Aotearoa Hydrogen Alliance - Syllabus
Essential Context to Understanding the AHA Opportunity Landscape, best reviewed from oldest post to newest.
The Paradigm Shift from Scarcity to Abundance
This seminal article by Jordan Hall published in Medium in 2014, now 6 years ago, is a key lens through which to understand the great transition and unraveling that has been accelerated by Covid. Excerpts below, recommend digesting the full article. "A very good way...
Why NextEra’s Green Hydrogen Pilot Is a Big Deal
Rocky Mountain Institute's Christian Roselund, in this 5 August 2020 article explores the significance of recent green hydrogen pilots by two of the largest public utilities in the U.S. Excerpt below: In its recent quarterly results call, US power giant NextEra...
‘Alchemy of energy’: Breakthrough offers mass hydrogen storage options
So far hydrogen is stored as a compressed gas or liquified. There is a lot of research around storing hydrogen in metal hydrides. The breakthrough described in the 5 July 2020 article in the Sydney Morning Herald from labs in Australia at University of New South...
Electricity to Fuels – A Deep Dive into Electrolyzers
For those who want to take a deep dive into the technology of electryolyzers, below is the link to a slide deck by Dr. Brian Seger, Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Associate Professor in the Surface Science and Catalysis section at the Physics Department at the Technical...
Grey Swan Guild – Thought Leadership for Positive Change
In the thick of the Covid-induced breakdown of the modern global economic order, there is an opportunity to breakthrough into a better world. We all need to study and learn how we can find our individual place in making this happen. I recommend reading the articles...
Enel, Europe’s biggest utility, to launch hydrogen business as part of green drive
MILAN (Reuters) - Dateline 19 June 2020. Europe’s biggest utility Enel is set to launch a green hydrogen business next year to speed up its plans to become a carbon-free power producer by 2050. Click on this line to see full article excerpted below. "The group is...
Emerging from the Crisis – Learning from the Future
How can we formulate strategy in the face of uncertainty? That’s the fundamental question leaders must ask as they prepare for the future. And in the midst of a global pandemic, answering it has never felt more urgent. How best to proceed? From Harvard Business...
Regenerative products just might save the planet – and the economy
"Business ventures that go beyond emissions reductions to actually remove existing carbon and other pollutants from the environment could be good for both the planet and profits." "Imagine an economy based on this principle of regeneration, an economy that uses our...
Shell New Energies EVP: Hydrogen Subsidies Will Pay Off, Just Like They Did for Solar
The solar industry received about USD 100 Billion in subsidies before it became economically viable. According to Shell New Energies' EVP Mark Gainsborough, green hydrogen also needs help getting started. Click on this line for the full article in GreenTechMedia.
Global Trends in Green Electrolytic Hydrogen
Bob Beth, one of our founders, recently authorized an article looking at global trends in green electrolytic hydrogen and then drilling into the landscape and opportunities in New Zealand, where he has been a seasonal and appreciative visitor since 2002. Click on...
CARB preliminarily awards Port of Los Angeles $41M to launch zero-emissions hydrogen-fuel-cell-electric freight project; total cost $83M
The California Air Resources Board "CARB" has been the global leader in setting policy and incentives for clean air since the 1950's. They once again see the future clearly through all the smog from vested interests in fossil fuels and the industrial age economy. ...
To Stop Climate Change, We Must Make It Profitable
Below are key excerpts from a lucid article published at the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco on September 10, 2018 by Brenden Millstein, CEO and Co-Founder, Carbon Lighthouse. AHA represents a new paradigm social enterprise aligned with the Global Goals...
Global Hydrogen Market Set for Rapid Growth, to Reach Value Around USD 183 Billion by 2023
According to a report by Zion Market Research published April 2018: "Zion Market Research has published a new report titled “Hydrogen Market by Delivery Mode (Captive, Merchant), by Technology (Steam Methane Reforming, Partial Oxidation of Oil, Coal Gasification,...
Too Much of a Good Thing? An Illustrated Guide to Solar Curtailment on California’s Grid
In this April 3, 2017 article in Green Tech Media, author Bentham Paulos, thoroughly explores and explains the issues and challenges involved with integrating solar and wind energy into California's electric grid. One key excerpt: “It’s an interesting growing pain of...
Hydrogen made by the electrolysis of water is now cost-competitive and gives us another building block for the low-carbon economy
Conventional wisdom has held that electrolyzing hydrogen is too expensive largely due to the cost of electricity as an input. That has changed in certain contexts and is set to change broadly. According to an July 5, 2017 article in Carbon Commentary: "Generating an...
When it comes to power generation and distribution, hydrogen is set to become increasingly important.
From the website of Germany's global industrial giant Siemens, comes a very clear explanation of the role that electrolyzing hydrogen is already playing in making sure clean renewable energy actually gets used instead of wasted or curtailed. Below are some key...
Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change
This foundational August 1, 2018 New York Times feature article by author Nathaniel Rich thoroughly reviews the history of human caused climate change over centuries as observed by scientists over centuries as well, with a particular exploration of the...