Agenda
DAY 1 - 29 April 2025
Panel Discussion
08:40AM - 09:20AM
Current State And Expansion Of The Hydrogen Market
Despite challenging conditions, global installed electrolyser capacity has increased by ~400 MW (35-40%) over the course of 2024. This continues the development from 2023, also seeing a growth by ~400 MW in installed capacity, reflecting a consistent upward trajectory. In the years ahead, significant growth is forecasted, with +50 projects currently being under installation in Europe alone. The session will offer the option for Q&A.
Key Discussion Points:
- Market check: Status and outlook across Europe – status, lessons learned.
- Industry outlook – how will the industry shape up in the interim until regulation becomes firm and in place?
- Cost comparison/competition – how much of an impact will global competition have on shaping of the European Hydrogen market? Funding schemes (lessons learned)
- What have we learned from the outcomes of H2 Global, EU Hydrogen Bank, Innovation Fund, etc?
Moderator
Lars Hedemann
Partner and Senior Advisor, Brinckmann Group
Panelists
John Williams
Head of Hydrogen, AFRY Management Consulting
Stefano Erba
Chief Strategy Officer, FNM SpA
Tracy Scott
Development Director - Green Hydrogen, RES Limited
German González del Valle Barrera
Chief Investment Officer, ACCIONAPLUG
Harsh Shah
Global Market and Business Development Manager, Green Hydrogen, Renewable Fuels and P2, ANDRITZ ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY
Case Study
09:20AM - 10:00AM
Policy And Regulatory Frameworks For Green Hydrogen
- Hydrogen regulations and policies.
- Adoption and development of green hydrogen.
- Standards and certification.
- Permitting.
Speakers
Jun Sasamura
Manager Hydrogen, Westwood Global Energy Group
Kristof May
Senior Advisor Hydrogen Regulation, XHC - Commercial, Portfolio & Regulatory, Statkraft
Panel Discussion
10:00AM - 10:40AM
Investing In Green Hydrogen
- Is green hydrogen the missing link in the energy transition?
- What is investable in hydrogen today and what makes a bankable project?
- What do investors and lenders need to see to meet the need of this market?
- How will lenders and investors assess the risk of financing green hydrogen projects?
- What regulator support is in place to help develop and invest in GH2 projects.
- Green hydrogen financing – realities and practicalities
Moderator
Luc Graré
Head of Central & Eastern Europe, Lhyfe Germany GmbH
Panelists
John Williams
Head of Hydrogen, AFRY Management Consulting
Andre Pina
Senior Director for Hydrogen Strategy and Business Development, EDP Renewables
Frank Janse
Senior Director, Green Giraffe
Ethan Murray
Associate, Santander Corporate & Investment Bank
Networking Break
10:40AM - 11:10AM
Coffee and Networking Break
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Panel Discussion
11:10AM - 11:50AM
GREEN HYDROGEN PROJECTS, PARTNERSHIPS AND HYDROGEN HUBS
The panel will depart from The European Hydrogen Backbone initiative and discuss the role of Regional and domestic and Cross-national initiatives.
Examples will be provided from specific projects and initiatives and lessons learned will be shared and discussed among the panelists.
The session will offer the option for Q&A.
Key Discussion points:
- The role of clusters and partnerships in developing the green hydrogen economy.
- Case and lessons learned (Netherlands, Bulgaria, Italy, UK).
- Competitive fundamentals across examples and initiatives.
- State risk vs. Developer commitment.
- Timing and cross market initiatives (Hydrogen Valleys).
Moderator
Lars Hedemann
Partner and Senior Advisor, Brinckmann Group
Panelists
Stefano Erba
Chief Strategy Officer, FNM SpA
Prof. Daria Vladikova
Scientific Coordinator of H2start Center of Excellence, Trakia University
Tracy Scott
Development Director - Green Hydrogen, RES Limited
Gaia Stigliani
Principal, AFRY
Case Study
11:50AM - 12:15PM
Large Scale Green Hydrogen And Derivatives- Commodity Market
Raul Manzanas Ochagavia
Development Director, Nordex Group
The projects, products being developed and how the large scale developments will be the one to provide the trading options of Green Hydrogen and Derivatives as Commodities.
