Over 180 participants from 10 countries joined the second webinar in the NIM Industry Insights Webinar Series this November.
Organized by Mission Innovation’s NIM – The Net-Zero Industries Mission and the Clean Hydrogen Mission, the event focused on hydrogen’s transformative role in decarbonising heavy industries, which account for 25% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
Key highlights from global experts:
- Australia’s Hydrogen Innovation: Graham ‘Gus’ Nathan from the University of Adelaide highlighted the Green Iron project and HILT-CRC’s efforts to electrify industries. He discussed challenges including ore-specific technological limitations and integrating hydrogen with carbon capture technologies.
- Austria’s Hydrogen Valleys: Horst Steinmüller from WIVA P&G (Wasserstoffinitiative Vorzeigeregion Power & Gas) detailed investments of €578 million in cross-border hydrogen collaboration.
- Basque Hydrogen Corridor: Mikel Amundarain Leibar from the Basque Energy Agency (EVE) introduced Spain’s hydrogen hub, comprising 54 projects designed to strengthen industrial connections and produce 21,000 tonnes of hydrogen annually.
- Green Hydrogen for Steel: Thomas Buergler from K1-MET GmbH presented Austria’s advancements in using green hydrogen for steelmaking. Innovations such as Hy4Smelt aim for an 80% reduction in CO₂ emissions.
- Hydrogen for Aluminium & Glass: Konstantinos Kollias from European Aluminium explored European projects like H2GLASS, expanding the use of hydrogen in recycling and semi-fabrication processes.
- Greece’s Project EPHYRA: Stella Giannissi and Vasiliki Panaretou from Greece’s Motor Oil Group shared their plans for a 30 MW electrolysis plant to supply renewable hydrogen to the Corinth refinery, including launching Greece’s first hydrogen refuelling stations by 2025.
The webinar demonstrated hydrogen’s pivotal role in achieving net-zero targets through groundbreaking technologies, international collaboration, and sector-specific innovation.
