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HEC HYDROGEN SESSION 13
THE 45V HYDROGEN PRODUCTION TAX CREDIT:
IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPERS, SUPPLIERS AND INVESTORS
This webinar took place Friday, February 2, 2024, 12:00 - 1:30 PM, EST
Video recording of the webinar is provided below.
The proposed 45 regulations provide the process and mechanisms for implementing the hydrogen production tax credit proposed by congressional legislation in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. The regulations make a concerted effort to produce clean hydrogen based on lifecycle emissions including “well-to-gate” emissions for fossil feedstocks and the three pillars approach for electrolytic hydrogen.
A GREET model was developed specifically for calculating emissions for six pathways including SMR, low temperature electrolysis, high temperature electrolysis, coal gasification, biomass gasification and autothermal reforming. The three pillars set specific criteria including incrementality, temporal matching and deliverability.
The regulations also include a mechanism to receive a provisional emissions rate for pathways not included in GREET, require third party verifications, and the use of energy attribute certificates. Throughout the proposed regulations the IRS is also requesting comments.
The final version of the proposed regulations will have a significant impact on designs and economics of hydrogen production projects, depending on a multiplicity of factors. This webinar provided a review of the most impactful elements of the proposed regulations, identified areas which need significant input, as well as reviewed the implications on specific types of hydrogen production pathways.
SPEAKERS
Aaron Lang
Partner, Foley Hoag
Aaron is a Partner in Foley Hoag’s Energy and Climate group, focused on assisting clients securing permits, licenses, and other approvals needed to build utility-scale offshore wind facilities, battery energy storage systems, and other large-scale facilities. A core area of Aaron’s practice is advising on clean energy incentives under federal and state decarbonization programs, such as the Inflation Reduction Act, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and the Renewable Fuel Standard and state equivalents, among others. Aaron’s experience extends to multiple technologies, including biomass-based fuels and eFuels, sustainable aviation fuels, clean hydrogen, carbon capture, and others.
Jeff St. John
Director of News and Special Projects, Canary Media
Jeff is director of news and special projects at Canary Media. He covers the intersection of technological, economic and regulatory issues influencing the global transition to low-carbon energy in the electricity, transportation and building sectors. He is the former managing editor and senior grid edge editor of Greentech Media, and he previously reported for The Fresno Bee, the Tri-City Herald and the Anchorage Daily News. He lives in Oakland, California with his wife Tara Donoghue and his dog Lily, and enjoys hiking, gardening and playing guitar with his nieces and nephews. His areas of expertise include renewable energy, smart grid, distributed energy resources, energy storage, demand response and electric vehicles. He earned a master’s degree from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism in 2001.
Brad Bradshaw
President, Velerity LLC
President, Hydrogen Energy Center
Brad leads Velerity, providing clients winning strategies associated with designing, engineering, investing in, and building and operating clean energy projects and solutions. Brad also leads the Hydrogen Energy Center which provides members information and insights on a range of hydrogen topics. Brad has twenty years of expertise in hydrogen with recent projects covering hydrogen production, distribution and use, as well as the production and use of hydrogen derivatives and clean fuels including ammonia, methanol, methane, and Sustainable Aviation Fuel. Brad has MBA from Babson College, and an engineering degree from Dartmouth College.
HEC Hydrogen Session 12
Transporting Hydrogen:
UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESSES AND COSTS TO TRANSPORT HYDROGEN INCLUDING COMPRESSED, LIQUID, AMMONIA AND LOHC IN PIPELINES, TRAILERS, TRAINS AND SHIPS
This webinar took place Friday, June 30, 2023 at 9:00 AM Eastern Time
Approximately 95% of all hydrogen produced in the world is consumed in the same place it is produced. Transporting hydrogen is notoriously challenging. According to the IEA, the global hydrogen market is expected to grow from 80 million tons per year in 2020 to over 500 million tons per year in 2050 in their Net Zero Emissions scenario. Realizing this phenomenal growth in green hydrogen requires connecting low-cost production with high value markets. Hydrogen hubs are being designed around the world in locations with significant land area with wind and solar resources. Billions of dollars of investment are depending on the ability to connect these hydrogen hubs to markets around the world.
