Dr. Greg Trainor and Neil Belford speak with Warner Priest, Midstream Director at InterContinental Energy, about engineering the world's largest green hydrogen projects. Warner explains the technical logic behind the 110-gigawatt Western Green Energy Hub and Australian Renewable Energy Hub—projects that could transform global shipping, steel production, and Australia's industrial base. He reveals why hydrogen pipelines are superior to long-distance transmission at scale, how seawater desalination requires less water than most imagine, and why green ammonia is the safest, most proven energy carrier for shipping.
Dr. Greg Trainor and Neil Belford speak with Warner Priest, Midstream Director at InterContinental Energy, about engineering the world's largest green hydrogen projects. Warner explains the technical logic behind the 110-gigawatt Western Green Energy Hub and Australian Renewable Energy Hub—projects that could transform global shipping, steel production, and Australia's industrial base. He reveals why hydrogen pipelines are superior to long-distance transmission at scale, how seawater desalination requires less water than most imagine, and why green ammonia is the safest, most proven energy carrier for shipping.
(07:00) P2H2 node architecture: why pipelines beat transmission lines
(12:00) Green hydrogen vs batteries: complementary solutions for different problems
(16:00) Electrolyser efficiency trajectory and Australian innovation breakthrough
(21:00) Desalination reality check: one Perth plant supplies 70-gigawatt project
(30:00) Green ammonia safety engineering and shipping fuel opportunity
(36:00) Green iron calculations: 25 million tons from a single project
(46:00) Success metrics for the 2030s and future outlook