On 3 January 2025, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released final regulations (Final Rules) implementing the Section 45V Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit (Section 45V tax...more
1/24/2025
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Members of the K&L Gates Hydrogen, Power, Tax, and Tax Policy teams speak with Sandi Safro Osborn, Assistant General Counsel of the Edison Electric Institute, about the proposed regulations the Treasury Department and...more
1/18/2024
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Tax Credits
On 22 December 2023, the US Treasury Department (Treasury) released the highly anticipated Proposed Regulations relating to the Clean Hydrogen Production Credit (hydrogen credit) under the US Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as...more
K&L Gates partner Tariq Fedda sits down with Hydrogen Rising co-hosts David Wochner, Partner at K&L Gates, and Sandra Safro, Associate General Counsel at the Edison Electric Institute, to discuss a range of commercial issues...more
Elizabeth Crouse, partner and head of the energy tax practice at K&L Gates, discusses the hydrogen-related tax credits and incentives included in the newly-signed-into-law Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). From CI scores, to...more
Hydrogen Rising co-hosts David Wochner, partner at K&L Gates, and Sandra Safro, Associate General Counsel at the Edison Electric Institute, welcome Frank Wolak, President and CEO of Washington, D.C.,-based Fuel Cell and...more
As countries around the world continue efforts to reduce emissions, clean hydrogen economies are beginning to emerge. But, with the impressive number of potential production pathways and possibility of comingling this...more
The State of New Mexico is one of the leading states in the country in its efforts to advance the hydrogen economy. Environment Secretary James Kenney joins Hydrogen Rising to discuss a number of those initiatives, including...more
Hydrogen Rising co-hosts David Wochner, partner at K&L Gates, and Sandra Safro, Associate General Counsel at the Edison Electric Institute, speak with the co-founders of Kaizen Clean Energy, Eric Smith and Robert Meaney,...more
Since the Paris Climate Conference, innovations in the development of hydrogen energy have accelerated sharply, with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) now predicting green hydrogen will be competitive in 2030,...more
Hosts David Wochner and Sandra Safro, Associate General Counsel at the Edison Electric Institute, have a conversation with Michelle Detwiler, the Executive Director of the Renewable Hydrogen Alliance. Based in Portland in the...more
Co-hosts David Wochner from K&L Gates and Sandra Safro from the Edison Electric Institute are joined by Karl Gnadt, President of the newly formed Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus Council and Managing Director and CEO of the...more
Co-hosts David Wochner, partner at K&L Gates, and Sandra Safro, Associate General Counsel at the Edison Electric Institute, kick off season 2 of Hydrogen Rising with a discussion of developments since the last episodes of...more
Carbon Quarterly is a newsletter covering developments in carbon policy, law, and innovation. No matter your views on climate change policy, there is no avoiding an increasing focus on carbon regulation, resiliency planning,...more
In this episode of Hydrogen Rising, co-hosts David Wochner from K&L Gates and Sandra Safro from the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) speak with Eric Holdsworth, Managing Director for Clean Energy and Environmental Policy at...more
Co-hosts David Wochner from K&L Gates and Sandra Safro from the Edison Electric Institute sit down with Jim Sartucci and Elle Stuart, members of the K&L Gates Maritime and Public Policy teams, to discuss how the maritime...more
In honor of National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day in the United States, Dr. Sunita Satyapal, Director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office, sits down with Hydrogen Rising co-hosts David...more
10/8/2021
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Research and Development
In this episode, co-hosts David Wochner (K&L Gates) and Sandi Safro (Edison Electrical Institute) talk with K&L Gates partner and former U.S. Coast Guard officer, Luke Reid, about the potential adoption of hydrogen as a fuel...more
Andrew Horvath, Global Group Chairman of Australia’s Star Scientific, speaks with Hydrogen Rising co-hosts David Wochner and Kelly Davies about the Hydrogen Energy Release Optimiser (HERO®), his company’s award-winning,...more
Co-hosts Sandra Safro and David Wochner briefly discuss the U.S. Senate passage of the major infrastructure legislation and its hydrogen provisions, as well as significant news for one of the Hydrogen Rising co-hosts. This...more
Hydrogen Rising co-hosts David Wochner and Sandra Safro spend time with Ms. Corine Dubruel, the Vice President for Public Affairs of Plug Power Europe. Corine discusses the incredible growth of hydrogen across multiple...more
7/29/2021
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In this episode of Hydrogen Rising, co-hosts David Wochner and Sandi Safro speak with Pawel Piotrowski of K&L Gates’ Doha office and Sholto Hanvey of the firm’s Dubai office about the potential role that the Middle East and...more
As governments around the world continue to find ways to support the development and emergence of a hydrogen economy, to date the United States has trailed many other countries that have created national strategies and...more
K&L Gates’ government affairs counselor Mary Burke Baker talks with Hydrogen Rising co-host David Wochner about the current state of play on Capitol Hill regarding infrastructure and clean energy legislation, the politics of...more
6/16/2021
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Renewable Energy ,
Tax Legislation
In part one of a two-part series, K&L Gates’ Seattle partner and leader of the firm’s Renewable Energy Tax practice, Elizabeth Crouse, speaks with Hydrogen Rising co-host David Wochner about federal tax incentives for...more