HydGene Showcases Clean Hydrogen Solutions at Hunter New Energy Symposium 2025

HydGene Renewables contributed to two key sessions at the Hunter New Energy Symposium 2025, held in Newcastle across 21st to 22nd May. Our second year participating, the event drew policymakers, researchers, and industry stakeholders from across sectors to explore decarbonisation strategies, with a strong emphasis on hydrogen, ammonia, and circular economy technologies in the Hunter region. HydGene’s participation highlighted its active role in building scalable, decentralised hydrogen solutions for the chemical sector and regional deployment.

Day 1: Trailblazer Partner Session: TRaCE Showcase

HydGene participated in the Trailblazer for Recycling and Clean Energy (TRaCE) partner showcase, which highlighted fast-moving startups contributing to Australia’s transition. Our CEO, Louise’s presentation focused on HydGene’s field pilot converting agricultural straw into hydrogen and then into ammonia – work supported in its early stages by a TRaCE voucher from the University of Newcastle. The session illustrated how the TRaCE program supported HydGene’s progress from feasibility to pilot-readiness. Further information on this work can be found here.

Day 2: Industrial Decarbonisation Panel

Our CEO, Louise, also joined a panel on industrial decarbonisation, moderated by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. The discussion centred on supply chain emissions and the role of low-carbon inputs, like green hydrogen and ammonia, in enabling industrial change. The panel provided an opportunity to highlight how our approach is being piloted in regional NSW, and what is needed to scale it further - namely manufacturing capability, policy certainty, and clear demand signals.

HydGene appreciates the opportunity to take part in both sessions and connect with others building low-carbon industrial solutions across the Hunter and beyond. As clean manufacturing grows in national priority, we remain focused on delivering hydrogen and ammonia systems that are circular, deployable, cost-competitive and grounded in regional value chains.