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On March 17, 2021, Tim Cortes, Chief Technology Officer for Plug Power had the opportunity to testify before the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee of Energy and Water Development. This was not Tim’s first time in front of Congress – he was honored to testify in front of a different committee about hydrogen and fuel cells ...

This is PowerSpot, Plug Power’s monthly blog series where we highlight the Plug Power employees who inspire us and, we hope, will inspire you, too. Today, we’re hearing from Lisa Kent. Lisa is currently Plug Power’s Process Engineering Technician, but has held several positions in her sixteen years with Plug Power. Lisa has held such ...

Environmental sustainability is no longer optional; it’s become an imperative. Today, Plug Power’s CEO, Andy Marsh, will be participating in The Hill’s Sustainability Imperative on the “Investing in Sustainability” panel. This track will look at how and why more companies and organizations are investing in sustainability initiatives, discussing both the costs and rewards of doing ...

In March, Food Logistics, the only publication exclusively dedicated to covering the movement of products through the global cold food supply chain, awarded Plug Power’s Chief Strategy Officer, Sanjay Shrestha, a winner of its 2021 Rock Stars of the Supply Chain award. The Food Logistics Rockstar of the Supply Chain award launched in 2015 and ...

From the beginning of the pandemic, when most employees were sent home to work, continuing today and into the future, Plug Power has had the support of its employees as one of its main focuses. Recently, in order to assist employees with the vaccination process in the many states in which Plug Power employees live ...

By Andy Marsh, as published by Forbes Technology Council The future looks promising for green hydrogen in global markets. One after another, market analysts have come around to the molecule’s potential to drive the transition to a low-carbon economy. Their reasoning? As both a clean-burning fuel and an energy carrier, hydrogen could help solve daunting decarbonization challenges while revitalizing ...

Air transportation is a massive contributor to CO2 emissions, with more than 900 million tons emitted per year. And this could double by 2050 with only 3-4 percent growth per year, according to a 2020 Hydrogen in Aviation report. Hydrogen propulsion could significantly reduce the role of aviation in climate change by eliminating CO2 emissions ...

This International Women’s Day, which has been celebrated since 1911, as a global celebration of the economic, political and social achievements of women, we want to highlight women in the hydrogen industry. The number of women participating in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields has increased in recent years. Still, researchers estimate that even ...

This is PowerSpot, Plug Power’s monthly blog series where we highlight the Plug Power employees who inspire us and, we hope, will inspire you, too. Today, we’re hearing from Scott Spink, Plug Power’s Director of Engineering at our Spokane, WA office. It’s easy to see that Scott lives authentically and always has an interesting perspective ...

In the last several weeks, there have been a number of major business announcements by Plug Power and our partners. The hard work we and the industry have done over the last 20+ years is becoming very real. And at the center of all of this possibility, potential and performance is a very small component ...

Welcome to the latest installment of our new series within The Lobby Shop: Clean Energy Transition. Part 5 of this series covers the latest in hydrogen energy technology, including the current and potential applications of hydrogen power, storage options, how the US can effectively fund and implement this technology, and much more. Scott Segal, co-head ...

With pandemic travel restrictions in place and an ever-changing environment, Plug Power needed a way to conduct technical field staff training to support its growing customer base.Under the guidance of the training team, Plug Power was quickly able to shift its training paradigm by investing in “smart glasses,” made by Rochester, NY company Vuzix. The ...