Sponsored by the Transport and Social & Environment Thematic Groups
During the recent Transforming Transportation 2023 event, repeated references were made to the use of green hydrogen as a promising energy source that can help tackle decarbonization challenges, particularly in the transport sector. Green hydrogen—the fuel produced by splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen through an electrolysis process using renewable electricity—has emerged as one of the leading options to store energy from renewables. Together with its derivatives such as green ammonia, green methanol, or synthetic kerosene, it has the potential to significantly contribute to decarbonize heavy industry, long haul freight, shipping, and aviation. With these possibilities, green hydrogen has been featured in emissions reduction pledges at the UN Climate Conference, COP26. The successes in renewable energy technologies and electric vehicles have demonstrated that policy and technology innovation can lead to further developments in addressing those challenges and meet the requirements of a zero-carbon objective for the transport sector. What are the prospects of green hydrogen in this respect?
On Tuesday, June 6, 2023, at 9:00 am, a remote event organized jointly by the 1818 Society Environment/Social and Transport Thematic Groups will give the opportunity to hear from the experts on the potential of Green Hydrogen for the fuel needs of the transport sector and the policy and technological challenges to pave the way for a net-zero-carbon emissions in the sector. Dominik Englert, Economist, and Simona Sulikova, Consultant, at the World Bank Transport Global Practice; and Elizabeth Connelly, Energy Technology and Transport Analyst at the International Energy Agency (IEA), have kindly agreed to present to us their perspectives on the matter.
About the speakers:
- Dominik Englert has turned his passion for fostering development and fighting climate change into his profession. In his efforts to decarbonize the global economy, he has worked as an economist at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. since 2015. Leading the World Bank’s mariTEAM in the Transport Global Practice, his main interests are in sustainable shipping and ports. While his focus is on decarbonizing maritime transport, he also contributes to the World Bank’s increasing engagement in addressing the shipping sector’s supply chain and digitalization challenges in developing countries. From 2015-2020, Dominik was part of the World Bank’s Climate Change Group working primarily on carbon pricing policymaking around the globe. Prior to joining the World Bank, Dominik was a senior advisor for First Climate, a private consultancy based in Zurich. He oversaw the carbon compliance management for large industrials, advised public institutions on climate policy and traded CO2 allowances in the EU and Swiss emissions trading systems. Dominik holds master’s degrees in Finance & Strategy (Sciences Po), International Affairs & Governance (University of St. Gallen) and International Management (Community of European Management Schools).
- Simona Sulikova joined the World Bank in April 2022 as a transport modeler and data scientist. At the bank, she works on energy efficiency and decarbonization in shipping, and climate risk resilience in transportation networks. Previously, she worked for the Ministry of Finance in Slovakia, where she evaluated large scale infrastructure projects and was in charge of developing the national transportation model. Simona, a Slovak national, also holds a DPhil in Transport Studies and Economics, and an MPhil in Environmental Change and Management, both from the University of Oxford, and holds a BA in Land Economy from the University of Cambridge.
- Elizabeth Connelly joined the IEA in July 2020 as an energy technology and transport analyst. Her work has focused on modelling various scenarios of transport decarbonization, with particular emphasis on the role of alternative fuels and zero-emission powertrains both for road and maritime transport. Previously, she worked as a transport analyst at the National Renewal Energy Laboratory, in Golden Colorado, and as a hydrogen systems analyst at the US Department of Energy Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office in Washington DC, after being a post-doctoral researcher at the US Army Corps of Engineers. An award-winning researcher with 10 years of experience in environmental life cycle assessment, systems modeling and data analysis to inform R&D, policy, and business strategies, she also has experience in stakeholder engagement and project management. Her recent work has focused on decarbonizing transport and the role of hydrogen technologies. Elizabeth, a US national, has a Ph.D. and a M.S. in systems engineering from the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, VA, and a B.A. in Mathematics from the University of Furman in Greenville, South Carolina.
Moderators:
- Ede-Ijjasz Vasquez, co-Chair, 1818 Social & Environment TG
- Aurelio Menendez Garcia, co-Chair, 1818 Transport TG
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