This webinar reviewed each of the four major methods of transporting hydrogen, including compressed, liquid, ammonia and LOHC. The reviews covered conversion and reconversion processes, energy requirements, scale implications, transportation equipment, etc.
HEC Hydrogen Session 11:
Hydrogen Hubs in the United States
This webinar took place Tuesday, August 16, 2022 at 12:00 noon Eastern Time.
The United States Department of Energy anticipates issuing an $8 billion Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) in the September / October 2022 timeframe, for at least four regional hydrogen hubs producing at least 50 to 100 metric tons per day.
The DOE launched the the Hydrogen Shot initiative on June 7, 2021, with a target to reduce the cost of clean hydrogen by 80% to $1 per kilogram in ten years. The regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs (H2Hubs) program is a keystone initiative to drive scale and reduce hydrogen production costs.
The H2Hubs opportunity also has a broad set of requirements and award considerations. In addition to scale requirements, the proposals will be evaluated with respect to:
Feedstock Diversity - At least one hub will produce clean hydrogen from fossil fuels, one will produce hydrogen from renewable energy, and at least one hub will produce hydrogen from nuclear energy.
End-Use Diversity - At least one hub will demonstrate use of clean hydrogen in electric power generation, one will demonstrate hydrogen use in residential and commercial heating, and at least one hub will demonstrate hydrogen use in transportation.
Geographic Diversity - Each H2Hub will be located in a different region of the United States, with at least two hubs in regions with abundant natural gas resources.
Employment - The DOE will give priority to hubs that create the greatest opportunities for skilled training and long term employment.
This webinar will present and characterize the DOE H2Hubs initiative relative to preparing proposals associated with the upcoming FOA, and will review the major hydrogen hubs and hub consortia announced and in development in the United States. The webinar will include:
Hydrogen Shot - Background and timeline of the DOE Clean Hydrogen Hubs initiative and upcoming FOA
H2Hubs FOA - Details on the upcoming H2Hubs FOA including a review of requirements, likely evaluation criteria, and other considerations core to preparing proposals.
Framework for Success - Framework for Success and Illustrative / Prospective High Performance Hubs
United States Hydrogen Hubs - A review of announced hydrogen hubs and consortia in the United States
International Hydrogen Hubs - Brief update on the development of hydrogen hubs globally
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HEC Hydrogen Session 10:
The Economics of Hydrogen Production
This event took place Friday, April 8, 2022 at 12:00 noon Eastern Time.
The energy transition is accelerating around the world, with a wide range of technologies and initiatives designed to reduce carbon emissions across all sectors of the economy. Hydrogen has emerged as having a potentially important role in the transition, providing a solution particularly useful for addressing hard to abate applications. Some of the solutions being considered for clean hydrogen include power generation, natural gas blending, renewable energy storage, transportation fuel, steel manufacturing and synthetic fuel production. Clean hydrogen production on a global basis is expected to increase significantly, creating many new business opportunities.
For hydrogen to be a viable solution, it has to meet specific criteria depending on the applications and competing solutions, especially economics. Developing a hydrogen solution requires careful attention be made in each step of the hydrogen value chain, to ensure solutions meet the specific needs for each customer and each application. Having a firm understanding of the options and implications in sourcing hydrogen is one of the key elements necessary to have a compelling value proposition and solution.
There exists a wide variety of hydrogen generation technologies and approaches. Each hydrogen generation approach has its own unique characteristics, with important implications for economics, carbon intensity, distribution requirements, scale economies, etc. The selection of a hydrogen generation approach is a critical decision in building out a hydrogen business, along with determining location, scale, and other characteristics.
This webinar will present and characterize the major dominant hydrogen generation approaches, and provide an understanding what the key configuration options are and the implications for those choices on hydrogen generation costs. Hydrogen generation technologies to be included in the webinar include:
Steam methane reformation with carbon capture and sequestration;
Methane pyrolysis;
Biomass to hydrogen;
Renewable energy to hydrogen (e.g., wind, solar and hydropower);
Renewable natural gas to hydrogen; and
Metal-water hydrogen production.
