Profiles in clean energy: Dad concerned about climate change shifts company away from oil and gas

Jordi Zonneveld says his first decade in the oil and gas industry was great. His company in the Netherlands did well and he was promoted every few years. But for many people in the oil and gas industry, him included, 2015 was a turning point. The price of a barrel of oil plummeted and the Paris Agreement was signed. Zonneveld realized he could pull his company toward a greener future by working on hydrogen to replace fossil fuels for heavy industries and transportation. U.S.-based Plug Power acquired Zonnefeld's company in 2021 as he was shifting it into renewable energy. Zonneveld says he doesn't want his daughters to live in a world reliant on fossil fuels.