HYDROGEN technology could have an impact as big as North Sea oil and gas did in the 1970s a leading figure in the energy industry has claimed.
Ian Marchant – former CEO of Perth-based SSE and the current chair of Thames Water – was speaking as Logan Energy announced that he and two others were joining their board.
Incoming chair Marchant will be joined by non-executive directors Bob MacDonald, ex-CEO of specialist technical solutions at Wood, and Derek Mathieson, formerly the chief marketing and technology officer at Baker Hughes.
Logan said the appointments bolstered its executive team ahead of increased international expansion. Their new chair has more than 30 years of experience with firms at the forefront of the private utility, power generation and clean energy markets.
“I have felt for some time that hydrogen has the potential to be one of the transforming technologies of the 21st century and its deployment will be key to achieving a net zero carbon society as soon as possible, particularly in the fields of transport and urban heat,” said…