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On this episode of EAH, we sat down with Dr. Bo Cerup-Simonsen, Chief Executive Officer of the Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping. Bo holds a PHD in Naval Architecture and Mechanical Engineering and spent seven years as a research engineer at MIT.  During his career, he has been responsible hundreds of leading-edge newbuilding, engineering, and technology projects, which have significantly contributed to safety, efficiency and competitiveness within shipping. Bo was VP, Head of Newbuilding Strategy and Portfolio at Royal Caribbean Cruises, Director of the Danish Hydrocarbon Research and Technology Centre, and VP, Head of Maersk Maritime Technology. Bo also headed the Maritime Technical Consultancy of Det Norske Veritas (DNV, now DNVGL).  The Center is a not-for-profit, independent research and development organization accelerating the transition towards a net-zero future for the maritime industry. With their partners across the shipping and energy industries, they drive and facilitate the development and implementation of new pathways and technology solutions and standards required for systemic and regulatory change.  Bo explains the Center's work and we discuss decarbonization of shipping using hydrogen derived green fuels.  Links: The Maersk McKinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping Website: https://www.zerocarbonshipping.com Green Corridors Prefeasibility Phase Blueprint: https://www.zerocarbonshipping.com/publications/green-corridors-pre-feasibility-phase-blueprint/ Maritime Decarbonization Strategy 2022: https://www.zerocarbonshipping.com/publications/maritime-decarbonization-strategy/

On this episode of EAH, we sat down with Alejandro Oyarce Barnett, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder at Hystar. Hystar is a technology-focused company specializing in PEM electrolysers for hydrogen production using renewable energy. The company got its start as a spin-off from SINTEF, one of Europe’s largest independent research organizations and has raised private funding so the company can focus on production of its high-efficiency PEM units and keep pace with demand for hydrogen generation capacity. Hystar announced on January 11, 2023 that the company has closed a Series B funding round of USD 26mn to rapidly scale-up to full commercial operations with an automated GW-capacity production line by 2025.  Alejandro joined us to discuss in more detail the origins of Hystar, its technology, and the mission at the core of the company. Links: Hystar website: https://hystar.com/ Hystar "About us" page: https://hystar.com/about/ Hystar "News" page: https://hystar.com/newsroom/ Fuel Cell Works article about Enova investment in Hystar: https://fuelcellsworks.com/news/new-technology-can-make-green-hydrogen-more-competitive-enova-supports-hystars-technology-with-nok-38-2-million/

On today’s episode, Alicia, Chris, and Patrick are chatting with Vonjy Rakajoba, UK Managing Director at Robert Bosch. The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services and employs roughly 402,600 associates worldwide. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. Bosch believes that hydrogen has a bright future as an energy carrier, and is making considerable upfront investments in this area. From 2021 to 2024, the company plans to invest around 600 million euros in mobile fuel-cell applications and a further 400 million euros in stationary ones for the generation of electricity and heat. Vonjy is here with us to discuss more about what Bosch’s expansion into the hydrogen energy sector will look like and how the company expects the market to grow moving forward. Links: Bosch website: https://www.bosch.com/ UtilityDive article on Bosch fuel cell manufacturing: https://www.utilitydive.com/news/bosh-invests-200m-to-produce-fuel-cell-stacks-in-us/631538/

In order to wrap Season 3 of EAH appropriately, we are honored to have our most popular EAH guest back with us, Alicia Eastman, President and Co-Founder of Intercontinental Energy is here to help us review the big hydrogen happenings of 2022 and preview some of the most important predictions and expectations for the sector coming for 2023. Enjoy!

On this episode of Everything About Hydrogen, we are speaking with David Wellard, Regulatory Affairs Manager at Orsted. Orsted is a global leader in renewable energy generation projects, particularly when it comes to the rapidly expanding wind energy sector. Headquartered in Denmark, the company has a global reach across multiple continents and technologies. David helps lead Orsted’s policy and regulatory engagement in the United Kingdom and beyond.  We are excited to have him with us to discuss how Orsted is looking at and deploying hydrogen technologies and how they expect to utilized hydrogen in a decarbonized energy future. Links: Ørsted website: https://orsted.com/ Ørsted (US) website: https://us.orsted.com/ Ørsted about site: https://orsted.com/en/about-us Ørsted renewable hydrogen site: https://orsted.com/en/our-business/renewable-hydrogen Link to text of the Inflation Reduction Act: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5376/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22inflation+reduction+act%22%2C%22inflation%22%2C%22reduction%22%2C%22act%22%5D%7D&r=1&s=1

