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The next RENEW REBUILD HAWAII virtual forum focuses on how Hawaii can learn from Norway’s experience.
Hydrogen - The Norwegian Energy Fairytale (video in Norwegian)
Moderated by
Stan Osserman
Former Director of Hawaii Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies
Speakers Include:
Anders Ødegård
Senior Technical Project Manager, SINTEF coordinates a large European project on demonstration of a 10 MW PEM electrolyser at a Shell refinery in Cologne and a national hydrogen safety project focusing on handling of large volumes of hydrogen
Ulf Hafseld
Ulf is currently working as CEO of Hynion – a company dedicated to the operation of hydrogen fuel stations and development of a hydrogen fueling technology.
Eugene Tian
Chief State Economist for the State of Hawaii
Paul Ponthieux
Director/CTO at Blue Planet Research
Mich Ewan
Hydrogen Systems Program Manager, University of Hawaii’s Hawaii Natural Energy Institute (“HNEI”)
Keith Malone
California Fuel Cell Partnership
Since contact between the Native Hawaiian population and other peoples, Hawaii’s economy has undergone rapid changes. The indigenous Native Hawaiian lifestyle gave way to small-scale farms to support the whaling industry. The whaling industry disappeared, and the small-scale farms gave way to sugar and pineapple plantations. This was followed by a large defense industry and eventually mass tourism. For the last hundred years, all of the Hawaii industries have been heavily dependent on fossil fuels in the form of coal, oil, and natural gas. Suddenly it appears that in response to the dangers of climate change, hydrogen may replace fossil fuels in Hawaii in the near future.
Green Hydrogen is hydrogen that is made using electricity and water and no carbon footprint. Blue Hydrogen is hydrogen that comes from natural gas, and the carbon is captured. Presently, Norway is producing green hydrogen from its hydropower resources and is building a 21st-century highway system of hydrogen gas stations for cars and trucks. Norway sees itself on the cusp of a multi-billion dollar opportunity and is moving fast to take advantage of it.
What has this to do with Hawaii? Hawaii has the ability to make green hydrogen through electrolysis with solar PV, on and off-shore wind, hydroelectric, and geothermal energy. Locally produced hydrogen could one day power our ships, cars, and planes. It could also be exported as fuel to Japan. For those who think this is impossible, it should be noted that Saudi Arabia is presently exporting hydrogen gas to Japan. This conference may seem very futuristic, but the future is here. Please join us for this special and unique session.