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HEC Hydrogen Session 9:
Wind to Hydrogen
This event took place Friday, July 9, 2021 at 12:00 noon Eastern Time.
In the past few years there have been a number of large-scale announcements of wind project developers integrating electrolyzers into their project plans. Recent announcements illustrate the scale of these announcements, with seven projects planning to install a total of 582 MW of electrolyzers.
There are several forces driving this emerging technology, principally changing grid economics in a future with a high proportion of variable renewable energy, interest in decarbonizing heat energy, and historically high prices for natural gas in Europe.
Wind project developers are concerned about optimizing project revenues when facing increasing curtailment, more frequent negative pricing and an increasing proportion of low-price power regimes. The continued expansion of variable renewable energy on European grids will further deflate power prices and increase curtailment, negatively impacting wind power economics. Developers are increasingly looking for ways to mitigate economic risks associated with downward price trends, to monetize stranded and low-price electrons.
The webinar covered the strategic reasons for integrating hydrogen production with wind systems, reviewed key players and their technologies, and identified the markets and applications for which the hydrogen is being used. The presentation includes an assessment of the economic basis for wind facilities integrating hydrogen production. The wind to hydrogen projects that will be reviewed include:
Hyport Oostende;
Ørsted Hornsea Two Gigastack Project;
Dolphyn; and
Lhyfe Bouin.
Hydrogen Session 8:
Blue Hydrogen
Generating Hydrogen with Carbon Capture, Use & Sequestration
This session was held Friday, June 25, 2021 at 12:00 noon Eastern Time.
The global market for pure hydrogen is approximately 75 million tonnes per year. Approximately 75% of the hydrogen is produced using natural gas with steam methane reformation, while perhaps about 21% of hydrogen is produced via coal gasification and as an off-gas from industrial processes. The remaining 4% is produced through electrolysis.
The dominant markets for hydrogen include removing sulfur from crude oil during oil refining processes, representing 51.7% of the market, and ammonia production, responsible for about 42.6% of hydrogen demand.
Approximately 6% of global natural gas use is consumed for producing hydrogen, while approximately 2% of global coal use is consumed for producing hydrogen. The production of hydrogen by natural gas and coal are responsible for approximately 230 million tonnes per year of carbon dioxide emissions.
There is strong interest globally to increase production of carbon free “green” hydrogen using electrolysis. Green hydrogen is being held out as a strategy to address hard-to-abate sectors and applications in the economy. While we are moving forward with green hydrogen, we also need to address carbon emissions associated with current means by which hydrogen is produced.
This webinar covered technologies and approaches being used to decarbonize hydrogen production, including pre-combustion removal using methane pyrolysis, and post combustion approaches including amine scrubbing. The uses for captured solid carbon and captured carbon dioxide are explored, as well as means and methods for sequestering carbon dioxide. Specific projects for carbon separation, use and storage are also be highlighted.
HEC Hydrogen Session 7:
Generating Hydrogen with Electrolysis
This session was held Friday, June 11, 2021 at 12:00 noon Eastern Time.
The Secretary of Energy, Jennifer M. Granholm, launched the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Energy Earthshots Initiative, to accelerate breakthroughs of more abundant, affordable, and reliable clean energy solutions within the decade. The first Energy Earthshot—Hydrogen Shot—seeks to reduce the cost of clean hydrogen by 80% to $1 per kilogram in one decade. The global race is on for clean hydrogen production.
Splitting of water to generate zero carbon hydrogen, using renewable electricity, is a compelling approach to generate a zero carbon energy input for powering the global economy. Hydrogen can be used as a replacement gas for natural gas, can be used to produce ammonia, methanol and other industrial feedstocks, can be used in steel manufacturing and other hard to abate industrial processes, can be used in transportation for powering heavy vehicles from trucks to trains, ships and airplanes, as well as being used in gas turbines to generate electricity.
