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/