2nd IEF Workshop on Hydrogen Market Pathways

The International Energy Forum will hold the 2nd IEF Workshop on Hydrogen Market Pathways on Monday 14th March. This invitation-only virtual workshop be hosted by Mason Hamilton, Special Assistant to the IEF Secretary-General, and moderated by Egbert-Jan Schutte-Hiemstra, Senior Director, Business Development Utility Markets, Intercontinental Exchange and Anne-Sophie Corbeau, Global Research Scholar, Columbia Center on Global Energy Policy.

Introductory Remarks

• Mason Hamilton
  Special Assistant to the Secretary-General, International Energy Forum

Roundtable Discussion

Moderators:

• Egbert-Jan Schutte-Hiemstra
  Senior Director, Business Development Utility Markets, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)
• Anne-Sophie Corbeau
  Global Research Scholar, Columbia Center on Global Energy Policy

Panelists

• Noé van Hulst
  Chair, IPHE and Hydrogen Advisor, IEA and Gasunie
• René Schutte
  Director HyNorth
• Erik Rakhou
  Associate Director, BCG
• Peter van Ees
  Banker Renewable Energy, ABN AMRO
• Neil Brown
  Managing Director, KKR Global Institute and KKR Infrastructure
• Bart Cornelissen
  Partner, Deloitte

Discussion Topics

1. Can hydrogen be economically competitive with other low-carbon energy options given the inefficient conversions hydrogen undergoes during production and for transportation?
2. Can a higher carbon price alone make hydrogen a competitive low-carbon energy option? Are other price support mechanisms are needed (feed-in tariffs, premium, contract for difference, etc.)?
3. At this stage of hydrogen's market development, what elements of the regulation are the most essential to support the take-off of hydrogen?
4. What other industry or commodity is the market for hydrogen most likely to mirror? (LNG, LPG, ethylene? or iron ore)?
5. What makes a hydrogen supply project "investable" other than Return on Investment?
    
   1. backed by long-term demand contracts?
   2. advantageous production costs?
   3. low cost of capital through subsidies/incentives?
6. What questions/demands are financiers asking/making that the hydrogen industry has yet to find a sufficient answer to?
7. Beyond Hydrogen Hubs connected via pipelines, what technology or mechanism is most likely to link different regional markets into one global commoditized market? (as LNG has for natural gas)
    
   1. Liquified hydrogen
   2. H2 to ammonia (and back to H2?)
   3. H2 to methanol (and back to H2?)
   4. Other liquid organic hydrogen carriers?