The European Union has identified the importance of generating clean hydrogen using electrolysis, and established a 40 GW goal of electrolysis deployments by 2030 to power the European economy. Currently, there are likely less than 250 MW of electrolyzers generating green hydrogen in the world. This aggressive goal speaks to the great importance of electrolysis as a lynchpin for decarbonizing the global economy, and increases the critical importance of improving the efficiency and reducing the capital costs associated with electrolyzers. This session is going to review the types of electrolyzers available today, review the performance and capital costs, and provide the underlying economics needed to achieve Secretary Granholm’s Hydrogen Shot goal of achieving $1/kg hydrogen before the decade is out.
HEC Hydrogen Session 6:
The International Hydrogen Market
Massive Global Market for Trading Hydrogen is Emerging
This session was held June 4, 2021 at 12:00 noon Eastern Time. A link to a pdf of the presentation is provided below.
The global geopolitical race for hydrogen has begun. The combination of low-cost sources of renewable electricity and the increasing urgency on decarbonizing our global society have created a pathway for a massive expansion of the global market for zero-carbon hydrogen. Tens of billions of dollars are being committed and invested in creating hydrogen hubs around the world, along with zero carbon hydrogen sources, ports for exporting hydrogen, ships for transporting hydrogen, and ports for receiving hydrogen. Countries that are building hydrogen hubs and aggressively pursuing the hydrogen export business include Australia, Saudi Arabia and Brazil, among others. The best way to transport hydrogen has not yet been determined. Currently, three methods are being pursued including liquid hydrogen, ammonia and (LOHC) liquid organic hydrogen carriers. Other means of transporting hydrogen may emerge.
The International Hydrogen Market webinar covered:
International Hydrogen Market - Size, Drivers, Projection
Forms of Hydrogen Transport - Liquid, LOHC, Ammonia
Case Studies - Hydrogen Hubs and Global Supply Chain Partnerships from Australia to Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Norway, Chile and Japan
Economics - Sourcing, Loading, Ship Transport, Unloading and Local Distribution
HEC Hydrogen Session 5:
Grid Scale Hydrogen Power Generation
Webinar Held FRIDAY MAY 28, 2021
The primary focus of investments and initiatives to decarbonize the United States economy have initially been centered on power generation. Power generation historically has been the largest source of emissions. For the most part, wholesale generation has been deregulated across the United States, with generation assets being dispatched in competitive wholesale markets based on their marginal cost of production. This approach, setting the order of dispatch based on marginal cost, known as merit order, has been the single largest factor in reducing carbon emissions in the power sector.
The emergence of very low cost natural gas, due to fracking, coupled with advanced high efficiency aero-derivative gas turbines configured in combined cycle systems, has resulted in natural gas having vary low marginal cost to operate, lower than the marginal cost of burning coal for power generation. As a result, natural gas has been slowly but surely displacing coal as a power generation source in competitive wholesale markets for the past twenty years. This displacement of coal by natural gas has been the largest factor reducing carbon emission in the power sector.
In the past ten years, wind and solar power generation have realized significant cost reductions, directly corresponding to achieving the vaunted grid parity, and now leading the power generation race, with solar considered the lowest cost source of electricity in history. Massive solar projects and off-shore wind are going to be dominating the energy transition in the power sector beginning now and extending for decades into the future.
Wind and solar power generation are treated as must run resources, and have marginal operating costs of zero or in some cases negative values. In terms of their place on the economic dispatch order, wind and solar generating assets are the first to be dispatched, essentially edging out all other generation resources. In Germany, the high penetration of wind and solar have edged out natural gas, resulting in natural as plants having lower operating hours, severely impacting natural gas generation economics and viability.
The focus on carbon reduction in the power sector is also bringing into question the viability of any future generation assets that utilize fossil fuels and emit greenhouse gases. The growth of variable renewable energy on the grid is going to create challenges for grid management, requiring overbuilding with renewable energy, the addition of significant energy storage capabilities, and a search for dispatchable energy sources that are carbon free. There are estimates that curtailed power generation may be as high as 20% of overall power generation.
Hydrogen is being considered as a potential fuel for power generation that addresses several of these critical challenges, simultaneously reducing carbon emissions, enabling dispatchable power generation, and providing large scale seasonal energy storage solution. This Hydrogen Session will focus on the use of hydrogen as a power generation fuel, using case studies of generation projects in development, and looks at the technologies being developed to facilitate its deployment.
