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About the Episode:

New York set an ambitious goal for a zero-emission electricity sector by 2040.
What will it take to get there? 

Hydrogen may be the key to New York's climate strategy, especially for difficult-to-electrify sectors

Haiyan Sun is the program manager and team leader for hydrogen and clean fuels at the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).  With over a decade of experience in the power sector, she has valuable insights to offer onthe hydrogen’s potential to fuel NY’s clean energy goals.

Expect to learn:

• How hydrogen can decarbonize hard-to-electrify industries like the transportation, power gen, and high temperature industrial sectors (ie, Steel).
• The importance of including disadvantaged communities in the energy transition.
• New York's strategy for making hydrogen as successful as solar and battery storage. 

Curious if hydrogen lives up to the hype? Unpack the hydrogen revolution with us!

Helpful RESOURCES:

Connect with Haiyan Sun:

• LinkedIn

Check out NYSERDA:

• Website | LinkedIn | YouTube | X | Instagram | Facebook

Expect To Learn:

• How hydrogen can decarbonize hard-to-electrify industries like the transportation, power gen, and high temperature industrial sectors (ie, Steel).
• The importance of including disadvantaged communities in the energy transition.
• New York's strategy for making hydrogen as successful as solar and battery storage.

NOTEWORTHY QUOTE:

“Hydrogen could play a critical role to help New York achieve climate goals in terms of decarbonizing some of the hard to electrify sectors, provide reliability for our grid, and also provide resilient solutions.”

— Haiyan Sun

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