Hydrogen carriers – transporting hydrogen from producers to export power markets
Andrea Hosey A * and Phil O’Neil AA
Andrea Hosey is a chartered engineer and Fellow of IChemE with over 35 years of experience in the energy and chemical industry. She currently leads Worley Consulting’s Chemical and Fuels team for the ANZ region where she applies technology and a system thinking approach to support robust business case planning across the hydrogen, green chemicals, and sustainable fuel sectors. |
Phil O’Neil is a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in green hydrogen and other energy transition projects, specialising in technology assessment and integration, market assessment and commercial analysis. He has supported Australian, Middle Eastern and European based clients, helping them to progress from concept through to project delivery and has worked on some of the largest planned GW hydrogen projects in Oman and Australia and with some of the biggest players in the energy transition. |
Abstract
As a global energy transition community there is a lot of talk about producing hydrogen in Australia, South America, the Middle East and now the USA, and transporting that as an energy source to markets such as Japan, Korea, Singapore and Europe. How will we do this, what are the carriers available, and what are the advantages and challenges of each? This is a practical assessment of the situation highlighting where we need to focus our efforts as a global community and Australia’s role in enabling hydrogen supply chains of the future to succeed.
Keywords: ammonia, Asia, decarbonisation, energy export, energy transition, hydrogen, liquid hydrogen, methanol, net zero, new energy.
Andrea Hosey is a chartered engineer and Fellow of IChemE with over 35 years of experience in the energy and chemical industry. She currently leads Worley Consulting’s Chemical and Fuels team for the ANZ region where she applies technology and a system thinking approach to support robust business case planning across the hydrogen, green chemicals, and sustainable fuel sectors. |
Phil O’Neil is a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in green hydrogen and other energy transition projects, specialising in technology assessment and integration, market assessment and commercial analysis. He has supported Australian, Middle Eastern and European based clients, helping them to progress from concept through to project delivery and has worked on some of the largest planned GW hydrogen projects in Oman and Australia and with some of the biggest players in the energy transition. |
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