HEC Hydrogen Session 4:
Hydrogen-to-the-Home and
100% Hydrogen Pipelines
Presented FRIDAY MAY 21, 2021
The energy transition is moving forward around the world, with implications for multiple economic sectors facing the challenge of significantly reducing carbon emissions. In the United States, the electricity sector has led emission reduction efforts, and twenty-three state legislatures have put into law broad, specific and aggressive emission reduction targets.
Achieving these new and aggressive emissions targets, with many states establishing 80% reductions by 2050, has brought into the spotlight the immense challenge of decarbonizing the gas grid. Efforts are underway to identify viable decarbonization pathways for building heat and industrial processes. These pathways include a range of options to decarbonize the molecule in addition to decarbonizing the electron. One pathway is to use hydrogen, to blend zero carbon hydrogen into gas pipelines as well as converting pipelines to operate on 100% hydrogen.
This Hydrogen Session reviews the prospects, considerations and implications of using hydrogen pipelines to delivery energy to consumer, commercial, industrial, transportation and power markets. There currently are 2,800 miles of hydrogen pipelines in the world. A European consortium is planning to build a 25,000 mile hydrogen pipeline network across Europe. Several initiatives are underway around the world to evaluate hydrogen to the home, considering codes and standards, the implications for pipelines and appliances, as well as in-home interconnections. Hydrogen pipelines are also being proposed to connect off-shore wind facilities with industrial centers.
HEC Hydrogen Session 3:
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Trucks and Fueling Infrastructure
Presented FRIDAY MAY 7, 2021
With years of reducing carbon emissions on the electric grid, legislators and regulators are shifting their focus to reduce carbon emissions in transportation and buildings. This shift is being done to keep on track to achieve tightening and looming carbon reduction targets. In transportation, electric passenger cars seem to be reasonable for electrification. The utility and effectiveness of electrification as a decarbonization strategy in trucking, however, is less certain. This is largely due to (1) the high cost of batteries for each truck; (2) the heavy weight of batteries displacing shipping weight; (3) the long time required to refuel electric truck batteries; and (4) the limited range of electric truck batteries.
Hydrogen is considered a potential solution to address the challenges of electrifying trucks, as a zero carbon fuel. The characteristics which stand in favor of hydrogen for fueling trucks include: (1) fast refueling; (2) low onboard weight; and (3) long range per refueling. The characteristics which are challenging to bring about hydrogen-based trucking include: (1) the high cost hydrogen as a fuel due to the cost of producing, distributing and dispensing zero carbon hydrogen; (2) the lack of hydrogen fueling infrastructure; and (3) the chicken and egg problem associated with paying for the build out of hydrogen fueling infrastructure.
This Hydrogen Session reviewed the status of fuel cell electric trucks and associated hydrogen fueling infrastructure. The webinar covered:
Transportation emissions
Characteristics of electric trucks and fuel cell electric trucks
Manufacturers’ FCE truck plans
Fueling infrastructure overview
Sources of hydrogen
Hydrogen fueling logistics
Hydrogen fueling dispensing
Capital costs
Fuel economics
Low Carbon Fuel Incentives
HEC Hydrogen Session 2:
Long Duration Energy Storage with Hydrogen
Prsented FRIDAY APRIL 30, 2021, 12:00 NOON
Variable renewable energy is increasing on the grid, creating potential challenges for grid operators to maintain system reliability. Energy storage is providing important services to support the grid, yet are only able to meet grid requirements of six hours in duration or less. The increasing supply of intermittent wind and solar power is leading to increasing curtailment, with wind and solar supplying too much energy at certain times, while not providing enough energy at other times. This mismatch between VRE supply and demand is driving demand for long duration storage solutions, including pumped hydro, compressed air energy storage, large scale flow batteries, and large-scale underground hydrogen storage.
Hydrogen is considered one of the technologies that will be used to enable significant grid decarbonization, by providing long duration energy storage. This Hydrogen Session will provide an overview of hydrogen as a long duration storage solution. This webinar will present the technical configurations for long duration hydrogen storage, review specific projects already in operation and under development, identify the technical potential for this approach to storage, and compare hydrogen to other long duration storage solutions. Hydrogen is being considered for storage durations from days to months, including seasonal energy storage.
