A vision for hydrogen and fuel cells in the UK

A H2FC Supergen Conference 30th Jan – 1st Feb 2019

Warwick Conferences, Coventry, CV4 7SH, UK

Conference Programme

Day0 30thJan2019–Scarman

17:00-19:00 Registration

18:30-19:30 DrinksReception

19:30-22:00 Dinner

Day1 31stJan2019–TheSlate

8:50-9:00Prof.NigelBrandon(H2FCHubDirector,ImperialCollegeLondon)Introduction:ConferenceObjectives

AUKOutlookforHydrogenandFuelCells(Chair:N.Brandon)

9:00DrGrahamCooley(ITMPower,CEO)Power-to-GasEnergyStorage;Principles,projectsandfutureprospects

9:30ChrisStark(CommitteeonClimateChange,CEO)ScenariosforhydrogendeploymentandUKPolicy

10:00Dr.DeborahJones(InstitutCharlesGerhardtMontpellier,Director)Grandchallenges,keydevelopmentsandfuturerequirementsforPEMfuelcellandelectrolysermaterials

10:30 Break

AnInternationalOutlookforHydrogenandFuelCells(Chair:N.Shah)

11:00DrDavidHart(E4tech,Director)Theglobaldriveforhydrogenandfuelcells

11:30NigelHolmes(ScottishHydrogenandFuelCellAssociation,CEO)HydrogenandfuelcellsinScotland:currentactivitiesandfutureplans

12:00JanWegener(NOWGmbH,ProgrammeManagerEurope)DevelopmentsingreenhydrogenproductionanduseinGermany

12:30-13:30 Lunch

Day1 31stJan2019–TheSlate

SolidOxideFuelCells–CurrentandFutureOpportunities(Chair:T.Mays)

13:30Prof.JohnVohs(UniversityofPennsylvania,USA)AperspectiveofmaterialsdevelopmentinSOFCs–thewaytogo

14:00MarkSelby(CeresPower,ChiefTechnologyOfficer)

SteelCell:Establishinganewglobalstandard

14:30Prof.JohnIrvine(UniversityofStAndrews)SOFCadvancesandperspectives

15:00Prof.RobertSteinberger-Wilckens(UniversityofBirmingham)Power2X:reversibleSOFCandsyntheticfuels-linkingtheenergymarketsofthefuture

15:30-16:00 Break

H2Production&FuelCells–CurrentandFutureOpportunities(Chair:J.Irvine)

16:00DrRachaelRothman(UniversityofSheffield)Hightemperaturehydrogenproductionandcarbondioxideutilisation

16:30Prof.IanMetcalfe(NewcastleUniversity)Hydrogenproductionadvancesandperspectives

17:00Prof.NilayShah(ImperialCollegeLondon)Avisionforlargescalehydrogeninthefutureenergysystem

17:30-18:30

PanelDiscussion:ThefutureofHydrogenandFuelCellsintheUK-commercialandgovernmentalperspectives

NigelBrandon(ICL,chair)-SueEllis(JohnsonMatthey)-GrahamCooley(ITMPower)-NigelHolmes(SHFCA)-RobertTrezona(IPGroup)-BenTodd(Arcola)

18:30-19:30 FreeTime

19:30-22:00 ConferenceDinner

TheSlate-WarwickConferences

Day2 1stFeb2019–TheSlate

IndustryandInvestorPerspectivesonHydrogenandFuelCells(Chair:A.Kucernak)

9:00JonHunt(ToyotaGB,ManagerAlternativeFuels)

ToyotaandtheHydrogenSociety

9:30 KeithOwen(NorthernGasNetworks,HeadofSystemsDevelopmentandEnergystrategy) DecarbonisationstrategiesusinghydrogenintheUK:Awholeenergysystemsapproach

10:00RobertTrezona(IPGroup,Partner,HeadofCleantech)Aninvestorperspectiveonfuelcells:pastandfuture

10:30-11:00 Break

H2FCSUPERGENPerspectivesonHydrogenandFuelCells(Chair:D.Book)

11:00Prof.AnthonyKucernak(ImperialCollegeLondon)PEMfuelcellsadvancesandperspectives

11:30Prof.VladimirMolkov(UlsterUniversity)Hydrogensafetyresearchsupportingfuelcellandhydrogenmarketintroduction

12:00Prof.TimMays(UniversityofBath)/Prof.DavidBook(UniversityofBirmingham)ThePast,Present&FutureofHydrogenStorage

12:30-13:30 Lunch

Opportunitiesforhydrogenandfuelcellsinthelowcarbonenergytransition(Chair:IanMetcalfe)

13:30 Prof.KevinKendall(AdelanLtd)ObservationsofhydrogenandfuelcellsinFoshan,China

14:00DrPaulDodds(UCL)UKIndustrialStrategyopportunitiesfromhydrogenandfuelcells

14:30DrNiallMacDowell(ImperialCollegeLondon)ThepotentialforproducingbiomassderivedhydrogenintheUK

15:00-15:30

Aninteractivediscussion-Prof.NigelBrandon15yearsofH2&FCSupergens:·whatwehaveachievedandlearned?·whatshouldwedonextandhowshouldwedoit?

ThehydrogenandfuelcellsSupergenisfundedbytheResearchCouncilsUKEnergyProgramme,aspartof

thegovernment’sSustainablePowerGenerationandSupplyinitiative.