• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Alex Kizer

EFI Foundation/Hydrogen Demand Initiative (H2DI)

Chief Operating Officer/Managing Director

Alex Kizer is the Chief Operating Officer at the EFI Foundation and Managing Director of H2DI, a DOE-sponsored initiative to support demand at the regional hydrogen hubs. He develops and manages projects on cross-cutting issues related to technology, policy, and innovation in the energy sector. At EFI, Kizer (pronounced KI-zer) oversees all qualitative and quantitative analysis for EFI reportsAt EFI, Kizer (pronounced KI-zer) oversees all the entire research program and leads the development and execution of H2DI. Kizer brings nearly 20 years of experience advising clients at institutions, such as Sandia National Laboratories, the National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Defense, as well as energy companies that operate in the Middle East and Europe. At EFI, he designs and manages projects that focus on investment strategies for accelerating clean energy innovation, oversees cost-benefit analyses of electric sector cyber security, develops methods for valuing U.S. energy security, and examines techniques for evaluating the emission savings from the at-scale deployment of all clean technologies. Kizer holds a Bachelor of Arts in public policy from Ohio University and a Master of Arts in international security studies from American University.

Sessions With Alex Kizer

Tuesday, 19 March

  • 05:00pm - 05:30pm (CST) / 19/mar/2024 10:00 pm - 19/mar/2024 10:30 pm

    Creating Demand Market Mechanisms: Make or break for the hydrogen industry
    Hydrogen

    The past years have been pivotal for clean hydrogen development. Targets have been set, supply incentives have been announced and regions across the globe are stating their ambitions. Yet, doubts over market readiness for the development of clean hydrogen are ramping up. Are off-takers willing to commit? Are these deals financeable? Various demand mechanism programs are being developed to tackle these questions. In this panel, we will discuss the auctions implemented by Europe and the projects recently announced by the U.S. DOE to design and implement demand-side support mechanisms.