Energy Talks by Qld Energy Club

Introducing James Allan, a Senior Director at Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, who leads Quinbrook’s Digital Strategies.Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners is an ESG-focused, ‘value add’ investment manager with a specialist focus on low carbon and renewable energy supply, storage, grid stability, and flexibility services including the algorithmic optimisation of dispatchable power assets using advanced AI data science.James led Quinbrook’s acquisition of Habitat Energy in 2021 and has been in...

Wednesday 29 March 2023Introducing Andrew Bills, the Chief Executive Officer of CS Energy, a large Queensland-based generation company. He has over 25 years experience in the energy industry across the public and private sectors, covering power generation, retail supply, distribution, LPG and energy trading. Andrew’s previous roles include Executive roles at Origin Energy, Babcock and Brown Power, Stanwell Corporation and as a Director at PwC.In this podcast, Andrew will discuss his journey a...

Episode 11: Energy Talks. ‘FINNISH HYDROGEN START UP VISITS QUEENSLAND’ Wednesday 29 March 2023 Introducing Matti Malkamäki, Founder and Chairman of the Board of Hycamite TCD Technologies, in conversation with Conrad Gaudin, Founder and CEO of Otec Pacific. Matti is a serial cleantech / deeptech entrepreneur and an active member of various hydrogen-related entities.In this podcast, Matti will discuss Hycamite and how it could kick start Australia's Hydrogen aspirations in the indust...

Introducing James Harman, CEO EDLJames Harman is a highly experienced executive who, over the last six years, has led EDL’s rapid global expansion – including investing in biomethane-to-transportation-fuel projects and biomethane-to-electricity projects in North America; and delivering innovative large-scale hybrid renewable microgrid projects in remote areas of Australia.As the world seeks to decarbonise, there is no one size fits all solution. Many different technologies and parts of the ec...

Introducing Malcolm Rushin, who has led GHD’s hydrogen and future fuels offering in Australia since 2018. He now leads GHD’s Australian Future Energy offering which incorporates the significant GHD power business as well as future fuels.Malcolm has significant experience as a Project Director, Project Manager and Study manager for complex process-oriented projects and has recently completed a number of studies for low carbon hydrogen production and transportation.Since 2015 Malcolm has led a ...

Introducing Chris Wade, former CEO of the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF), joined by Dr. Heidi Edmonds Project Manager, Queensland Projects, at Beyond Zero Emissions, and also in conversation with Joseph O’Brien, Director and co-founder CopperString 2.0.Chris has over 20 years’ experience in senior leadership, project development and investment across the infrastructure, clean energy and property sectors. During his time at NAIF, Chris led a significant enterprise change pro...

Introducing Paul Richards, Global Head of Resources, Energy & Infrastructure ANZ based in Sydney, in conversation with Mark Couchman Director, Natural Resources Group ANZ based in Brisbane.Paul Richards is a highly experienced banker in both domestic and international markets, with extensive leadership of client-facing, ‘connectivity’ teams. Paul is a values-oriented leader, driven by a passion for developing deep customer relationships, building inclusive and collaborative teams, innovat...

Introducing Dr Chris Greg, Senior Research Scientist, Princeton University Dr Chris Greig, a proud Queenslander, is the Theodora D. ('78) and William H. Walton III ('74) Senior Research Scientist at the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University, New Jersey.As the debate on climate change and the COVID 19 recovery comes to the forefront in Australia, a 2050 Net-Zero emissions target is swiftly becoming a global norm. In this podcast, Chris shares h...

Introducing Mr. Joseph O’Brien, Co-Founder and Director of CopperString 2.0Joseph has worked in the energy-supply industry for over 20 years, and today is the Founding Partner and Executive Chairman of VisIR Holdings Pty Ltd, as well as a Director of CuString Pty Ltd sponsor of the CopperString 2.0 transmission project.CopperString 2.0 is a private Townsville based company, developed by CuString Pty Ltd. CopperString 2.0’s proposed high voltage transmission network will connect Mount Isa to t...

Introducing Mr. Daniel Kim, Chief Executive Officer, Ark Energy Corporation Daniel Kim has more than 20 years' experience advising on cross-border deals between Asia and Australia across a broad range of industries including renewable energy, natural resources, and infrastructure.Daniel is currently the CEO of Ark Energy Corporation, an Australian subsidiary of Korea Zinc Company (largest zinc, lead and silver producer in the world). Ark Energy’s mandate is to decarbonise the energy supp...