S1 EP5-Tamahra Kierath | Energy and Green Hydrogen

We bring you a special conversation with the Principal Commercial of Fortescue Future Industries! If you haven't heard, they are the Australian leader in Green Hydrogen innovation. Tamahra Kierath discusses her career change from commercial law into mining, as well as why green hydrogen is the way of the future energy industry! 

Dive deeper into understanding the commercialisation of green hydrogen, including why it is preferable over batteries and electric power, and what this means for the future of energy and power. 

[00:00] Introduction

[00:58] Career journey, the energy and mining industry, Fortescue and the green hydrogen industry

[08:08] About Fortescue Future Industries (FFI)

[09:46] Why green hydrogen?

[12:53] What is green hydrogen? What are the other “colours of the rainbow hydrogen”?

[15:24] The technology needed to make green hydrogen commercially viable

[18:12] Green hydrogen in residential and domestic settings

[20:30] Climate, politics, and the Coalition for Conservation

[23:00] Australia’s climate change policy challenges, and how this affects FFI

[27:30] Why not transition to blue hydrogen before jumping to green hydrogen? What is the key ingredient to making green hydrogen commercially viable from a cost perspective?

[34:15] Speed round!

[36:21] Outro