On the 21st of March 2023 we hosted event with presenters from government and academia presenting their insights in the hydrogen space.
This was a hybrid event being presented in-person in Perth, Western Australia, and broadcast online worldwide.
Find the recording and information about the speakers below.
Speakers
Katie Cook – Director at JTSI Renewable Hydrogen Unit
Katie Cook is an experienced project manager, advisor and engineer in the energy industry, in the hydrogen, renewables and oil and gas markets. She is a Director at the Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation in the Renewable Hydrogen Unit. Her responsibilities include coordination and managing the implementation of the Western Australian Renewable Hydrogen Strategy, including the administration of the Renewable Hydrogen Fund, leading the Hydrogen Value Chain Model, hydrogen hubs development, managing key stakeholders and developing policy and technical advice. She was key in recommending the Renewable Hydrogen Strategy goals be accelerated from 2040 to 2030 and developed the Unit’s Action Plan, Roadmap and governance structure in her first 6 months.
Prior to joining the government, she worked around the globe with Arup, a multinational consulting firm, for over 12 years. Katie led Western Australian industry interviews and co-authored the National Hydrogen Hubs Study, as part of the work conducted to support the Australian National Hydrogen Strategy.
Professor Craig Buckley – Hydrogen Storage Research Group Curtin University
Professor Craig Buckley is a John Curtin Distinguished Professor, leads the Hydrogen Energy research at Curtin University and is recognised internationally for his work on hydrogen storage materials. Since 1994 he has held various research positions in the UK, USA and Australia prior to being awarded a continuing position at Curtin University. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Physics and a member of several National and International science and advisory committees including: The Australian Executive Committee member on the International Energy Agency (IEA) Hydrogen Technology Collaboration Program (TCP) and an Australian expert on the IEA Hydrogen TCP Task 40 Hydrogen Energy Storage and Conversion. Professor Buckley leads Program 2: Hydrogen Exports and Value Chains in the Future Energy Exports (FEnEx) CRC. Throughout his career he has been a lead/co-investigator on over $100 M of research funding, including being the lead investigator on several Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery, Linkage, Large Equipment and Industry grants. Professor Buckley has published over 240 scientific papers in peer reviewed journals, which have attracted over 8000 citations.
An Overview of the Hydrogen Storage Research Group (HSRG) at Curtin University
The HSRG under the leadership of John Curtin Distinguished Professor Craig Buckley has been conducting research on energy storage at Curtin University over the past 20 years. Over this period the HSRG has predominantly been involved in researching hydrogen storage materials, as well as heat storage materials and batteries. The four main areas of research are hydrogen storage for mobile and stationary applications, thermal batteries made from metal hydrides and metal carbonates, solid state hydrogen storage materials for export applications and solid-state electrolytes.