Professor Joe Howe
Chair, the North West Hydrogen Alliance
Interests:
Industrial decarbonisation and sector development: realising the benefits; developing supply chain; jobs, skills and export opportunities; cryogenic carbon capture, hydrogen technologies and economies.
Biography:
Joe chairs the NW Hydrogen Alliance and is a Trustee on the Department for Education arm’s length Engineering Construction Industry Training Board.
He is also academic lead on the following bodies: UK Decarbonised of Gas Alliance; National Grid Future Of Gas programme; UK Hydrogen Investor Forum; and the HyNet consortium. He’s also the North West lead for the UK Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre.
Until 2023, Joe was Professor and Executive Director of the Thornton Energy Research Institute, University of Chester.
Email: j.howe@chester.ac.uk