Green hydrogen for food security - Decoupling fertilisers from fossil fuels
11 November 2022, 11:30 - 12:30 (Minderoo Pavilion)
Summary: The world faces a food security crisis. Record high food prices are increasing hunger and malnutrition and driving millions into extreme poverty. The commodities that have been most affected are wheat, maize, edible oils, and fertilizers.
Ammonia is a very effective fertilizer and is the second-most commonly produced chemical in the world. However, ammonia manufacturing contributes between 1 and 2% of worldwide carbon dioxide emissions. The natural gas can be replaced with green hydrogen produced with renewable electricity through the electrolysis of water. A switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy, green hydrogen and green ammonia therefore has the potential to reduce dependence on fertiliser imports, enhance food security and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
This session will bring together companies, governments and experts to show good practices and project examples, demonstrate the business case for investment in green fertilisers and discuss on how government, industry and other actors can do more to help decouple fertiliser production from the volatile natural gas market, and encourage greater self-sufficiency and food security with green ammonia and fertiliser production.
Speakers
- Moderator: Jonas Moberg, CEO, Green Hydrogen Organisation
- Charlotte Kirk, Scientist - Green Ammonia Expert, Fortescue Future Industries
- Tarek Hosny, Head of Investments and Projects, Fertiglobe
- Thierry Lepercq, Founder and President, HyDeal Ambition
- Abera Endeshaw, Senior Advisor to the Minister, Minister of Water and Energy, Ethiopia