In January, SGS INSPIRE launched its first podcast on energy in transport called INSPIRE-ing Energy Talks. We will have a new episode every two months and INSPIRE users are welcome to propose topics and join us as speakers!

In this episode, Lucky Nurafiatin spoke with Salah Mahdy, a global director for renewable hydrogen at Howden and Dhanisha Juleemun, a market analyst for Africa and Europe in SGS INSPIRE.

Salah led high-profile green and blue hydrogen and ammonia projects at Howden, a global leader in manufacturing air and gas handling solutions. The list of Salah’s projects includes the world’s first green steel plant, the largest hydrogen refuelling station, the first e-fuels plant and Europe’s first hydrogen underground storage project.

Dhanisha’s expertise is global fuel product development for diesel and gasoline vehicles. She forecasts the trend for new technology in the energy sector.

Over the past few years, the development of hydrogen fuel and hydrogen-fuel cell vehicles has grown exponentially. The first commercial hydrogen fuel cell vehicle was launched and sold in Japan in 2014 and in California at about the same time.

Fast forward to now, many countries set targets for hydrogen vehicles, with more models and types available on the market. However, the number of hydrogen vehicles on the road is still much smaller than electric vehicles. Our conversation revolved around the latest developments of hydrogen as a fuel for the transport sector, its benefits, and its consequences.