HEC Hydrogen Session 1:
Decarbonizing the Gas Grid with Hydrogen
Presented Friday, April 23, 2021 at 12:00 Noon
Hydrogen has the potential to play an important role in decarbonizing our economy and helping ensure a reliable and cost-effective energy system. Its potential uses are wide ranging, including as a fuel in car and truck transportation, as a source of energy for powering turbines used for power generation, as a fuel for large ships, and as a form of long duration energy storage. Hydrogen is also being considered as an important and valuable solution for decarbonizing the gas grid.
This Hydrogen Session focused on the potential for hydrogen to decarbonize the gas grid. Sources of low and zero carbon hydrogen are identified, including electrolytic hydrogen and steam methane reformation with carbon separation and sequestration. Different pathways for utilizing hydrogen in the gas grid are presented, including direct injection with blending, 100% hydrogen pipelines, as well as producing synthetic methane. Specific examples of projects are identified to illustrate the various sources, pathways and end-uses.
Maine Climate Council
Status and Update on the Energy, Transportation and Building Working Groups
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm, Thursday, July 23, 2020
On Thursday, July 23, 2020, the Hydrogen Energy Center is pleased to be hosting a web presentation by Julia Bassett Schwerin, Green and Smart Home Certified Broker at Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. Julia has been closely following the status and progress of the Maine Climate Council as multiple working groups work towards submitting their plans on December 1, 2020 for achieving Maine’s carbon reduction targets.
Date and Time: Thursday, July, 23, 2020, 1:00 - 2:30 pm
Location: Zoom
Cost: FREE
Hydrogen Energy Center
Annual Meeting & Presentation
1:00 pm - 2:45 pm, Monday April 20, 2020
The Hydrogen Transition in Transportation & Energy:
Fuel Cell Electric Buses, Fueling Infrastructure & More
On Monday, April 20, 2020, the Hydrogen Energy Center is pleased to be hosting a web presentation by Eric Sonnichsen, Chairman of the Board for the Center for Transportation and the Environment, on the accelerating transition to hydrogen in transportation and energy. Mr. Sonnichsen will cover several related topics including CTE's deploying ten advanced design Fuel Cell Electric Buses (FCEBs) and commissioning the largest transit-operated hydrogen fueling station in the United States.
Date and Time: Monday, April 20, 2020, 1:15 - 2:45 pm
Location: Zoom
Cost: FREE
Advance Registration Required:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYrcuGvrTgs4E-_ISvasaJ8S1l3QHLDzA
Please note that the Hydrogen Energy Center will be holding its annual meeting from 1:00 pm to 1:15 pm, after which the presentation will begin. You are welcome to join the annual meeting at 1:00 pm or sign on for the presentation at 1:15 pm. Either way is fine. Please note, advance registration is required.
Hoping you can join us for what will be an informative presentation!
Speaker:
Eric Sonnichsen
Chairman of the Board
Center for Transportation and the Environment
Mr. Sonnichsen is a mechanical and electrical engineer with deep experience in high speed rotating instrumentation and test equipment, including motors and turbines. Mr. Sonnichsen holds five patents and currently is Chairman of the Board of the Center for Transportation and the Environment, and is the CEO and CTO of Haroldson-Blair LLC. Mr. Sonnichsen is also the founder, Chief Engineer, CEO and Chairman of Test Devices, Inc, a company he founded and led from 1973 through 2016.
Mr. Sonnichsen will be providing a presentation on the accelerating transition to hydrogen being used for transportation and energy, including CTE's work with the Orange County Transportation Authority, deploying ten advanced design Fuel Cell Electric Buses (FCEBs) and commissioning the largest transit-operated hydrogen fueling station in the United States.
The Center for Transportation and the Environment
The Center for Transportation and the Environment is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a mission to improve the health of our climate and communities by facilitating the development, transition, and commercialization of clean, efficient, and sustainable transportation technologies. CTE has helped over 200 U.S. companies and leveraged more than $530 million in local, state, federal, and private funding to move cutting edge technologies into the global energy and transportation marketplace.
