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                                        LORNA MILLINGTON                   CHRIS TRAIN                     MATT HINDLE

                 going ahead online”. Oliver covered the   Lucy was first joined by Dr Thom   European Hydrogen Backbone study.
                 background of the conference, with a   Koller, Programme Lead for Gas   Matthew Hindle, Head of Net Zero &
                 brief explanation of what IGEM is doing   Goes Green at the Energy Networks   Sustainability at Wales & West Utilities,
                 and what’s coming up for the institution.   Association, as he gave an insightful   spoke about the work of his network on
                 He ended his address by introducing   presentation concluding that, while   the road to net zero, and Mark Danter,
                 IGEM’s brand new corporate video,   gas networks have various projects   Senior Strategy Manager at Northern
                 which launched at the conference.   underway in a number of areas, the   Gas Networks, gave an overview of H21
                   Session one, chaired by Oliver   decarbonisation of the energy system   and other ongoing NGN projects.
                 himself, was titled Focusing on People’s   needs investment. The planned   Lorna Millington, Energy Futures
                 Needs and speaking first in this session   investment over the next decade   Manager at Cadent, covered the future
                 was Matthew Lipson, Business Lead for   constitutes £6.8 billion and the creation   role of gas in transport, while Fergus
                 Consumer Insight at Energy Systems   of 24,000 jobs, he said.     Tickell, Industrial Clusters and Business
                 Catapult. Matthew’s presentation   The second speaker for the session   Development Lead at SGN Energy
                 focused on building a fair future and he   was Professor Joseph Howe, Executive   Futures, provided an SGN update.
                 noted that we need to think about what   Director of the Energy Research Institute   Closing the conference, IGEM
                 the energy system can do for people,   at the University of Chester, who gave a   President Ben Clarke said: “When I
                 rather than what people can do for the   presentation on HyNet socioeconomics.   opened the conference yesterday, one
                 energy system. He said: “We have to   Joseph asked attendees to make   of the key themes that I personally
                 move fast in our efforts to tackle climate   themselves aware of what is happening   highlighted as being critical across the
                 change, but we should also use our   with HyNet and emphasised the   whole energy transition was working
                 creativity to work together and build a   importance of maximising skills within   together, and it’s been excellent to see
                 fair future that everybody can enjoy.”  the supply chain.         so many examples of this throughout
                   Tom Collins, Hydrogen Lead at Bosch   The third and final session of the day   the two days, not least in this last
                 Thermotechnology, also joined the   focused on Networks’ Collaboration, and   session on network collaboration.
                 session, sharing his presentation on   was chaired by National Grid’s Hydrogen   “Ultimately, I hope that if you only
                 heating with hydrogen and explaining   Director, Antony Green. Representatives   take one thing away from the last
                 what Worcester Bosch are doing in   of each of the main gas networks offered   two days, it would be to reinforce the
                 the area, stating that “hydrogen is part   updates on what their organisations   message of how critical collaboration
                 of the puzzle for decarbonising heat   were doing, plus their key projects. In   has been and will continue to be across
                 rapidly and deeply”.             the spirit of collaboration, this session   the networks and the supply chain as
                   Following a short break, the   concluded with a group Q&A session.   we build the evidence base to inform
                 conference continued with session   From National Grid, Dr Danielle   policy and get on with delivery.”
                 two, Delivering Jobs and Investment,   Stewart, Hydrogen Project Manager,
                 chaired by Lucy Richie, Senior Client   presented on Developing a Hydrogen    If you missed the conference, you can
                 Manager at Energy & Utility Skills.   Backbone, making reference to the   catch up with all the sessions via IGEMtv



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