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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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