The Queensland Energy Club was originally launched back in 2018 with an address by Simon Kidston, Executive Director Genex Power regarding the Kidston Project. Simon’s address was fabulous, but the timing of the Club was still too soon.
Moving forward three years, the future of energy has become an insanely hot topic. Australia’s race to a renewable future, coupled with the potential to become a zero – carbon powerhouse, has found Queensland in a prime position to be at the forefront of this immense opportunity.
Queensland is already well ahead of other states with an abundance of sun, wind, and a multitude of minerals to power up the renewables sector. Queensland is also well positioned for a thriving renewable export industry amid strong historical trading partnerships with countries such as Korea, Japan and South America.
To me, 2021 felt like the perfect time to create a series of events, so that energy industry leaders, emerging leaders in business and technology, government, entrepreneurs, and distinguished representatives from the services and academic communities, could all have the opportunity to congenially meet together in the same room, and address key topics facing the energy industry. The need for a networking group became absolutely apparent to me. And here, I found my dream job in making this happen.