Faces & Places: January 2025

Polar Power and Hydrogen Energy Applications were joint runners-up at the LPG Week’s Global Technology Conference in Cape Town, South Africa. The companies’ Arthur Sams, left, and Niels Luchters, right, are shown here respectively with James Rockall of the World Liquid Gas Association.

Doug Young, left, of Young’s Fuel in Bakersville, North Carolina, talks with John Jessup of the Southeast Propane Alliance about three weeks after Hurricane Helene hit the area.

Steve Kaminski of the National Propane Gas Association and Michelle Bimson Maggi of Ferrellgas visited schools outside Cape Town, South Africa, at the conclusion of LPG Week. Ferrellgas donated $25,000 to South Africa’s Peninsula School Feeding Association. They spoke with students and faculty members about the benefits of propane as a clean cooking fuel.

Reagan Bonnette of Stringer Oil & LP Gas spearheaded a grassroots effort in western North Carolina to help those impacted by Hurricane Helene.

K.D. Tidwell of Elite Power and Energy Corp. helped to create a relief fund for those impacted by the hurricane.