Episode 2: Show(el) Me the Money! Hydrogen Regulation, Incentives, and Investments
In addition to being a key part of the green energy transition, the hydrogen economy has been hyped up as a potential gold mine and creator of jobs by industry pundits and governments alike. But investments have been slower and smaller than initially anticipated. Stories about the death of the hydrogen hype have been piling up in the media lately. Why is this? Is the hydrogen economy takeoff really stalling? And what roles regulation, incentives and investments play in all this?
Episode Guests:
- Christian Langen, Executive in Residence, Aalto University
- Janne Peljo, Chief Policy Adviser, Finnish Confederation of Industries
- Jan Feller, CEO, German-Finnish Chamber of Commerce
Hydrogen Valley Podcast is scripted, recorded, edited, mixed, and hosted by Mikko Heiskala, a visiting researcher at Department of Industrial Engineering and Management at Aalto University.
Episode interviews were recorded in May-June 2025.
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The podcast has received financial support from the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management at Aalto University.
BalticSeaH2 Hydrogen Valley -project, is co-funded by the European Union through Clean Hydrogen Partnership and its members. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the Clean Hydrogen Partnership. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
The podcast tune song is Limit 70 by Kevin MacLeod of incompetech.com and is licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 license.
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