Take 5: An interview with… Dr. Steffan Hoffmann, Bosch UK & Ireland
H2 View speaks to Dr. Steffan Hoffmann, Managing Director of Bosch UK & Ireland.
H2 View speaks to Dr. Steffan Hoffmann, Managing Director of Bosch UK & Ireland.
“If you think about a big excavator, they’re literally going from zero to full power, which is a bit like a Formula One start every 20 or so seconds, leading us to question the use...
“The cost of transporting high-pressure hydrogen escalates sharply when distances exceed 200km, sometimes surpassing the cost of production itself – something that end-users find hard to accept.”
“The capacity of the industry has been planned in response to the different programmes across the world, with clear targets for hydrogen production. The industry has responded to that request…”
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Nathan Snoke, Global Hydrogen Account Manager at Halliburton, tells H2 View, how he hopes to see both hydrogen and Halliburton “achieve widespread global adoption of underground hydrogen storage.”
“But I think the most important thing is that we take little steps, because as humans we’ve got to start to learn new skills and embrace technology,” Simon Hyde told the H2 View webinar.
Effective, cheap and safe hydrogen storage technologies are critical to underpinning the success of the energy carrier. Typically, hydrogen is stored in its gaseous form, in high-pressure cylinders, supercooled into its liquid form or stored...
Bureaucratic delays have stalled the UK’s hydrogen progress, putting supply chains at risk and jeopardising critical goals.
“When it comes to centralised, large-scale crackers, the high cost of platinum group metals quickly makes them a prohibitive option.”