Everything About Hydrogen

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/

Quantron AG was created in 2019 as a high-tech spin-off of the well-known Haller GmbH & Co. KG, with the vision of paving the way for e-mobility in inner-city and regional passenger and cargo transportation. Quantron AG combines innovative ability and expertise in e-vans, e-trucks and e-buses with the long-standing knowledge and experience of Haller GmbH & Co. KG in the commercial vehicle sector. The company's approach to e-Mobility is defined by its commitment to leveraging the most effective zero-emission vehicle technology for the use case, which means Quantron is building both hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) and battery electric vehicles (BEVs) for its clients.

On this episode, the EAH team sits down with the CEO of Quantron AG, Michael Perschke, to talk about the company's mission and the vision that he and his team have for the future of e-mobility.

Sponsor Links:

BayoTech website: https://www.bayotech.us/

BayoTech highlight deal with Emerson: https://www.bayotech.us/news/bayotech-and-emerson-partner-on-production-and-distribution-of-hydrogen

Links:

Quantron AG website: https://www.quantron.net/en/

Quantron press releases: https://www.quantron.net/en/q-news/press-releases/

Intro from DoE AFDC to fuel cell electric vehicles: https://afdc.energy.gov/vehicles/how-do-fuel-cell-electric-cars-work

In the second episode of EAH's Season 3, Patrick, Andrew, and Chris sit down with Maria Fennis, CEO of HyET. HyET Hydrogen is a leading SME in the field of electrochemical hydrogen compression, founded in 2008. HyET has introduced the first commercially viable Electrochemical Hydrogen Compressor (EHPC), the HCS 100, in 2017. HyET enters partnerships with key stakeholders to develop products with a focus on application. Maria is a leading voice in the compression arena and it is a pleasure to have her on the show!

Sponsor Link:

BayoTech website: https://www.bayotech.us/

BayoTech news: https://www.bayotech.us/news

Episode Links:

HyET Hydrogen website: https://hyethydrogen.com/

HyET tech: https://hyethydrogen.com/technology/operating-principle/

HyET tech (2): https://hyethydrogen.com/technology/technical-features/

HyET news: https://hyethydrogen.com/news/

US DOE EERE article on H2 compression: https://www.energy.gov/eere/fuelcells/gaseous-hydrogen-compression

The EAH Team is back for Season 3!! And we decided that the best way to begin the biggest season yet of EAH is to bring a very special guest on the show to make a big announcement. Et voila! On the season premier episode, the EAH hosts are joined by the Governor of New Mexico Michelle Lujan Grisham. The State of New Mexico has the opportunity to lead the United States into the hydrogen era and the Governor and her team are poised to take the opportunity to make New Mexico the strategic center of the US hydrogen economy. The Governor is joined by New Mexico Environment Department Secretary James Kenney on the show to announce the forthcoming New Mexico Hydrogen Hub Act, which her administration expects to drive investment in the state, job growth in the energy sector, and catapult New Mexico to top of the list of states driving the hydrogen revolution.

Sponsor Links:

https://www.bayotech.us/

https://www.bayotech.us/products-2

Episode Links:

Governor Lujan Grisham official bio: https://www.governor.state.nm.us/our-leadership/governor/

Secretary James Kenney official bio: https://www.env.nm.gov/general/james-c-kenney/

Article on NW New Mexico as hydrogen leader: https://nmpoliticalreport.com/2021/08/20/northwest-new-mexico-seeks-to-become-hydrogen-hub/

Welcome to the latest episode of EAH: Deep Dive! This week we have Christopher Jackson in the hot seat, as he catches up with BayoTech CEO Mo Vargas and BayoTech’s new President Michael Koonce to discuss the acquisition of IGX Group. Mergers & Acquisition activity has been growing in the hydrogen space, with commentators suggesting the market is maturing faster than expected and customers seeking more integrated solutions. In this episode we look at the IGX acquisition by BayoTech and ask why the deal made sense, what it means for the market and other participants, and what listeners can learn from the deal to foreshadow future activity.

Links:

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bayotech-completes-acquisition-of-igx-group-to-become-full-service-hydrogen-supplier-301323755.html

https://www.bayotech.us/news/bayotech-acquire-igx-group

https://www.h2-view.com/story/bayotech-to-become-a-full-service-hydrogen-supplier-acquires-igx-group/

This week's show is the last episode of Season 2! To celebrate we invited our friend and colleague Markus Wilthaner, partner at McKinsey & Company to come speak with us. Markus has been a leader in the hydrogen space for the past ten years and has drafted a number of the Hydrogen Council's reports since its founding, including the newly released - and highly anticipated - Hydrogen Insights 2021 (link below). In this episode we speak with Markus about the state of the market and the innovation he has seen in the last couple of years that make hydrogen a critical part of the energy transition. We had a lot of fun recording this interview and it was the perfect way to end a fantastic EAH season!

The EAH team is taking a short break for the month of August, but we are never far from our phones and computers, so as always, if you have any questions for us or just want to get in touch to learn more about hydrogen, feel free to shoot us an email at [email protected] or find us on Twitter at @AboutHydrogen.

Sponsor Links:

BayoTech: https://www.bayotech.us/

BayoTech News: https://www.bayotech.us/news

BayoTech Solutions: https://www.bayotech.us/products-2

Episode Links:

Hydrogen Insights 2021 https://hydrogencouncil.com/en/hydrogen-insights-2021/

McKinsey & Co website: https://www.mckinsey.com/

McKinsey Bio of Markus Wilthaner: https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/markus-wilthaner

HyPoint's website lays out the problem clearly and succinctly: "By 2050, aviation will be responsible for 25% of global greenhouse gas emissions, up from just 10% today — unless we do something. We can not solve the existential climate crisis without zero-emission air transportation." As the world slowly emerges from lockdown and the pace of global travel accelerates once again, the aviation sector is rocketing back atop the list of the most highly carbon emitting industries. In just the past few years, hydrogen fuel cell technologies have emerged as the most promising path to a decarbonized future for aviation.

HyPoint, led by its CEO and co-founder, Alex Ivanenko, is at the cutting edge of the industry's efforts to find zero-emissions aircraft propulsion systems that do not sacrifice speed and power in the name of sustainability. HyPoint is a leading producer of high-temperature PEM fuel cells for aviation applications including for logistic drones, air taxis, electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles (eVTOLs), and fixed-wing airplanes. On this episode of the EAH podcast, the team speaks with Alex about the incredible pace of development and rapid innovation that he and his colleagues are driving in the hydrogen aviation space and how his company is leading the way in a highly complex and competitive race to decarbonize modern air travel.

Sponsor Links:

BayoTech On-site Hydrogen website: https://www.bayotech.us/

BayoTech in the news:

https://www.bayotech.us/news/bayotech-signs-agreement-to-fuel-greencores-1500-next-generation-hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered-ev-charging-stations

https://www.bayotech.us/news/bayotech-partners-with-san-juan-college

Episode Links:

HyPoint website: https://hypoint.com/

New Atlas article on HyPoint FC testing: https://newatlas.com/aircraft/hypoint-prototype/

Aviation Today article featuring Alex Ivanenko: https://www.aviationtoday.com/2021/03/02/hypoint-ceo-talks-new-hydrogen-fuel-cell-operable-prototype-electric-aircraft/

eVTOL article about HyPoint FC application in eVTOL space: https://evtol.com/news/hypoint-advances-evtol-hydrogen-fuel-cell-system-with-working-prototype/