Rafi Garabedian
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Garabedian: Unsubsidized Green Hydrogen Costs Roughly $6/kg in Southern Europe
“If you look at the cost of making a kilogram of green hydrogen today, let's say in southern Europe, it might be unsubsidized. It might be maybe six dollars U.S. A kilo. I think rough numbers, that might be about right. That can be broken down Roughly fifty-fif…”
Garabedian: Next five years of green hydrogen will be policy-driven European projects
“So I think the next five years looks like very, very tactical kind of one-off projects that are policy-driven in places like Europe. That have the policy frameworks in place or emerging to motivate consumption of these molecules.”
Garabedian: Hydrogen is a molecule, not a solution to energy problems
“I also don't really care much for hydrogen. It's a molecule. It's an element. It's lovely. I don't see it in and of itself as a solution to any of the problems we have in energy.”
Garabedian: Standard PEM electrolyzers max out at 1-2 megawatts
“Generally, PEM systems are relatively small. They're measured in Kilowatts, hundreds of kilowatts, up to the largest today, one to two megawatts per electrolyzer. And they're thought to be extremely expensive.”
Garabedian: Financing hard tech does not get easier until building 4-5 units
“It's super hard to finance something that big As a first of a kind. In fact, it's hard to finance as a second or a third of a kind too. It doesn't get easier until you've probably built four or five of them.”
Garabedian: Electric Hydrogen rejected outsourcing due to proprietary cell technology
“The cell technology is bespoke. It's, you know, invented by us. It can only be made by us. We did not see, and we're not interested in an outsourcing approach to build cells and stacks, and so even to get to the 10 megawatt facility, we needed a manufacturing …”
Garabedian: Cleantech makers should use standard off-the-shelf equipment
“The approach we've always taken is avoid customization of equipment wherever possible. Use standard off-the-shelf equipment. You know, it can always be configured, so you'd consider that more tooling, but use available equipment that's well-proven, well-demons…”