EPRI
Moderator Jeffery Preece is Low-Carbon Resources R&D Director at EPRI. Rudra Kapila is Senior Policy Advisor for Carbon Management at Third Way. Traci Kraus is Director of Government Relations at Cummins. Alex Kizer Senior VP of Research and Analysis at the Energy Futures Initiative. Catherine Clarke is Energy Justice Liaison for the U.S. DOE Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations.
EPRI in early May held a roundtable featuring subject-matter experts sharing best practices and insights on the vital role of meaningful community engagement in successfully deploying hydrogen projects economy-wide. In A Community Approach to Hydrogen Development, the discussion focused on analyzing the role of active community engagement in infrastructure development.
The growth of today's hydrogen ecosystem presents an opportunity for industry and communities to collaborate, and the panelists highlighted ways to move forward. The event also featured the release of an EPRI-Hydrogen Forward Factsheet on community engagement best practices.
Panelists included Third Way Senior Policy Advisor for Carbon Management Rudra Kapila, Cummins Director of Government Relations Traci Kraus, Energy Futures Initiative Senior VP of Research and Analysis Alex Kizer, U.S. DOE Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations Energy Justice Liaison Catherine Clarke, and moderator and EPRI Low-Carbon Resources R&D Director Jeffery Preece. Enjoy these excerpts.
Cummins Director of Government Relations Traci Kraus: Cummins is an over one hundred-year-old company that is traditionally known for making big diesel truck engines. Of the trucks you see on the road, about forty have a Cummins engine, but almost all of them have a Cummins component, whether that's turbocharger, fuel systems, or electronic controls.