Everything About Hydrogen

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