218 - Big news for hydrogen in the USA with Phil Clark and Kevin Wyss

People of Packaging · 13 Oct 2023 · 43m

What this episode covers

Phil Clark, founder of Omitz, and Kevin Wyss, a Rice University PhD graduate, discuss the US Department of Energy's $7 billion hydrogen hub initiative and Wyss's technology to convert mixed plastic waste into graphene and clean hydrogen. Wyss explains his ultrafast heating process, which breaks down plastic bonds to create high-value graphene and pure hydrogen without CO2 emissions, while Clark highlights the economic and safety implications for the hydrogen industry. The conversation covers the scalability of the process through Universal Matter, the lifecycle assessment of the technology, and its potential to create a circular economy for packaging waste.

Mentioned

Companies
Omitz, Ford Motor Company, Universal Matter, Specright, Enrow
Also
Rice University, Center for Hydrogen Safety, NFPA, Argon National Lab

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