Registration and refreshments
08:45 to
09:30
Chair’s welcome and opening remarks
09:30 to
09:40
Speaker:
Dr Emma Guthrie.
CEO.
Hydrogen Energy Association.
Part 1: Building the UK hydrogen market – progressing the hydrogen strategy and enhancing certainty for the entire supply chain
09:40 to
10:50
What role does hydrogen play in a net-zero economy? The latest updates on the Hydrogen Strategy and next steps for industry growth
09:40 to
10:05
- Government’s direction for scaling up production – what does the new Hydrogen Strategy mean for driving hydrogen deployment?
- Insight on future allocation rounds – key delivery mechanisms to progress HAR3 and HAR4 by 2028
- What will the new Hydrogen Transport and Storage Business Models look like?
Panel Discussion: Enabling major hydrogen projects to get off the ground – creating resilient market conditions that reduce development risks while increasing confidence
10:05 to
10:50
- Coordinating hydrogen production, transport infrastructure, and demand to reduce uncertainty for both developers and offtakers
- What more can be done to give flexibility to potential hydrogen customers?
- Increasing project pipeline visibility to improve investor confidence and supply chain planning
- Securing affordable green hydrogen – lowering the costs across the entire value chain to ensure market competitiveness
Speakers:
Marta Csibra.
Head of Strategy & Business Development.
EET Hydrogen.
Speaker from.
Santander.
Ian Livingston.
Head of Hydrogen & Ammonia UK.
Equinor.
Morning refreshments and networking
10:50 to
11:20
Part 2: Taking hydrogen projects from concept to reality – achieving consent, applying lessons learned and moving towards construction
11:20 to
12:55
Accelerating the consenting process for hydrogen infrastructure – avoiding planning delays to bring development forward
11:20 to
11:45
- Selecting the most suitable route for scheme to secure faster consent – considering project’s size and capacity
- What planning challenges are unique to hydrogen schemes and how can these be addressed?
- Effectively navigating wider planning policy changes that might have impacts on hydrogen applications
Speaker:
Robert Garden.
Partner.
CMS.
Panel Discussion: Crucial insight from first movers on delivering groundbreaking projects – how are these progressing and lessons learned so far
11:45 to
12:30
- What schemes from HAR1 and HAR2 are advancing towards construction?
- Identifying practical approaches to overcoming water scarcity and lack of grid capacity
- What are the main barriers to final investment decision for new hydrogen projects?
- Key learnings to date – creating a blueprint for future infrastructure delivery
Speakers:
Nick Johnson.
Director and Founder.
Four Zeros Energy.
Matt Barney.
Chief Hydrogen Business Officer.
GeoPura.
Pete Fear.
Origination & Partnerships.
Hynamics.
Ensuring hydrogen projects are shovel-ready – how to advance towards successful construction
12:30 to
12:55
- What needs to be in place to move from consent to construction?
- Aligning the planning and construction process to ensure timely delivery - considering utility and grid connection works
- Training and mobilising the skilled workforce needed for successful project execution
Speaker:
Tracy Scott.
Development Director - Green Hydrogen.
RES.
Networking Lunch
12:55 to
13:55
Part 3: Maximising hydrogen uptake by identifying key end-use cases and strategically co-locating demand with supply
13:55 to
15:05
Panel Discussion: Unlocking hydrogen’s potential – what are the end-use applications and how can these be leveraged to drive demand across the UK?
13:55 to
14:40
- Using hydrogen to decarbonise hard-to-abate operations – what industries are adopting hydrogen to reduce emissions?
- What is the potential of hydrogen derivates as alternative fuels – considering the role of ammonia and methanol
- Demonstrating current demand across different sectors to establish the business case for hydrogen production
- Next steps for driving future demand – what is needed to enable hydrogen consumption to grow?
Speakers:
Duncan McCourt.
CEO.
Sustainable Aviation.
Charles Stevenson.
Director.
JCB.
Kelly de Azevedo Dent.
Director of Development.
SSE Thermal.
Hydrogen cluster’s perspective: connecting users and supply to create reliable demand while attracting regional investment
14:40 to
15:05
- Aligning production and uptake – facilitating co-location of industrial users with hydrogen deployment sites
- Maximising shared infrastructure to reduce costs and improve efficiency – including pipelines and storage within the cluster
- Understanding the economic impact of hydrogen clusters – catalysing investment and creating new employment opportunities
Speaker:
Adam Baddeley.
Head of Project Development.
Progressive Energy.
Afternoon refreshments and networking
15:05 to
15:35
Part 4: Scaling up hydrogen production across the UK through carbon capture deployment and large-scale pipelines
15:35 to
16:25
Delivering carbon capture schemes to facilitate hydrogen production and industrial decarbonisation – challenges and new opportunities
15:35 to
16:00
- What issues emerged during the development and FID process? – practical solutions to overcome these
- Lessons learned to date and how can these be applied to future projects
- What additional infrastructure can be integrated into CCS schemes to enhance efficiency?
The progress with developing an extensive pipeline network to scale up hydrogen capacity – what are the most viable options?
16:00 to
16:25
- Plans and timelines for repurposing existing transmission assets to transport hydrogen
- Next steps for building new pipelines and blending hydrogen into the gas grid
- What will future hydrogen distribution networks look like?
Speaker:
Dr Danielle Stewart.
Project Director - Project Union.
National Gas.
Chair’s closing remarks
16:25 to
16:35
Close of conference and networking drinks
16:35 to
17:00