels: will this compete with hydrogen and its derivatives?
Clean fuel blending strategies: pros and cons from perspectives including emissions reduction, cost and ease of deployment
Policy and the development of clean fuel markets, including targets and mandates to enable early supply growth
Summary: the competitive environment for hydrogen in the future energy mix
Meet the Trainer
Dr John Massey is Managing Director of Grey Cells Energy Ltd., where he conducts independent market assessment and opportunity/risk analysis for clean energy technologies. He delivers market briefings, oneto- one coaching and training courses worldwide, both online and in-person, along with strategy and business plan consulting to help companies (particularly SMEs) position themselves to best grasp new low-carbon market opportunities.
In addition to delivering training globally under his “Grey Cells Energy” brand, John is a co-founder of Astute New Energy, helping firms to navigate the changing power sector through business, strategy and stakeholder communication advisory work.