Dave Wolff presented a webinar on November 19, 2019 entitled: Electrolysis Hydrogen Will Revolutionize Hydrogen Availability and Benefits. The introduction caught the I2M Web Portal editors' attention. See below:
"The rapid and revolutionary changes taking place in the US electric supply has created spectacular opportunities for water electrolysis hydrogen generation. The rapid pace of decarbonization in the U.S. is surprising, as it is based on market economics, whereas earlier, similar trends in Europe and Asia were partially a result of carbon-constraining regulations. Renewables and other zero-carbon generation (such as nuclear power) now account for the bulk of energy supplied to the grid in many U.S. regions, and are growing as a fraction of the entire electric supply. Renewables are now the least expensive electric source in many parts of the U.S.[Fact Check is needed here. See: (here)].
Water electrolysis is a historically important technology that has been improved markedly in recent years – improvements have included lower capital costs, higher electrical efficiency, more compact design, and safer systems. These improved water electrolysis systems, using renewables and zero-carbon electric energy (such as nuclear power), can make virtually unlimited quantities of green hydrogen – meaning hydrogen made in a zero-carbon fashion.
Green hydrogen, made economically using abundant, cost-effective renewable energy, is creating new chemical synthesis opportunities – fuels, intermediates, and polymers. As hydrogen storage continues to be a challenge, the ability to flexibly create storable products from hydrogen enables more effective use of hydrogen made from renewables. This webinar will introduce and discuss the challenges and opportunities created."
Presenters Background:
Dave Wolff is the Eastern U.S. Regional Manager for Nel Hydrogen (corporate base in Oslo, Norway). He has over 35 years of project engineering, industrial gas generation and application engineering, marketing and sales experience. He has been a Sales and Marketing leader for hydrogen generation technologies since 1999. Dave holds a degree in Engineering Science from Dartmouth College. He has an extensive background in hydrogen generation at large and small scale, hydrogen distribution, storage and industrial utilization, as well as application knowledge across a diverse range of industries.
Questions Addressed:
1. How do changes in the electric grid generation mix affect electric rates?
2. What do changes in electricity availability/dispatchability have to do with hydrogen?
3. Why haven’t batteries solved the electric grid energy storage challenges?
4. Is electrolysis hydrogen generation more efficient than steam methane reforming?
5. Electricity is a really expensive reactant – how can electrolysis hydrogen compete?
6. What are we going to do with all that hydrogen?
7. What about the Hindenburg?
Who should attend:
Plant/Facility Owners and C-Level Executives
Plant/Facility Managers
Production Managers
Regulatory Safety Managers
Research and Development Managers
Production Managers
Engineers
Scientists, Chemists and Metallurgists
Hosted By: Chemical Engineering
Sponsored By: Nel Hydrogen
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