On today’s episode of Everything About Hydrogen, we are speaking with Dan Sadler, Vice President for UK Low Carbon Solutions at Equinor. Equinor is, of course, a giant in the global energy sector and is taking a prominent role in the development of the international hydrogen economy with high-profile investments in a number of large-scale production projects in major markets such as the UK. Dan has spent the better part of a decade focused on how to leverage hydrogen’s potential as a fuel for the energy transition and we are excited to have him with us to discuss how Equinor is deploying hydrogen technologies and how he and Equinor expect hydrogen to play a role in a decarbonized energy future. Links: Equinor website: https://www.equinor.com/ Equinor hydrogen site: https://www.equinor.com/energy/hydrogen H2H site: https://www.equinor.com/news/uk/20220622-hydrogen-production H21 site: https://h21.green/projects/h21-north-of-england/

On today’s episode of Everything About Hydrogen, we are speaking with Paul Bogers, Vice President for Hydrogen at Shell. As a company, Shell needs no introduction, but the company’s work and investments in the hydrogen space make it a global leader in the energy transition especially when it comes to the hydrogen component. Paul is amongst the executives at Shell that are working to bring their hydrogen vision to fruition and it is great to have him with us on the show today. Links: Shell website: https://www.shell.com/ Shell's hydrogen page: https://www.shell.com/energy-and-innovation/new-energies/hydrogen.html Shell's hydrogen projects page: https://www.shell.com/energy-and-innovation/new-energies/hydrogen.html#projects

Burges Salmon’s energy lawyers are known for ground-breaking work in the energy, power and utilities sector. They understand the opportunities, the technologies and the challenges which the sector presents. Their reputation has been built upon first-of-a-kind projects and deals and an intimate knowledge of energy regulation. Burges Salmon specialists provide expert advice throughout the project/plant life cycle. Over the years this has, in turn, led to investors and funders requesting their services in the knowledge that they understand the key issues technologies face. They have a team of over 80 lawyers who focus on helping developers, investors and funders achieve their aims in the sector. The team has won or been shortlisted for all the key industry awards in energy over the last decade.  Links: Burges Salmon website: Hydrogen (burges-salmon.com) Burges Salmon attorneys: Net Zero | Net Zero lawyers | Net Zero law firm |Burges Salmon (burges-salmon.com) Article from Burges Salmon on hydrogen business model in the UK: The UK proposed business model for Low Carbon Hydrogen (burges-salmon.com)

On this episode of Everything About Hydrogen, we chat with Andrew Cunningham, Founder and Director at GeoPura. GeoPura is enabling the production, transport, and use of zero-emissions fuels with innovative and commercially viable technology to decarbonise the global economy. As the world transitions away from fossils fuels, there is an increasing need for reliable, clean electricity. If global power demand continues to grow as expected, the electricity grid system will need support from renewable energy sources, such as hydrogen and fuel cell power generator. GeoPura seeks to address exactly that kind of need. Links: GeoPura website: https://www.geopura.com/ GeoPura technologies page: https://www.geopura.com/our-technology/ GeoPura news: https://www.geopura.com/blog/

H2 Green Steel was founded in 2020 with the aim to build a large-scale green steel production in northern Sweden. H2 Green Steel is on a mission to undertake the global steel industry’s greatest ever technological shift. By 2024, H2 Green Steel will be in production at their Boden site, and by 2030, will produce five million tonnes of green steel annually. Vargas, co-founder and a major shareholder in Northvolt, is also H2 Green Steel’s founder and largest shareholder. The EAH team speaks with Kajsa Ryttberg-Wallgren, head of the Hydrogen Business Unit at H2 Green Steel. Links: H2 Green Steel web site: https://www.h2greensteel.com/ About H2 Green Steel: https://www.h2greensteel.com/stories H2 recruiting site: https://career.h2greensteel.com/

