Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates

تحت رعاية صاحب السمو الشيخ محمد بن زايد آل نهيان، رئيس دولة الامارات العربية المتحدة

Supported by

Yoshinori Kanehana

Chairman of the Board

Kawasaki Heavy Industries

Yoshinori
Yoshinori

Yoshinori Kanehana has been Chairman of the Board of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Kawasaki) since June 2020.

He joined Kawasaki in 1976 and was engaged in the Rolling Stock Group. He was appointed as Senior Executive Vice President of Kawasaki and President of the Rolling Stock Company in 2013. Then he became President of Kawasaki in 2016.

He has more than 29 years of experience in senior operational and executive roles in heavy industry, including railcar manufacturing, having worked in Japan, the UK and the US.

Under his leadership, Kawasaki and its project partners successfully completed the Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC) Pilot Project in February 2022. The project pioneered shipping of liquefied hydrogen, through the operation of the world-first liquefied hydrogen carrier, the SUISO FRONTIER, between Japan and Australia.

Kanehana was a former Co-Chair of the Hydrogen Council, a global CEO-led initiative with the goal of promoting hydrogen to enable a transition to clean energy, from January 2022 to June 2024.

Session Overview
Tuesday, 5 November
15:15
Hydrogen Conference ICC Hall Part B 15:15 - 15:45
Decarbonising heavy industry – is hydrogen a practical solution?

Heavy industries and shipping are significant contributors to global carbon emissions and face challenges to delivering lower carbon processes due to high thermal demands and stringent carbon reduction targets. Hydrogen could be a promising solution for decarbonising these heavy-emitting sectors due to its high energy content and versatility, allowing it to be used as both a heat source and a chemical reagent in various industrial processes. But, for hydrogen and its derivatives to enable a decarbonised future for heavy industry, substantial advances in hydrogen production, infrastructure development, regulatory support, and technological integration need to happen simultaneously. Scaling up the production of hydrogen, enhancing transport and storage infrastructure, implementing supportive policies that incentivise investment, and developing technologies that effectively integrate hydrogen into existing industrial systems are critical steps towards realising this potential.

Attendee insights:

Gain a better understanding of the opportunities low-carbon hydrogen can open for decarbonising heavy industry, the innovative technologies poised to facilitate progress and the challenges to overcome in integrating hydrogen into industrial processes.

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