Can the energy revolution create thousands of green jobs on our very doorstep?
GREEN JOBS: Who will manufacture the new transport vehicles of the 21st Century, from e-scooters to hydrogen buses. EmTech Europe in Titanic Belfast on 1-2 July will showcase the most brilliant minds across Europe tackling the climate emergency with breakthrough technologies. But the MIT Technology Review-partnered conference will also shine a light on the trailblazing entrepreneurs closer to home who are at the cutting edge of green-tech. Already RYZE of Ballymena  formerly Wrightbus  is making waves with its hyrodgen-powered buses but clean energy company Artemis, building the first electric catarmaran in Belfast harbour, also has wind in its sails. Led by Olympian Iain Percy  who will speak at EmTech Europe  the company is using Formula 1 technology to engineer a new type of seagoing vessel. Keeping pace with their clean energy efforts is veteran windpower entrepreneur David Surplus of B9 Energy who will present at EmTech on his joint project with Phoenix Natural Gas to split water, through electrolysis, into hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen is a cleaner alternative to our current natural gas supply while the oxygen is being used to speed up the treatment of sewage, thus relieving pressure on our creaking infrastructure. Every year we measure higher and higher levels of CO2, since our emissions are cumulative and stay in the atmosphere for up to 1000 years. Here is a reminder where they come from: https://t.co/0SnwPiXBeJ  Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) June 20, 2021  B9 has also built its own electrolysiser which is now on site outside Belfast in a pilot programme which could create a thousand jobs and reduce reliance on carbon fuels. At a stretch, those three projects alone have the potential to create 3,000 jobs  but the revolution doesnt stop there. For the NI Housing Executive has ambitious plans to retrofit its housing stock to cut down on energy use while the new Innovation City Belfast initiative is based around the desire to build a fairer, greener economy. Lord Mayor Kate Nicholl and Belfast City Council Digital Innovation Commissioner Jayne Brady will outline at EmTech the City Hall goal to transition Belfast to an inclusive, zero-emission, climate-resilient economy in a generation. We are excited to announce that Wallbox plans to become a public company listed on the @NYSE through a merger agreement with Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp II! With cheap, unlimited wind power in Ireland, the opportunity is here to be seized, says David Surplus of B9 Energy. "The ball is in our court," he said. "If we move swiftly, we can be the guys who manufacture and distribute electrolysisers to the world rather than have someone else sell them to us." To find out more, register online for EmTech Europe.