Oral evidence transcripts

Inquiry The role of hydrogen in achieving Net Zero

Witnesses Guy Newey (Strategy and Performance Director at Energy Systems Catapult), Mark Neller (Director, Energy Business Leader UKIMEA at Arup), Kwasi Kwarteng (Secretary of State at Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy), Professor Paul Monks (Chief Scientific Adviser at Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy), and Sir Patrick Vallance, Government Chief Scientific Adviser

Inquiry The role of hydrogen in achieving Net Zero

Witnesses Professor Takeo Kikkawa (Distinguished fellow at Graduate School of International Management, International University of Japan.), Professor Katsuhiko Hirose (CEO and Chief Consultant at HyWealth Co, and Visiting Professor at I2CER (International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research), Kyushu University;), Franz Lehner (Head of Division International Cooperation at National Organisation Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology), Eric Heymann (Senior Economist at Deutsche Bank Research), Dr Martin Hanton (Technical Director at TÜV SÜD National Engineering Laboratory), and Dr Jane Dennett-Thorpe (Deputy Director of Decarbonisation and Energy Transition at Ofgem)

Inquiry The role of hydrogen in achieving Net Zero

Witnesses Carl Arntzen (CEO at Bosch Thermotechnology Ltd), Professor Jianzhong Wu (Head of Engineering at Cardiff University), Antony Green (Hydrogen Project Director at National Grid), Angus McIntosh (Director of Energy Futures at SGN), Dr Angela Needle (Director of Strategy at Cadent), Professor Jon Gluyas (Executive Director at Durham Energy Institute), Dr Jonathan Radcliffe (Reader in Energy Systems and Policy at University of Birmingham), Professor Clare Grey (Geoffrey Moorhouse Gibson Professor at University of Cambridge), and Julian Leslie (Head of Networks at National Grid Electricity System Operator)

Inquiry The role of hydrogen in achieving Net Zero

Witnesses Gloria Esposito (Head of Sustainability at Zemo Partnership), Dave Rowlands (Fleet Engineering Director at Wincanton), Dr Helen McAllister (Strategy and Planning Director at Network Rail), Mike Muldoon (Head of Business Development, UK and Ireland at Alstom), Richard Clegg (Chief Executive at Lloyds Register Foundation), Morten Bo Christiansen (Vice President - Head of Decarbonisation at Maersk), Glenn Llewellyn (Vice President, Zero Emission Aircraft at Airbus), and Dr Brian Yutko (Chief Engineer for Sustainability and Future Mobility at Boeing)

Inquiry The role of hydrogen in achieving Net Zero

Witnesses Professor Marcus Newborough (Development Director at ITM Power), Tim Dumenil (Acorn Hydrogen Project Manager at Pale Blue Dot), Paul Booth (Chair at Tees Valley Local Enterprise Partnership), Dr Martin Pei (Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer at SSAB), and Dr Richard Leese (Director for Industrial Policy, Energy and Climate Change at Mineral Products Association)

Inquiry The role of hydrogen in achieving Net Zero

Witnesses Professor David Cebon (Professor of Mechanical Engineering at University of Cambridge), Professor Nilay Shah (Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London), Michael Liebreich (CEO at Liebreich Associates), Dr Jenifer Baxter (Chief Engineer at Institution of Mechanical Engineers), and Baroness Brown of Cambridge (Chair at Carbon Trust, and Former Vice Chair at Climate Change Committee)