Noé van Hulst, Vice-Chair, International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy (IPHE), talks about IPHE's pivotal role and the strategic imperatives needed to drive rapid and impactful hydrogen deployment across Asia's energy landscape.
- In your view, what strategic steps can be taken to seamlessly integrate hydrogen into the natural gas industry for Asia, in order to propel transformative changes by 2050?
Hydrogen has gained significant attention as a versatile energy carrier. How is IPHE fostering international collaboration to accelerate research, development, and deployment of hydrogen technologies?
- Looking ahead, what are the key priorities and initiatives that IPHE has planned to further accelerate the adoption and utilisation of hydrogen and fuel cells in the global economy?
About Noé van Hulst, Vice-Chair, International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy (IPHE):
Noé van Hulst is Vice-Chair of the International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy (IPHE), Hydrogen Advisor to the International Energy Agency (IEA) and Gasunie, and a Senior Fellow at Clingendael International Energy Programme (CIEP).
Prior to that, Mr van Hulst was the Hydrogen Envoy at the Ministry of Economic Affairs & Climate Policy in the Netherlands. He was the Dutch Ambassador to the the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) from September 2013 to September 2018 and Chairman of the IEA Governing Board.
From 2003 to 2007, he worked at the IEA in Paris as Director of Long-Term Co-operation and Policy Analysis. He then became Secretary-General of the International Energy Forum (IEF) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from 2008 to 2011. He was Director of the Energy Academy Europe in 2012-2013. Before that, Mr van Hulst worked at the Free University in Amsterdam, the Social and Economic Council (SER) in The Hague and the Ministry of Economic Affairs from 1988, and as Director-General for Energy.