Case Study
12:15PM - 12:40PM
Green Ammonia And Methanol
- Ammonia: Learnings from marketing and planning of one of first green Ammonia projects in Europe.
- Methanol: Learnings from the planning of two methanol projects as well as use cases in the methanol market.
- Use case comparison of green and low carbon Ammonia and Methanol, e.g. the shipping market (currently in high demand with ReFuelEU Maritime).
Speakers
Benjamin Dennhardt
Business Development, Energy Transition & Industrial Decarbonization, EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG
Raul Manzanas Ochagavia
Development Director, Nordex Group
Case Study
12:40PM - 01:00PM
A GREEN HYDROGEN PIONEER SHARING ITS EXPERIENCE IN EXECUTING AN INDUSTRIAL ROADMAP
Luc Graré
Head of Central & Eastern Europe, Lhyfe Germany GmbH
- Lhyfe follows an industrial roadmap for green hydrogen production by starting small, learning, scaling up, and continuously improving.
- Our first green hydrogen production plant has been in operation since September 2021.
- We currently operate three plants, with three more under construction. In total, our projects in development amount to 9 GW of capacity.
- Lhyfe was the first in the world to demonstrate the offshore production of green hydrogen.
Lunch Time
01:00PM - 02:00PM
Lunch Time Break
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Case Study
02:00PM - 02:25PM
NAVIGATING THE HYDROGEN LANDSCAPE: CHALLENGES AND RISKS (based on the Project Green Ammonia Linz “GrAmLi”)
Stefan Oberrauch
Commercial Project Management & Contract Lead, Green Hydrogen, VERBUND Green Hydrogen GmbH
- Contracting Strategies H2 Projects.
- Risks & Challenges EPC & EPCM.
- RED II Regulation & constraint.
- Funding streams & accumulation
Case Study
02:25PM - 02:50PM
Unlocking Profitability in P2X
Harsh Shah
Global Market and Business Development Manager, Green Hydrogen, Renewable Fuels and P2, ANDRITZ ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY
- Green hydrogen.
- Carbon capture.
- Renewable methanol.
- EPC delivery of plants.
Case Study
02:50PM - 03:30PM
InGrid, Power to Gas. Testing & Experimental Facility for Addressing Transformation Challenges
Tomasz Jarmicki
Director, Development and Implementation of Gas Technologies Office, Area of Strategy and Innovation, ORLEN SA
- Energy market transformation.
- Challenges that have to be addressed – agenda for gas grid.
- Power to Gas installation – it’s purpose for infrastructure resilience testing and potential (flexibility) for extended R&D and innovation agenda.
Panel Discussion
03:30PM - 04:10PM
Hydrogen Storage And Transport
- What is the role of hydrogen infrastructure in ensuring sufficient market volume is created?
- What are the overall financing needs to build necessary hydrogen network infrastructure?
- Which countries and regions are the furthest in building hydrogen transmission infrastructure?
- How much of the existing pipeline network can be used?
- Hydrogen as energy storage. Underground potential. Volume risk management.
- Regulatory requirements. Permitting. Legal frameworks. International standards.
- Compressed hydrogen storage. Liquefied hydrogen storage. Underground storage.
- Can green hydrogen storage increase operational revenues?
- Pilot projects and R&D.
- Building hydrogen pipelines. Cross-border hydrogen network in Europe.
- Interaction between hydrogen and electricity infrastructure.
- Training staff for hydrogen pipeline operation, example case: building a hydrogen training circuit.
Moderator
Pim Reuderink / Bureau Veritas
Panelists
Tobias Bühnen / Policy Advisor Hydrogen / Gas Infrastructure Europe
Niko Bosnjak / Open Grid Europe GmbH
Marko Janhunen / Gasgrid Finland
Tomasz Jarmicki / ORLEN SA
Jean-Marc Brimont / NaTran Deutschland
Moderator
Pim Reuderink
Regional Technical Manager, Bureau Veritas (The Netherlands)
Panelists
Tomasz Jarmicki
Director, Development and Implementation of Gas Technologies Office, Area of Strategy and Innovation, ORLEN SA
Tobias Bühnen
Policy Manager, Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE)
Dr. Niko Bosnjak
Head of Policy and Communications, Open Grid Europe GmbH
Marko Janhunen
Vice President, Public Affairs, Gasgrid Finland
Networking Break
04:10PM - 04:40PM
Coffee & Networking Break
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Case Study
04:40PM - 05:05PM
Lohc-Mch: The Way To Establish Hydrogen Transport And Storage Network In Europe
Osamu Ikeda
Managing Director, Chiyoda Corporation Netherlands BV
- Introduction of Chiyoda and its activities in Low Carbon Technology.
