Hydrogen; Nature's Fuel

Published at : 23 Dec 2025

This documentary tells the story of hydrogen through a series of intriguing interviews from those working on cutting-edge hydrogen technologies. The program explains to viewers every step of the process, including how hydrogen is created, how it is transported and dispensed, and how it is used in fuel cell vehicles and other end uses



Tim Lipman; Research Co-Director, University of California, Berkley

Michael Holmes; Deputy Associate Director, Research Energy & Environmental Research Center

Gerry Groenewold; Director, Energy & Environmental Research Center

Ghassan Sleiman; Engineer, Hydrogenics USA

Tom Erickson; Associate Director, Research Energy & Environmental Research Center

Ron Harper; CEO & General Manager, Basin Electric Power Cooperative

Dakota Gasification Company, Great Plains Synfuels Plant Beulah, North Dakota

Nathan Seigel; Researcher, Sandia National Laboratories

Solar Tower & Heliostat Field, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Michael McGowan; Head of Hydrogen Solutions, Linde North America

Magog, Quebec

Michael Gagne; Plant Manager, Linde North America

Dev Patel; Manager, Kraus Global

Kraus Global, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Scott Bailey; Vice President, Kraus Global

Morm Estey; Former President & CEO, Kraus Global

Nuvera Fuel Cells, Billerica, Massachusetts

Roberto Cordaro; President, Nuvera Fuel Cells

James C. Cross III; Vice President, Nuvera Fuel Cells

Darryl Pollica; Chief Engineer, Nuvera Fuel Cells

Scott Blanchet; Director of Product Development, Nuvera Fuel Cells

Chris Ensco; Chief Engineer, Nuvera Fuel Cells

Altergy Systems, Folsom, California

Mickey Oros; Senior Vice President, Altergy Systems

SYSCO, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Darin Van Duyn; Vice President of Operations, SYSCO Corporation

Toro, Bloomington, Minnesota

Jack Gust; Chief Engineer, The Toro Company

Sierra Nevada Brewery, Chico, California

Ken Grossman; President, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

California Fuel Cell Partnership, West Sacramento, California

Catherine Dunwoody; Executive Director, California Fuel Cell Partnership

Tom Cackette; Chief Deputy Executive Officer, California Air Resources Board

John Tillman; Program Manager, Volkswagen of America, Inc.

Michael Smith; Service Manager, Ford Motor Company

Marshall Miller; Senior Development Engineer University of California, Davis

Peter Friebe; General Manager, Daimler AG

New Flyer, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Brydon Owen; Group Leader, New Flyer

AC Transit, Oakland, California

Douglas Byrne; Project Manager, AC Transit

Jamie Levin, Director, Ac Transit

Icelandic New Energy Ltd., Reykjavik, Iceland

Jon Bjorn Skulason; General Manager, Icelandic New Energy Ltd.

National Center for Hydrogen Technology

www.undeerc.org/ncht

National Energy Technology Laboratory

www.netl.doe.gov



Producer: Bob Dambach

Narrator: Joyce Eisenbraun

Editor: Ann Hall Anderson

Videographers: Dave Geck, Barbra Gravel, Travis Jensen, Frode Tilden

Animation: Tim Eissinger

Graphics: Ann Hall Anderson, Earl Battle, Ben Stommes

Production Manager: Barbra Gravel

Closed Captioning: Armour Captioning



For the EERC

Management: Thomas Erickson, Michael Holmes

Writers: Tera Buckley, Dan Daly, Kirk Williams



Special Thanks: Ed Klunder, Dan Driscoll, Dan Cicero, Bonnie Dowdell, National Energy Technology Laboratory, British Columbia Transit, Air Liquide



Executive Producers: Bob Dambach, Michael Holmes