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Bernard Brown

Empire Diversified Energy | COO

Speaker

Track B: Emerging Technologies and Renewable Energy

Session B3: Hydrogen Innovations and Applications

May 2, 2024 | 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Waste to Energy for Green Hydrogen

Empire Diviersified Energy has been selected as a member of the ARCH2 Hydrogen Hub to deploy 2 million kg of green hydrogen in Follansbee, WV. The award winning project has an innovative approach to diverting food waste and sludge from landfills to generate a green hydrogen that will be utilized in in the transportation sector and the production green steel at the Port of West Virginia.

Speaker Bio

Bernard has over 20 years of public and private experience involving project development. Mr. Brown joined Empire Diversified Energy where he now serves as a Chief Operating Officer utilizing his ability skills to lead teams through project development, execution and organize project priorities to maintain alignment on project goals leading to measurable results. Mr. Brown maintains understanding of waste to energy in project design, permitting, and execution. Mr. Brown utilizes project experience to support the company's vision of bettering the planet by focusing on projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance resource efficiency.