- Our understanding of the market trend, needs for hydrogen transport and storage.
- Our proposed solution for hydrogen transport and storage.
- Update on our ongoing projects and activities.
Case Study
05:05PM - 05:30PM
Underground Hydrogen Storage
Cristina Yuste Fernández
Project Leader- Subsurface Hydrogen Storage, Trinity Energy Storage
- Need of Underground Hydrogen Storage (UHS).
- Technical Challenges of UHS.
- Projects Developed by Trinity Energy Storage.
Case Study
05:30PM - 05:55PM
H2-Readiness & H2-Storage
- The increasing hydrogen share in the natural gas transport network requires comprehensive investigations into materials and technical processes in gas storage facilities.
- High reinvestment costs for adapting existing facilities for hydrogen operation have been identified, reinforcing the trend towards 100% hydrogen storage.
- Material testing and the development of specific procedural instructions are necessary to obtain approval for the operation of existing natural gas field pipelines with hydrogen.
- Uniper is investigating the construction and operation of a hydrogen storage solution in a salt cavern to potentially apply this technology on a large scale.
- An approximately two-year test phase will be conducted to evaluate the suitability and functionality of the cavern for storing hydrogen under realistic conditions.
- The aim is to create a sustainable solution for green hydrogen storage and transfer insights to larger cavern projects.
Speakers
Jan Neuhaus
Project Manager Hydrogen Readiness, Uniper Energy Storage GmbH
Martin Strzeja
Project Manager Hydrogen Readiness, Uniper Energy Storage GmbH
Closing Remark
05:55PM - 06:05PM
Closing Remarks by the Chairman. Plan for Day 2. End of Day 1.
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DAY 2 - 30 April 2025
Panel Discussion
08:40AM - 09:20AM
Commercializing And Upscaling Green Hydrogen
- Creating hydrogen demand. Steel ammonia, heavy industry.
- Regulation of green hydrogen and business models.
- Co-development of RE alongside green hydrogen - the risk of having both power and hydrogen as outputs.
- Best practices for sourcing, commercializing, and scaling green hydrogen.
- Feedback from commercialization of green hydrogen.
- Overview of sectoral needs by clients.
- Outlook on needs to realize the upscaling: e.g. some regulatory aspects as well as midstream demands.
Moderator
David Linden
Head of Energy Transition, Westwood Global Energy Group (UK)
Panelists
Dr Geert Tjarks
Managing Director, EWE GASSPEICHER GmbH
Nguyen Dinh
Head of Power to X & Hydrogen, OWC
Kevin Vincent Schalk
Group Manager Hydrogen, Fraunhofer IWES
Yusuf Kilic
Senior Business Developer Hydrogen the Netherlands, Statkraft Renewables Benelux B.V
Frank Janse
Senior Director, Green Giraffe
Case Study
09:20AM - 09:40AM
Challenges in the Scale Up of Industrial Green H2 Projects
Greg Stock
Director - Green Hydrogen Center of Excellence, Worley
- The number of Industrial projects reaching FID (Final Investment Decision) is far too small to satisfy announced demands and is only a friction of all projects being announced.
- Total Installed Cost (TIC) is too high to enable customer’s business cases and thus enabling FID.
- The presentation addresses the main cost challenges affecting the TIC of industrial size green hydrogen projects.
Case Study
09:40AM - 10:05AM
Current Challenges for Domestic Green Hydrogen Production
Dr Geert Tjarks
Managing Director, EWE GASSPEICHER GmbH
- Which role has the systemic integration of electrolysis in comparison to import capacities?
- What are current challenges for domestic green hydrogen production in Germany coming from the regulatory framework and the market?
- Current state of domestic green hydrogen production capacities and future potential.
