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The topics of electrification and hydrogen are often framed as mutually exclusive and competitive pathways within energy transition debates.
The competition between hydrogen and electricity may be direct at some levels: for example, deciding what should turn the wheels of a car. However, take a system-level view and it becomes clear that widespread electrification cannot take place without huge increases in the capacity to balance and time-shift electrical energy – with the use of clean fuels as energy stores potentially essential.
This time-efficient training course will provide attendees with a comprehensive and up-to-date review of current and future energy storage needs in the grid and investigate the role that hydrogen (or derivatives such as ammonia) could play. It will frame hydrogen power generation in the context of competing technology options and pathways and quantify key facts and figures around the scale of the storage challenge in low-carbon electricity grids.
Aimed at those in commercial, business-focused roles, including business development, strategy planning and investment, attendees will gain a clear description of the key technologies in language easily accessible to non-engineers. The market will be reviewed, illustrated by project examples, policy and strategy announcements from around the world. Hydrogen’s competitive positioning will be examined and analysed from an independent, hype-free perspective, including the challenges and alternatives that it faces.
Course Benefits:
Gain a clear understanding of green hydrogen market opportunities & deployment considerations
Clear explanations of electrolysis technologies, metrics and performance considerations (in language accessible to non-technical people)
Discuss the key project delivery issues for green hydrogen projects
Review up-to-date examples from around the world and the lessons from them
Understand the economic variables that impact the production cost of green hydrogen (illustrated using a provided Excel model)
Stay up-to-date on the critical policy, market competitive and business environment factors driving the growth of green hydrogen
This Course Includes:
Reviewing and understanding the technologies for hydrogen power generation, from fuel cells and engines to utility-scale turbines
Assessing the technical and commercial readiness levels of power technologies utilising hydrogen (and its derivatives, such as ammonia)
Identifying where and why pilot and commercial projects are taking place or being planned
Quantifying the potential scale of the market for long-duration energy storage
Analysing the co-existence / competition options for hydrogen against other existing or emerging long duration energy storage technologies
Reviewing policy announcements from around the world, including motivations, timeframes and market contexts
Understanding the practical and investment barriers to hydrogen power and long duration energy storage
Agenda
Attend live or watch the recordings. Each session includes dedicated Q&A sections throughout.
Session 1: 3rd April, 14:00 - 17:00 CET
Power generation from hydrogen (or its derivatives)
Small-scale hydrogen power, including fuel cells and engines
Large-scale hydrogen power, including utility-scale turbines
Pure hydrogen vs. hydrogen blends
Power from hydrogen derivatives, including ammonia (and integrated ammonia cracking)
A non-engineer’s summary of the main technology challenges and barriers to hydrogen power generation
Quantifying some key numbers around efficiency, fuel consumption, emissions reduction, scalability and more
Examples of current product evolutions, pilot projects and development timeframes
Announced policies to support hydrogen power development and deployment
Which are the key short and medium-term market activities to keep an eye on?
Session 2: 4th April, 14:00 - 17:00 CET
The electrification and long duration energy storage landscape
The current electricity storage market, including key trends around scale, cost, location and ‘duration’
The current business cases for energy storage
How ‘long’ can batteries go? (with reference to both current and emerging technologies)Other energy storage options, including pumped hydro, compressed or liquid air, thermal, gravity and more
Weighing up the pros and cons of different technologies, including limits to scale
Centralised, utility-scale storage vs. distributed storage and aggregated storage/virtual power plants (VPPs)
Hydrogen as energy storage: how, where, and at what scale and cost?
Comparing and contrasting ‘power-to-fuel’ against other methods to store electrical energy
How many energy storage options can compete in the ‘long duration’ category?
Why efficiency isn’t the only metric that matters: identifying other key deployment considerations
Session 3: 5th April, 14:00 - 17:00 CET
The economics and reliability of low carbon grids
Pathways to zero-carbon electricity, from ‘pure’ electrification approaches to hybrid systems
The basics of energy storage cost structures (including analysis of levelised cost, LCOS)
Quantifying trade-offs between capital cost, round-trip efficiency, cycle life and other key metrics
Marginal costs of storage and the operational economics of long duration storage
Illustrating the coexistence of long and short-duration storage to minimise total system electricity costs (using a simple online model)
Is the concept of hydrogen as storage and power at large scale realistic?
What are the long-term infrastructure implications?
Where will the business cases for long duration storage come from?
Competition to long-duration storage, including curtailment and carbon capture
Summary: how significant might power generation be in the context of long-term clean hydrogen demand creation?
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.