This week’s episode of The Hydrogen Podcast takes you across North America and beyond, spotlighting where hydrogen is advancing—and where it’s hitting hard roadblocks.
🇨🇦 Canada’s Next Hydrogen Solutions
- $5M Export Development Canada financing
- Proprietary electrolyzer design with 40+ patents
- Ontario’s largest onsite fueling station (650 kg/day)
- Scaling to global contracts with proven pilot data
🇺🇸 Utah’s Coal-to-Hydrogen Transition
- Intermountain Power Project: first grid-scale plant transitioning to 100% hydrogen by 2045
- 300 GWh seasonal hydrogen storage in salt caverns
- 1,200 jobs created, Siemens synchronous condensers + transmission upgrades
- Blueprint for coal-to-clean transitions across the U.S.
💧 Blue Hydrogen’s U.S. Momentum
- Gulf Coast projects nearing FID by year-end
- Economics driven by CCS + industrial clusters (refining, fertilizer, chemicals)
- ExxonMobil, Shell, and Air Liquide at the forefront
- Market-ready vs. subsidy-dependent projects
🚨 Air Products Exits Texas Project
- $4B, 200 t/day AES venture canceled
- CEO cites no offtake and immature market conditions
- Pivot to blue hydrogen & NEOM Saudi mega-project
- Signals the end of speculative “build it and they will come” models
🚀 Liquid Hydrogen Tank Breakthroughs
- Advanced insulation, safety, and boil-off mitigation
- Cost savings projected at $100M annually in logistics
- Aviation, shipping, and trucking sectors poised to benefit
- Critical step in making hydrogen transportable at scale
⚖️ Takeaway: Hydrogen is moving into its pragmatic phase—where integration, demand, and technology matter more than hype. Canada and Utah show hydrogen’s growth path, while Air Products’ Texas exit and blue hydrogen’s rise highlight market discipline.
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