On 19 April 2024, the UK government’s hydrogen support scheme Hydrogen Allocation Round 2 (HAR2) closed for applications. To review the support programme and the current position of the UK hydrogen market, ICIS hydrogen editor Jake Stones speaks with hydrogen consultant and demand-side project manager Duncan Yellen. Over the conversation, Yellen outlines:

- Potential challenges facing the UK’s hydrogen development plans

- The best markets for selling hydrogen today and their price points

- What is the impact of transporting hydrogen

- When can a tradeable hydrogen market emerge?

In episode 12 of the ICIS Hydrogen Insights podcast, hydrogen editor Jake Stones and Neil McDonald, managing director of Australia-based hydrogen exploration company Gold Hydrogen dig deep into the potential for natural hydrogen, also referred to as gold or white hydrogen. Natural hydrogen differs from most types or colours of hydrogen as it does not need to be produced. Instead, natural hydrogen is extracted from underground reserves. The emergence of natural hydrogen exploration companies such as Gold Hydrogen has marked an important development to the potential supply side for future hydrogen markets, presenting a low-cost, low-emissions hydrogen source. 

In episode 11 of the ICIS Hydrogen Insights podcast, hydrogen editor Jake Stones speaks with Martin Carolan, managing director and CEO of Provaris Energy, a hydrogen production and transportation company. The episode explores a key component of the Provaris offering: pressurised hydrogen transportation by ship. Martin and Jake discuss the potential reach of pressurised hydrogen shipping as a within-continent means of moving gaseous hydrogen between markets.