Association Webinars: Towards a Hydrogen Economy: Cost and Policy Prospects



  

 

This webinar aims to introduce the basics of the hydrogen market, as well as to outline the broad opportunities and constraints for the sector in the coming decades. It will also focus on assumptions about the future hydrogen market towards EU decarbonization and about technological costs of hydrogen supply. Finally, it will look into the applicable regulatory framework for hydrogen networks and the geopolitical and energy security challenges that may emerge within a future commoditized market model for hydrogen.


Moderator/Speaker:

Roberto F. Aguilera is an Energy Economist with Curtin University Oil and Gas Innovation Centre, Australia, and a consultant with Servipetrol Ltd, Canada. He was a Distinguished Lecturer of the Society of Petroleum Engineers in 2018-2019, on the subject of oil prices, which took him to 30 cities worldwide. From 2013-2017, he was an analyst with the OPEC Secretariat, Vienna, where he co-authored their annual World Oil Outlook. Previous affiliations include International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis; University of Vienna; and Catholic University of Chile. He has participated in numerous energy studies, including with the World Petroleum Council, German Institute for Economic Research and US National Petroleum Council. He Holds PhD and Master degrees from Colorado School of Mines, USA, and a Bachelor degree from Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary. His publication record comprises The Price of Oil, a book published by Cambridge University Press in English and Chinese.

Speakers:

Piero Carlo dos Reis is a Research Associate at the FSR, working on energy technologies and electricity-related specific topics. Currently, his main research interests are energy technologies (i.e. electric vehicles, renewable electricity generators and hydrogen) and new business models in the power sector. Before joining FSR in February 2019, Piero graduated as a Mechanical engineer from ETH Zurich, Switzerland, with a focus on energy engineering, energy modeling, and policies. During this program, he also did his Master's Thesis at EPFL Energy Centre and an internship at the energy planning team of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). He holds a BSc degree in Energy Engineering from Politecnico di Torino, Italy.

Mariana Liakopoulou is a Markets and Policy Associate working in the EU liaison office of the European Federation of Energy Traders (EFET). In this capacity, she undertakes analysis on topics related to the Fit for 55 package, emissions trading, gas decarbonisation and hydrogen, certification and guarantees of origin, as well as on topics related to the French and Greek power and gas markets. She also serves as Research Fellow in Energy Security with the NATO Association of Canada (NAOC), producing research works pertaining to Caspian energy policy and the liberalization of the European energy markets in Southeast and Central and Eastern Europe. Formerly, she was a consultant and member of the Roster of Experts of the Energy Community Secretariat. She has also worked in the Director’s office of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators. She started out as Energy Policy and Security Fellow with Caspian Policy Center (Washington DC.) Her publication record comprises works for various industry sources, including the International Association for Energy Economics, the United States Association for Energy Economics, Natural Gas World, the NATO ENSEC COE’s “Energy Highlights” journal, Gulf Intelligence and European Gas Hub. She holds a Master’s in International Relations and European Studies from the School of Economics and Political Science of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Her Master’s thesis looks into the Caspian legal status in relation to the European Commission’s strategy towards the Fourth/ Southern Gas Corridor.

 

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