Western Australian high school students have embraced the opportunity to compete in the “world’s largest” hydrogen competition, the Horizon Hydrogen Grand Prix (H2GP).
With support from Chevron Australia, high school students from 20 teams undertook the challenge of building, and modifying, a hydrogen-powered small model remote-control car to compete in the inaugural WA H2GP Finals.
During the WA Finals, each team presented their car and shared their learnings from the program to a judging panel before taking part in a four-hour endurance race.
The team from Emmanuel Catholic College was named overall winner and has been invited to compete in the World Finals in Anaheim, California, in September, supported by Chevron Australia.
Chevron New Energies General Manager Corporate Affairs Melissa Shute says WA classrooms have been transformed into racetracks and students have become innovators, with their efforts culminating in a fantastic final endurance race.
“Hydrogen’s growth is naturally linked to a lower carbon future and Chevron is focused on developing large-scale lower carbon projects that build on our assets, capabilities and relationships. Congratulations to all participants, especially our WA winners from Emmanuel Catholic College,” she says.
Horizon Educational CEO Kamil Jelinek says securing Australia’s energy future starts with community-based educational programs like the H2GP.
“As we’ve seen during the course of the program, training the next generation of hydrogen and sustainable energy innovators means going beyond the classroom, instilling the type of real-world, hands-on engineering and project management skills these students will need in the future workforce,” he says.
