EP.70 Rupert Maloney, Head of Hydrogen at the Clean Energy Finance Corporation

In this episode, our Managing Director in Australia, Hugo Batten is joined by Rupert Maloney, Head of Hydrogen at the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Weijie Mak, Principal in Aurora’s office in Australia. 

Before joining CEFC, Rupert was General Manager of Strategy & Corporate Development at Ampol, an Australian fuels player, as well as a banker at Macquarie and a lawyer at Baker & McKenzie. The discussion is focused on hydrogen and the opportunities for developing a hydrogen industry in Australia. 

The main topics include:

•Key takeaways of CEFC’s recent Australian hydrogen market study
•Hydrogen as an export opportunity for Australia and prioritization of domestic opportunities 
•How the Europeans are designing their markets around hydrogen 
•The low electrolyzer CAPEX and the cost of capital reductions

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