The next IFP School Voices webinar will be hosted by Mr. Bruno Lestrade, Business Developer CCUS & Power-to-Methane, and Ms. Alice Rodrigues, Chargée de projets, at GRTgaz on January 18, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. (Paris time).
Biography of Bruno Lestrade
Business Developer CCUS & Power-to-Methane
GRTgaz
A graduate of Chimie ParisTech, Bruno Lestrade holds a degree in Refining, Engineering and Gas from IFP School (class of 2003).
He began his career in oil refining, before switching to energy management, where he worked across several industrial sectors (metallurgy, chemicals, power generation, etc.) on both technical and economic levels.
Today at GRTgaz, he supports natural gas customers in their energy transition towards renewable energies and low-carbon gases in particular.
Since 2023, Mr. Lestrade is a lecturer for IFP School's Energy and Processes program. He is a member of the Conseil supérieur de l'énergie (CSE).
Biography of Alice Rodrigues
Alice Rodrigues is a graduate of AgroParisTech (class of 2004). After two logistics positions in the food industry (Européenne d'Embouteillage, Kerry Produits Jaeger), she joined GRTgaz in 2009.
She worked for five years as an IT project manager on GRTgaz's "TRANS@ctions" commercial IS, then for five years as a Routing Account Manager. Since 2019, she has been carrying out dimensioning studies on future 100% hydrogen networks.
About their conference
"Presentation of the GRTgaz/RTE study on the needs and joint planning of hydrogen and electricity infrastructures"
The development of hydrogen produced by electrolysis raises questions about the need for hydrogen transport and storage infrastructures, and how these can be planned in conjunction with electricity transmission infrastructures.
To shed light on this matter, RTE and GRTgaz conducted a joint study in 2023 to assess the issues involved in developing hydrogen storage and transport infrastructures, and the levers for optimizing them with regard to the power system.
The analyses carried out, which cross-referenced electricity and gas system issues, show that the main benefit of dedicated hydrogen transport infrastructures is to connect hydrogen basins with saline storage facilities, enabling electrolyzers to offer their flexibility to the electricity system. In the study's central scenario, the net benefit to the energy system as a whole from this infrastructure is estimated at €1.5 billion/year.