On this episode, the EAH team discusses the role of hydrogen in the energy transition with Michael Liebreich, Chairman and CEO of Liebreich Associates. Michael is an acknowledged thought leader on clean energy, mobility, technology, climate, sustainability and finance. He is the founder and senior contributor to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, a member of numerous industry, governmental and multilateral advisory boards, an angel investor, a former member of the board of Transport for London, and an Advisor to the UK Board of Trade. Links: Liebreich Associates website: https://www.liebreich.com/ Michael's full bio: https://www.liebreich.com/bio/ The hydrogen ladder: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/clean-hydrogen-ladder-v40-michael-liebreich/

Hydrogen could be used in many hard-to-decarbonize sectors. Foremost amongst them is the steel manufacturing industry. On this episode of EAH, we speak with Dr. Martin Pei, Executive Vice President and CTO of SSAB and the first Chairman of the Board for Hybrit Development AB. SSAB is a global steel company with a leading position in high-strength steels and related services. Together with their partners, LKAB and Vattenfall, SSAB are making a unique joint effort to change the Swedish iron and steel industry fundamentally. With HYBRIT technology, SSAB aims to be the first steel company in the world to bring fossil-free steel to the market already in 2026 and largely eliminate carbon dioxide emissions from the company's own operations as soon as 2030. Links: SSAB website: https://www.ssab.com/ HYBRIT info page: https://www.ssab.com/fossil-free-steel/hybrit-a-new-revolutionary-steelmaking-technology Reuters article on HYBRIT: https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/swedens-hybrit-delivers-worlds-first-fossil-free-steel-2021-08-18/

The EAH Team takes a break from standard format on this special episode of Everything About Hydrogen to discuss some of the geopolitical factors and considerations driving the evolution of global hydrogen markets.

It's always fun to check in with old friends! This episode of EAH is a chance for the team to catch up with one of our early guests on the show, Graham Cooley - CEO of ITM Power. For the past twenty years, ITM Power PLC has been designing and manufacturing electrolyser systems that generate hydrogen based on proton exchange membrane (PEM) technology. As the first hydrogen related company to be listed on the London Stock Exchange, ITM are globally recognised experts in the field of electrolysis. In 2021, the company opened its first Gigafactory in Bessemer Park, Sheffield: the world’s largest electrolyser production factory. Links: ITM Power website: https://itm-power.com/ ITM site summarizing PEM tech: https://itm-power.com/how-it-works/pem Renewables Now article regarding second Gigafactory site: https://renewablesnow.com/news/itm-power-to-buy-site-for-2nd-gigafactory-in-sheffield-760496/ Recharge article: https://www.rechargenews.com/energy-transition/green-hydrogen-itm-power-s-new-gigafactory-will-cut-costs-of-electrolysers-by-almost-40-/2-1-948190

Welcome back to 2022! For our first episode of 2022 we invited Jørn Helge Dahl, Global Director of Sales&Marketing at Hexagon Purus to talk about hydrogen storage with the EAH podcast and to explain the types of solutions available today, Hexagon's history and plans for the future, alongside some commentary on US hydrogen strategy from the gang! https://hexagonpurus.com/ https://www.h2-view.com/story/hexagon-purus-completes-acquisition-of-wystrach-to-create-the-vertically-integrated-industry-leader-in-hydrogen-storage-solutions/#:~:text=Hexagon%20Purus%20has%20completed%20its,leader%20in%20hydrogen%20storage%20solutions%E2%80%9D. https://www.electrive.com/2021/12/22/hexagon-purus-to-supply-h2-fuel-cell-trucks-to-the-us/

Today, we are joined by our good friends from Enapter. The company is a leader in the clean hydrogen sector focused on AEM electrolyzer technology and innovative software solutions that make it possible to rapidly deploy and scale hydrogen production assets. For those who follow the hydrogen sector regularly, it’s been hard not to hear Enapter-related news in 2021 and its impressive trajectory as they have gone public, announced the plans for a brand new production facility in Germany (on which they have now begun construction), and, most recently, the announcement that Enapter was selected as the winner of the prestigious Earthshot prize. To do that, we are absolutely delighted to have with us all the way from his home base in Thailand, Thomas Chrometzka, Chief Strategy Officer at Enapter, and one of the people that we enjoy having on the show so much that we have brought him back again to fill us in on what he and Enapter are up to and what they have planned for the future of hydrogen.  Episode Links: Enapter website: https://www.enapter.com/ Enapter Multicore: https://enapter.com/aem-multicore/ Enapter applications: https://enapter.com/applications/ H2 View article on Earthshot win: https://www.h2-view.com/story/enapter-wins-prestigious-earthshot-prize-award-to-boost-10000-electrolysers-a-month-production-facility/ NatGeo article on Earthshot winners: https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/environment-and-conservation/2021/10/the-earthshot-prize-winners-have-been-announced-heres-what-happens-next

