Hydrogen Innovators
This podcast, powered by the Stanford Hydrogen Initiative, aims to shine some light on top-notch innovators in hydrogen across academia and industry.
- Update frequency
- every 31 days
- Average duration
- 34 minutes
- Episodes
- 25
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Episode 25 | Sridhar Kanuri | Deploying Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers at Scale
In this episode of Hydrogen Innovators, co-hosts Emma Kerr and Melania Rojas Mendoza sit down with Sridhar Kanuri, Global Chief Technology Officer for both HyAxiom and Doosan Fuel Cell corporation. W…
Episode 24 | Pierre-Etienne Franc | Accelerating the Hydrogen Economy Through Infrastructure Investment
In this episode of the Hydrogen Innovators podcast, we sit down with Pierre-Etienne Franc, a global leader in hydrogen investment and infrastructure. As the CEO of Hy24, the world’s largest clean hyd…
Episode 23 | Patrick Molloy | Ammonia: Fueling the Future
Patrick Molloy, Principal at RMI’s Climate-Aligned Industries program and co-host of Everything About Hydrogen, joins the Hydrogen Innovators Podcast to explore ammonia’s rapidly expanding role in th…
Episode 22 | Jimmy Rojas | High Throughput Electrolyzer Manufacturing
In this episode of the Hydrogen Innovators podcast, we welcome Jimmy Rojas, founder and CEO of Evoloh, an innovative company transforming hydrogen production through advanced alkaline electrolyzer te…
Episode 21 | Supratim Das | Key insights on green hydrogen financing
Electric Hydrogen is working on carbon-free hydrogen production, leveraging advanced electrolyzer plants powered by solar and wind to compete with fossil fuels. Their cutting-edge technology offers h…
Episode 20 | Shunichiro Shimamura| Decarbonizing the maritime industry with MOL Switch
In this episode we learn from Shunichiro Shimamura, COO at MOL Switch, the venture arm of Mitsui OSK lines, a major global shipping company. In 2021, MOL announced their goal to get to net zero by 20…
Episode 19 | Jason Sebastian | Mitigating hydrogen materials challenges at Questek Innovations
In this episode, we learn from Jason Sebastian, EVP of Market Operations at Questek Innovations on material challenges related to H2 and how his team mitigates these challenges through ICME - Integra…
Episode 18 | Kathrin Ebner | How reinsurance removes barriers in the H2 industry
It hasn’t been all sunshine and roses in the green H2 industry lately, only 4% of projects announced by 2030 have reached FID. Find out below what key mechanism can help us remove barriers:
Reinsuranc…
Episode 17 | Paul Nelson | Data guiding hydrogen investing at Saoradh Enterprise Partners
In our 17th episode, we learn from Paul Nelson Managing Partner at Saoradh Enterprise Partners. In his conversation with Karen Baert, we learn about their data-driven approach to investing. Some key…
Episode 16 | Andy Marsh | Plug Power as one-stop-shop enabling the green hydrogen industry
In this podcast, we learn from Andy Marsh, CEO at Plug Power, how Plug Power is a one-stop-shop enabling the green hydrogen industry.
Some key learnings include:
- The key to excelling when vertically …
Episode 15 | Florence Lambert | High-temperature electrolyzers for industrial hydrogen
In this episode, we learn from Florence Lambert, CEO of Genvia, a French high-temperature electrolyzer company.
Key take-aways include
- We will need a wide range of electrolyzer technologies to decarb…
Episode 14 | David Jaramillo | VERNE: Hydrogen refueling and storage solutions for the heavy-duty sector
In this episode, David Jaramillo, Co-founder and CTO at Verne, explains how Verne's technology innovation enables cost-effective clean hydrogen storage and refueling to decarbonize heavy-duty transp…
Episode 13 | Sheldon Kimber | Hydrogen Project Development Demystified
Sheldon Kimber, CEO and Founder of Intersect Power, demystifies hydrogen project development. Some of his golden rules and insights on effective project development include:
1️⃣ Innovative financing f…
Episode 12 | David Burns | Hydrogen at Linde: From legacy to pioneering new tech
“Some companies see it as an existential thread, we see it as a growth opportunity.”
David Burns, VP of Clean Energy at Linde, sheds light on Linde’s journey in hydrogen from legacy to pioneering new …
Episode 11 | Amanda Simpson | Net-zero carbon aviation by 2050
Commercial aviation has been identified as a contributor of greenhouse emissions, and is perhaps one of the most difficult industries to decarbonize--but there is a plan! Amanda Simpson, Vice Preside…
Episode 10 | Dr. Arun Majumdar | Unique time in history for energy and hydrogen
In this episode, we learn from Dr. Arun Majumdar, Dean of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability about the…
Episode 9 | Lorenzo Rosa | Fueling the path to net zero agriculture with hydrogen and ammonia
Agriculture-related emissions account for 12% of global greenhouse gas emissions. How will hydrogen fuel our path to net-zero agriculture?
In our 9th episode, Lorenzo Rosa, Principal Investigator at …
Episode 8 | Mothusi Pahl | Hydrogen to decarbonize industry with existing infrastructure
Want to find out how to decarbonize industry through hydrogen with existing infrastructure today? All of that while producing a valuable carbon by-product? Learn from Mothusi Pahl, VP of Business Dev…
Episode 7 | Prof. Stefan Reichelstein | Economics of clean hydrogen
In this episode, we learn from Professor Stefan Reichelstein, Emeritus Professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Professor at the Department of Business Administration at the Universi…
Episode 6 | Ken Caldeira | The climate impact of hydrogen leaks demystified
To put it in Bill Gates' words, Ken is phenomenal at translating deeply scientific concepts for people without scientific expertise.
Ken Caldeira is Senior Scientist at Breakthrough Energy and Staff …