Haroldson-Blair LLC
Haroldson-Blair designs, builds and tests high speed equipment including motors, turbines, and other energy conversion machinery.
Test Devices, Inc.
Since its founding in 1973, Test Devices has been and continues to be the world’s premier source for advanced, accurate spin testing equipment and services. Test Devices serves clients in aerospace, aviation, power generation, energy storage, air handling, automotive, electronics, and medical devices industries, offering customers the world’s most advanced and accurate spin testing equipment and services.
Hydrogen Energy Center
Annual Update & Summer Gathering
Thursday, July 12, 2018
Come enjoy an evening with Hydrogen Energy Center members and friends who share a passion for advancing clean energy. The Hydrogen Energy Center holding our summer gathering at the Black Point Inn this coming Thursday, July 12, 2018, a beautiful setting on the coast in Scarborough.
We have the pleasure and honor of hearing from Rick Smith, who recently participated in the U.S. Department of Energy's Annual Merit Review, covering recent advances and innovations in hydrogen and fuel cell technology, products and business models. Rick will provide a summary of the latest advances in the hydrogen and fuel cell industry.
Please Note - HEC is pleased to invite you to the beautiful Black Point Inn in Prouts Neck, Maine, where the "Sunporch" room has been set aside for this special HEC gathering. Attendance is limited, so signing up early is encouraged. To keep attendance costs down, we are not charging an admission fee for this event. HEC will provide light food refreshments. Attendees will be able to order drinks from the Inn as we have decided to go with a "cash bar" type approach.
Date and Time : Thursday, July 12, 2018, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Location : Black Point Inn, 510 Black Point Rd, Scarborough, ME 04074
Hope you can join us for what will be a fun and informative evening!
Rick Smith
SPEAKER:
Rick Smith
Founder and Honorary Director, Hydrogen Energy Center
Mr. Smith is the Founder and Honorary Director of the Hydrogen Energy Center, founded in 1992 to encourage the transition to a networked distributed energy economy using hydrogen and fuel cells to store and use renewable power to replace fossil fuels. Mr. Smith previously was Of Council at Bernstein Shur from 2005 to 2017, as a member of Bernstein Shur’s Real Estate and Environmental & Energy Practice Groups. Mr. Smith is a graduate of Bowdoin College and Boston University School of Law.
ZERO EMISSIONS TRANSPORTATION FORUM: COME LEARN ABOUT ZERO EMISSIONS ELECTRIC AND HYDROGEN VEHICLES AND INFRASTRUCTURE!
REGISTER HERE
DID YOU KNOW:
NUMEROUS CITIES AROUND THE WORLD ARE BANNING THE SALE OF FOSSIL FUEL VEHICLES
2,000 HYDROGEN VEHICLES ARE CURRENTLY PLYING THE HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS OF CALIFORNIA
NEW $35,000 ELECTRIC CARS FROM GENERAL MOTORS AND TESLA THAT GO MORE THAN 230 MILES ON A CHARGE
HYDROGEN FILLING STATIONS ARE CURRENTLY BEING BUILT IN MASSACHUSETTS
ANNUAL GROWTH RATES OF ELECTRIC CHARGING STATIONS WAS 72% IN 2016
ANNUAL GROWTH IN ELECTRIC CAR SALES WAS 60% IN 2016
THERE ARE MORE THAN 2 MILLION ELECTRIC VEHICLES ON THE ROAD GLOBALLY
Join us on November 16 to learn how to take part in one of the massively disruption transformations now taking place in the transportation industry since the Model T! Learn all about practical zero emission vehicles now available and the massive infrastructure investments currently underway from two experts in their fields. We are pleased to have Roy Bant of Air Liquide who is responsible for building out hydrogen filling stations in the Northeastern United States, a joint effort between Air Liquide and Toyota. We are also very pleased to be joined by Barry Woods of ReVision Energy who is responsible for ReVision’s electric charging system sales and installation business.
