February 21, 2023 | 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM Pacific
February 22, 2023 | 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Pacific
The Open Hydrogen Initiative (OHI) was created to satisfy the critical need for transparent carbon accounting in hydrogen systems. The collaborative initiative, led by GTI Energy and S&P Global Commodity Insights, with technical support from DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory, will create objective, credible, transparent, and open-source tools to enable entities across the hydrogen value chain to assess the carbon intensity of hydrogen production at the facility level. The Stanford Hydrogen Initiative convenes collaborations between research groups at Stanford University from engineering, science, policy, and business to work with industry, governments and thought leaders to accelerate the use of hydrogen to achieve deep decarbonization of the global energy system to address climate change. Over 35 Stanford research groups and 150 researchers are working on hydrogen-focused areas. This is an initiative of the Stanford Precourt Institute for Energy, which is part of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability.For this workshop, OHI and the Stanford Hydrogen Initiative have gathered a broad range of stakeholders – including experts from integrated majors, hydrogen producers, emissions verifiers, gas and power utilities, eNGOs, government agencies, academia, coalition groups, and the financial sector – who bring their unique perspectives and insights to advance the commoditization of hydrogen. The workshop will provide participants an opportunity to review OHI technical findings to date and hear from other OHI sponsors and stakeholders. We hope that you can join us!Key discussion topics will include- Global hydrogen analytics
- Challenges and opportunities for hydrogen as a decarbonization tool
- Relevant hydrogen policies and regulation
- The role of emissions accounting in hydrogen markets
SPECIAL SESSION ADDED!RMI will host a focus-group style forum to discuss Hydrogen Production Tax Credit (or 45V) implementation. Knowing that this is a very pertinent topic for many, we have coordinated with RMI to host this discussion in conjunction with the OHI & Stanford Hydrogen Initiative Future of Hydrogen Markets workshop. The RMI session will be held immediately following the conclusion of the OHI-Stanford Hydrogen workshop, from 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. PT on February 22.
This session will provide an overview of the 45V credit structure, statutory authority, and outstanding questions regarding economic success and climate integrity of the credit being considered by the U.S. Treasury Department & Department of Energy. The goal of this session will be to facilitate a robust discussion about the various ways hydrogen industry stakeholders view qualifying for 45V and provide a summary report of the discussion to relative federal decision makers implementing this credit. There is a diversity of thought regarding how the federal government could or should account for emissions from electrolytic hydrogen production that utilizes grid energy and will be the main premise of this session’s dialogue. We welcome participants from backgrounds not specific to grid-connected electrolysis to join this lively discussion as this evolving policy topic area could benefit from input by interdisciplinary hydrogen stakeholders and energy market experts. Extension of this invitation by RMI to all of the attendees is a bonus opportunity for our community to participate in a highly relevant discussion around the implementation of this significant US federal tax credit.
Attendees will have the opportunity to engage directly with other OHI sponsors as well as expert speakers from the industry, coalition groups, and other hydrogen stakeholders.See the workshop AGENDA hereREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND.