{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Exploring Clean Energy","title":"Beyond Electrolysis: Sparc Hydrogen's Technology for Low-Cost Green Hydrogen","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2374,"description":"What if producing green hydrogen didn’t require an electrolyser and the associated infrastructure?\nIn this episode of Exploring Clean Energy, host Andy Marsland is joined by Alana Barlow, CEO of Sparc Hydrogen, and Professor Greg Metha, Lead Researcher, to explore a different pathway for renewable hydrogen production: “photocatalysts” (PCs) and  “photoelectrochemicals” (PECs) for water splitting.\nAs the hydrogen sector works to overcome the cost and infrastructure challenges associated with conventional green hydrogen, Sparc Hydrogen is developing technology that uses sunlight to split water directly into hydrogen and oxygen.\nOften described as “artificial photosynthesis”, the process has the potential to simplify hydrogen production by removing the need to first generate electricity and then feed that electricity into an electrolyser.\nAlana and Greg take Andy inside the science, economics and commercialisation pathway behind the technology - from the challenge of electricity costs and the importance of solar-to-hydrogen efficiency, through to Sparc Hydrogen’s pilot plant in South Australia and its ambitions for commercial-scale deployment.\nMeet the Guests\nAlana Barlow - CEO, Sparc Hydrogen\nAlana is CEO of Sparc Hydrogen, a production technology company developing low-cost photocatalytic water splitting technology.\nHer career spans government, project development, asset management and commercial law, with the past six years focused on alternative energy including hydrogen and its derivatives, biogases and bio-liquids.\nPreviously working with Sumitomo Corporation across hydrogen, resources and energy, Alana led the final investment decision on the A$111 million Sumitomo Gladstone Green Hydrogen Project, developed in partnership with Rio Tinto.\nToday, her focus is on enabling and emerging technologies capable of reducing the levelised cost of hydrogen and supporting the industry's next stage of development.\nProfessor Greg Metha - Lead Researcher, Sparc Hydrogen...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/QIKjxyMtnzaMwNS35XBfZBFgjh2riCYpMZmhbiY-rkM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85MGEy/NjFlNmUwNWEzOWE5/Y2VjYjllMzliOGRl/YTc4MC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}