REGISTRATION AND RECEPTION
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Enjoy sumptuous food, fabulous drinks and great company at the Regency at 20 Milk Street in Portland. The evening begins with a registration and reception, with an all you can eat catered meal including:
Maine Crabmeat Dip served with French Bread and Crackers
Smoked Salmon, Tomatoes, Capers. Onions and French Bread
Chicken Saltimbocca Marinated with Balsamic Vinaigrette and Wrapped in Prosciutto
Crostini with Sliced Rare Tenderloin, minced Red Onion and Horseradish Sauce
Asparagus and Brie in a Phyllo Cup
Vegetable Spring Roll with Sweet and Sour Sauce
INDUSTRY EXPERT PRESENTATIONS
7:00 – 7:30 P.M. - ROY BANT, HYDROGEN ENERGY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, NORTHEAST, AIR LIQUIDE
Roy will provide a presentation covering:
The joint Toyota – Air Liquide development of hydrogen fueling stationsand infrastructure in the Northeastern United States
Legislation including the 8 State Zero Emission Vehicle Memorandum of Understanding and Federal Chapter 177 requiring Zero Emission Vehicle Credits
A review of the Hyundai, Toyota and Honda fuel cell electric vehicles currently available for lease and purchase in the United States
Overview of Hydrogen Station Safety standards, designs and protocols
Conceptual design and engineering details of a hydrogen filling station
7:30 – 8:00 P.M. – BARRY WOODS, DIRECTOR OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE INNOVATION, REVISION ENERGY
Barry will provide a presentation covering:
Present data on U.S. Plug-in Electric Vehicles by Model
Review new high performance and range electric vehicles being introduced
Discuss the accelerating transportation market disruption being driven by electric vehicles
Review number of plug-in electric vehicles in Maine
Present the number and types of EV charging sites in Maine
Review regulatory and utility policies and incentives on electric vehicles and charging stations
Discuss recommendations for EV policies and incentives in Maine
Cover utility policies and implications for EV’s
Review the potential for a regional direct current fast charger charging network
Discuss the potential to capture funding from the VW Settlement and Tesla for building out EV infrastructure
8:00 - 8:30 - JOINT SPEAKER QUESTION AND ANSWER
SPEAKER INFORMATION
ROY BANT
HYDROGEN ENERGY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, NORTHEAST
AIR LIQUIDE
Mr. Bant is the Hydrogen Energy Business Development Manager for the Northeast USA for Air Liquide. Hydrogen is more widely being used for charging vehicles and fork trucks at larger distribution companies. Vehicles and forklifts charged with hydrogen are the future. Hydrogen can also be produced with renewable energy which makes it more exciting. Mr. Bant has enjoyed a diversified career in the industrial and propane gas industries. As of 2015, Mr. Bant has spent 25 years in the gas business, including 15 years in Sales and 10 in Engineering and Project Management.
BARRY WOODS
DIRECTOR OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE INNOVATION
REVISION ENERGY
As Director of Electric Vehicle Innovation at ReVision Energy, Mr. Woods provides sales, marketing and business development expertise to assist companies and consumers in making the right decisions when it comes to charging infrastructure and complementary renewable energy technology (solar, storage, energy management systems). Mr. Woods’ passion is to make electricity the next dominant transportation fuel and in the process achieve sustainable energy independence and grid modernization. Mr. Woods is involved in EV policy and advocacy in a variety of capacities, including: Director of Plug In America and co-founder of Drive Electric Maine.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Electric vehicles are emerging as a real option to consider, with Tesla’s Model 3 and General Motor’s Bolt offering electric cars which go more than 230 miles on a charge and are priced around $35,000. New businesses are pursuing electric charge station installation and operation. The cost to operate an electric car is extremely low, with fuel costing about one cent per mile and maintenance costs drastically cut back over standard internal combustion vehicles.
More than 3,000 hydrogen fuel cell cars are being driven every day around the world, with more than 2,000 fuel cell electric vehicles currently operating in California. With zero tailpipe emissions, upwards of 600 mile range on a fill-up and 5 minute refueling time, the introduction of fuel cell electric vehicles in New England next year offers a tantalizing transportation option.