On this episode of the EAH we are honored to be joined by our special co-host (and one of our most popular former guests on the show) Alicia Eastman, Co-Founder and President of InterContinental Energy, who has graciously agreed to make the time in her incredibly busy schedule to help Patrick and Andrew turn the tables on Chris and put him on the hot seat this time around. As our listeners are no doubt aware, Chris Jackson is the Founder and CEO of Protium Green Solutions based in London. Protium is a hydrogen energy services company that designs, develops, finances, owns, and operates clean hydrogen solutions for clients to achieve net zero energy emissions at their industrial/manufacturing sites. Chris will talk to us about the Protium story and also give us some insight into a major project that Protium recently announced in conjunction Budweiser Brewing Group UK&Ireland to explore the deployment of zero emission green hydrogen at Magor brewery in South Wales, one of the largest breweries in the UK. To that end, in order to get the full story about this project, we are delighted to say that we have yet another great guest on this episode. Tom Brewer, who leads Global Environmental Sustainability efforts at AB InBev, the parent company of Budweiser Brewing Group, will join us for the final segment of the show to talk about how hydrogen fits into AB InBev’s vision of a sustainable future for the company. Sponsor Links: BayoTech website: www.bayotech.us Episode Links: Protium website: https://protium.green/ AB InBev website: https://www.ab-inbev.com/ InterContinental Energy website: https://intercontinentalenergy.com/ FC Works article about Magor Brewery: https://fuelcellsworks.com/news/budweiser-brewing-group-protium-go-green-with-hydrogen-at-wales-brewery/

On this episode of EAH, we are joined by Andrew Clennett, Co-Founder and CEO of Hiringa Energy. Hiringa is headquartered in New Zealand where they are building clean hydrogen production projects using renewable energy to displace the use of fossil fuels for transport and industrial feedstock across New Zealand. We are delighted to have Andrew with us today to speak about how Hiringa are using hydrogen to change the energy and carbon landscape of New Zealand. Sponsor Links: BayoTech, Inc. website: https://bayotech.us/ Episode Links: Hiringa Energy website: https://www.hiringa.co.nz/ Hiringa news & media: https://www.hiringa.co.nz/blog Hydrogen energy resource list from Hiringa: https://www.hiringa.co.nz/downloads

With COP starting this week, we discuss with the HLC team the role of hydrogen in decarbonization and the critical need for hydrogen to scale quickly. Andrew and Patrick sit down with Kieran Coleman, Energy & Industry Lead for the United Nations COP High Level Champions, to chat about the work being done in advance of COP with partners and the level of ambition we’ve seen across various sectors about the future of hydrogen and a lot more! Links: UN COP HLC website: https://unfccc.int/climate-action/marrakech-partnership/actors/meet-the-champions

We have been talking about the difficulties of decarbonizing the maritime sector since the beginning of the Everything About Hydrogen podcast. For this episode, we finally bring on the experts who are looking to make the changes in maritime and marine operations a reality for a zero-carbon shipping future. The EAH Team sits down with Tomas Tronstad, Head of Shipping and Technology for the New Energy Division at Wilhelmsen Group. Founded in Norway in 1861, Wilhelmsen is now a comprehensive global maritime group providing essential products and services to the merchant fleet, along with supplying crew and technical management to the largest and most complex vessels ever to sail. Committed to shaping the maritime industry, the company also seeks to develop new opportunities and collaborations in renewables, zero-emission shipping, and marine digitalization. Tomas is helping Wilhelmsen achieve its decarbonization ambitions and we are delighted to share our conversation with him with our listerners! Sponsor Link: BayoTech website: https://www.bayotech.us/ Episode Links: Wilhelmsen Group website: https://www.wilhelmsen.com/ Wilhelmsen Group media website: https://www.wilhelmsen.com/media-news-and-events/ Topeka Project funding press release: https://www.wilhelmsen.com/media-news-and-events/press-releases/2020/wilhelmsens-topeka-hydrogen-project-awarded-nok-219-million/