Hydrogen is essential to combatting climate change

Investing in the future fuel

The Hydrogen Council estimates by 2050…

Global Hydrogen Market

Annual CO₂ Abatement

Global Energy Demand Met By Hydrogen

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Humanity must de-carbonise its energy source to preserve the planet. Hydrogen has the potential to fuel our cars, buses, ships and airplanes, heat our buildings and serve as a base energy source to balance wind and solar power. Alongside electric vehicles, hydrogen could have a materially positive impact in improving urban air quality.

It is a cleaner, cheaper alternative to fossil fuels – and it is essential to combatting climate change.

Hydrogen Future Industries has been established to invest in projects and companies focused on the Hydrogen Economy.

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The Hydrogen Economy

Hydrogen is a clean-burning molecule that could become a zero-carbon substitute for fossil fuels in hard-to-abate sectors of the economy.

The ‘Hydrogen Economy’ refers to the vision of using hydrogen as a clean, low-carbon energy resource to meet the world’s energy needs, replacing traditional fossil fuels and forming a substantial part of a clean energy portfolio. It is being driven by several factors including the Paris Agreement, the Net Zero challenge and the urban air quality agenda.

The future of fuel centres primarily around “blue” and “green” types of hydrogen. Green hydrogen uses renewable energy, separating hydrogen from oxygen in water (H2O) by electrolysis. Blue hydrogen uses established production routes for natural gas, and augments the process with “carbon capture utilisation and sequestration” (CCUS) technologies. These technologies can catch and store carbon dioxide for other uses, instead of releasing emissions into the atmosphere.

In the full decarbonisation of the world economy, hydrogen is best positioned to displace fossil fuels in energy intensive and technically challenging sectors of the economy. Hydrogen combustion can fuel cars, buses, trains, ships, and planes and will heat our buildings, producing water instead of CO2. As many countries have already set a ban on internal combustion engines by 2035, hydrogen is set to power the daily commute of millions.

Investment Strategy

According to the Hydrogen Council, the international hydrogen market could be worth up to $2.5 trillion by 2050, meeting 18% of global energy demand. As environmental, social and governance (ESG) becomes increasingly central to investors and companies, investments in hydrogen are likely to rise.

Hydrogen Future Industries will invest in and develop assets across the Hydrogen Economy, from supply and storage to distribution and application. Our strategy is to invest in hydrogen focused assets in developed markets, including:

Assets that supply hydrogen
Large scale energy storage assets
Carbon capture assets
Hydrogen distribution infrastructure assets
Assets involved in hydrogen supply chains, such as electrolysers and fuel cells
Businesses that utilise hydrogen applications such as transport, power generation, feedstock and heat

The Hydrogen Council and McKinsey predict electrolyser systems could produce green hydrogen at 20% of today’s costs by 2030. Existing gas pipelines can be adapted to transport gaseous hydrogen at less than 10 cents per kilogramme, and the infrastructure and the at-scale production of the new Hydrogen Economy will allow global shipping of liquid hydrogen at less than 3 USD/kg.

Hydrogen Future Industries is interested in the full spectrum of hydrogen production and applications, and in investing in the future of fuel.

Our Team

Daniel Maling

Non-executive Chairman

Daniel Maling is a member of the Chartered Accountants of Australia & New Zealand. He has over 20 years of senior corporate and commercial management experience primarily in the natural resource and technology sectors.

Daniel has worked with several AIM, ASX and TSX listed companies providing corporate finance, business development and strategic advice. Previously Mr Maling was Corporate Finance and Business Development Manager for AIM listed mining and oil and gas investment house Cambrian Mining plc which merged with Western Canadian Coal plc before being bought by Walter Energy for US$3.3bn.

David Ormerod

Executive Director

David Ormerod is an accomplished geophysicist with extensive experience in the commercial and technical facets of the energy industry. He serves as technical director for a further two companies in the hydrogen industry. Notably he has coordinated Woodside Energy’s exploration activities in the Gulf of Mexico, is actively assessing the potential of gas assets in Australia for blue hydrogen production and associated CCS, and has been involved in dozens of onshore and offshore oil and has projects over the last 30 years. He has a BSc in Geology from Monash University and a BSc with Honours in Geophysics and Geology from Melbourne University. Recently he has completed studies in Energy Systems including Renewables and non-Renewable Energy sources at the University of Melbourne, centred on the utilisation of gas as a feedstock for hydrogen generation.

Fungai Ndoro

Non-executive Director

Fungai Ndoro is an experienced corporate financier who specialises in working with growth companies within the London market. She has worked in the City for over a decade and has spent most of her career at Peterhouse Capital, advising and executing a broad spectrum of corporate transactions for public companies, including IPOs, acquisitions and disposals, fundraisings, and structural reorganisations. Fungai has executed the structuring and launch of several companies within sectors including resources, technology and life sciences. She is currently a non-executive director of Helium Ventures Plc and executive director of Quetzal Capital Plc.

Tim Blake

CEO, HFI Energy Systems

Tim Blake is CEO of HFI Energy Systems Limited (HESL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hydrogen Future Industries. HESL has been formed to develop proprietary wind and water-based hydrogen production systems, incorporating hydrogen compression and storage. Tim has considerable experience in the development of efficient turbine systems, an area in which he has specialised for over a decade and written multiple patents. Prior to working on the development of turbine systems, Tim spent numerous years, and built a niche and highly regarded network, in the motorsport and transportation industries, working alongside companies including Lexus/Toyota, General Motors, and Airbus.

Ryan Neates

Finance Manager

Ryan Neates is a member of the Chartered Accountants of Australia & New Zealand. He has over eight years of experience in both private practice and the commercial sector. Whilst in private practice he specialised in business advisory and the business valuation process.

Since moving to the UK in 2019 Ryan has gained experience working with large multinationals in the Healthcare and Property sectors throughout the UK and Europe. More recently he has been involved with publicly listed companies across various exchanges primarily in the mining and life sciences industries.

As a result of his varied background, Ryan has developed a wide ranging skill set suitable for approaching complex issues and delivering dynamic solutions. Most of all he is excited to be assisting in maximising the great potential that Hydrogen Future Industries possesses.