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 Prof. John W. Sheffield 131 Knoy Hall of Technology, Purdue University, USA |
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| Title: Green Hydrogen Opportunities for Solar Photovoltaic Technology | |
| Abstract: There are new trends and technologies which are changing the way energy is being produced, delivered and consumed. Hydrogen, as an energy carrier, produced by water electrolysis using renewable energy is called Green Hydrogen. Efforts to scale up Green Hydrogen use for the energy transition are increasing in many countries, with an emphasis on larger-scale, power system-friendly electrolysis. Studies have shown that commercializing the integration of concentrator photovoltaic and water electrolysis technologies could push the levelized cost of hydrogen below 2 USD/kg. Thus, Green Hydrogen may be the best economically viable option to support seasonal, dispatchable, scalable energy storage for the electric grid. | |
| Biography: Dr. John W. Sheffield is a Professor of Engineering Technology at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A. His professional career in hydrogen energy technologies began in 1976 when he was working for Pratt and Whitney Aircraft in West Palm Beach, Florida developing high-power, continuous wave, hydrogen-fluoride and deuterium-fluoride chemical lasers. Later, Dr. Sheffield served as one of the founding associate directors at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization - International Centre for Hydrogen Energy Technologies (UNIDO-ICHET) in Istanbul, Turkey. Dr. Sheffield received his Bachelor of Engineering Science degree from the University of Texas at Austin, and his Master of Engineering Mechanics and his Ph.D. in Engineering Science & Mechanics degrees from North Carolina State University. For more than 43 years, Dr. Sheffield has served as an editor of the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, the official journal of the International Association for Hydrogen Energy. Prior to be elected in 2019 as the President, Dr. Sheffield served as the Executive Vice President of the International Association for Hydrogen Energy. | |
