Name: Hydrogen Infrastructure: building a sustainable network
Uploaded: 2023-06-06T01:47:36.894Z
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Description: Join Michael Jessup, Special Council at the Port of Newcastle, as he shares insights on the development of a clean energy precinct and the challenges surrounding hydrogen storage. Explore the critical role of infrastructure in the energy transition away from coal and the significance of collaboration among local projects. Pave the way towards a greener, more sustainable energy landscape.

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My name's Michael Jessop.

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I am the Special Council

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at the Port of Newcastle,

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heading up our clean energy

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precinct from,  a commercial

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and legal standpoint.

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I've been at the Port for

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nearly three years now.

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We're exploring a

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range of options around

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storage at the moment.

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So our Clean Energy

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precinct will have,  in

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the order of four storage

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tanks,  across both

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ammonia and, and hydrogen.

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As I said, we are open

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to other forms,  of

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storage beyond the

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compressed,  and potentially

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looking, at LH two,  as

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the, scale up of the energy

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precinct,  takes shape.

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Again, probably closer to

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20-30,  given,  some of the

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issues that are associated

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with LH 2, which will,  come

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to in later questions.

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Okay.

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I think one of the key,  the

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key issues that we have

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at the moment is that,

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hydrogen happens to be a

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very slippery molecule,  and

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much of it, in the piping,

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is, is lost, which is

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obviously a key challenge

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that we are facing.

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And I think, as the

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technology evolves, that

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will be something,  that

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needs to be addressed.

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I think it's a challenge

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that we, we can meet and I

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think it's a key challenge

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that needs to be met to

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achieve commercialization.

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Around hydrogen export.

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Probably the, probably the

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shining example at the moment

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is the port of, Rotterdam,

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who are, are well advanced on

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their, their hydrogen journey.

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I think much can be

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learned from what they're

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doing particularly

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around the storage front.

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Vast tank farms,  that will

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be a multiple of four or five

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of what we are looking

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to do at our precinct.

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And I think from a hazard risk

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perspective,  we understand

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that,  that the hazard risk

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posed by those tank farms,

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which are quite large, is

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deemed to be quite low.

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And they are useful precedents

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as we look to,  expand the

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industry,  in New South

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Wales specifically for

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our, our energy precinct.

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It's absolutely critical

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for the hunter's energy

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transition,  as it

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moves away from coal.

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We are fortunate that some of

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the existing infrastructure

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is already in place, but,

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it will no doubt need to

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undergo,  development as

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we we move into the future.

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But it.

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Establishing, , the

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infrastructure, , particularly

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around pipelines and ensuring

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that all local projects,  are

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working with one another

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is absolutely critical to,

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addressing technical issues

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associated with piping,

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,and subsequent export.

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But,  also to addressing,

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the issues associated with

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climate change and moving

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to,  clearer forms of energy.

Expert Insight

Join Michael Jessup, Special Council at the Port of Newcastle, as he shares insights on the development of a clean energy precinct and the challenges surrounding hydrogen storage. 

Explore the critical role of infrastructure in the energy transition away from coal and the significance of collaboration among local projects. 

Pave the way towards a greener, more sustainable energy landscape.