Case Study
10:05AM - 10:30AM
NAVIGATING THE CERTIFICATION SCHEMES TO REACH AN INVESTMENT DECISION ON GREEN HYDROGEN PROJECTS
Joost Sandberg
Chief Development Officer, HyCC
- What are the final hurdles in the real life Djewels project to move into execution?
- Zooming in on the complexities and flexibility that regulations offer to navigate these hurdles.
- How do these solutions benefit customers of green hydrogen?
- What are the key lessons learned that can help other projects reach FID?
Networking Break
10:30AM - 11:00AM
Coffee and Networking Break
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Case Study
11:00AM - 11:20AM
UNRAVELING RFNBO CERTIFICATION: YOUR GUIDE TO EU COMPLIANCE FOR RENEWABLE HYDROGEN
Matthieu Boisson
Managing Director, CertifHy
- With CertifHy now officially recognized by the European Commission to issue RFNBO certifications, this session will provide an overview of the latest regulatory developments and their impact.The session will cover the certification process, practical compliance steps, and the opportunities RFNBO certification unlocks in the market.
- RFNBO certification essentials
- Steps to preparefor compliance
- Key market insights
Case Study
11:20AM - 11:45AM
HAR1 Project - Practicalities, Challenges and Solutions
Tracy Scott
Development Director - Green Hydrogen, RES Limited
- Review of planning complexities identified in the Northfleet project.
- Summary of design challenges around infrastructure design.
- Outline of successes with HYRO’s HAR1 project.
- The bright future for the UK Hydrogen space.
Case Study
11:45AM - 12:10PM
First Year of Operation of The Hydrogen Lab Bremerhaven (HLB)
Kevin Vincent Schalk
Group Manager Hydrogen, Fraunhofer IWES
The HLB is a Megawatt-Scale testing facility for electrolysers with its own 1 MW PEM- and Alkaline Electrolysers and investigates their dynamic operation under renewable conditions as well as integration into the larger economic system and power electronics infrastructure. Description of experience and challenges, and next steps to go.
Case Study
12:10PM - 12:35PM
Hydrogen Value Chain
Werna Udding
Manager Business Development Hydrogen Offshore, Gasunie
- The value of green molecules in the energy system
- Infrastructure developments
- Hydrogen value chain bottlenecks
- What is needed next
Case Study
12:35PM - 01:00PM
RISK MANAGEMENT: TRADITIONAL AND ENERGY TRANSITION MARKETS
Claudio Barocchiere
Project Director, Fluor Corporation
- Key Common Risks and Mitigation Strategies
- Risks Unique to Energy Transition and Possible Mitigation Strategies
- Key Recommendations
Lunch Time
01:00PM - 02:00PM
Lunch Time Break
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Case Study
02:00PM - 02:25PM
THE EVOLUTION OF HYDROGEN PRICES AND REGIONAL DYNAMICS
John Williams
Head of Hydrogen, AFRY Management Consulting
- How will hydrogen prices develop in a global market? Utilising insights from AFRY’s global hydrogen pricing model to answer key questions:
- How will infrastructure availability impact prices?
- How much hydrogen will Europe import?
- Will we ever see hydrogen below 2€/Kg?
Case Study
02:25PM - 02:50PM
DE-RISKING THE FINANCING OF HYDROGEN INFRASTRUCTURE
Maria Sicilia
European Hydrogen Backbone (EHB) co-chair, Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE); Director, Infrastructure Investment, Enagas
The European Hydrogen Backbone (EHB) infrastructure enables a costcompetitive pathway to net-zero emissions while fostering industrial competitiveness.
Hydrogen pipelines, import terminals and storages can speed up hydrogen supply and demand.
It can be a market forming infrastructure. Under the EU ETS, industry, electricity producers, and shipping and aviation need to achieve net zero emissions by 2044.
2 Large industrial users will want access to an interconnected market to source the cheapest available hydrogen.
This means that the Backbone needs to be well developed by the early 2030’s, which makes building it an urgent task.
Public support is needed to de-risk the timely creation of hydrogen infrastructure.
- A European Hydrogen Backbone enables low-cost renewable hydrogen supply chains.
- Hydrogen infrastructure for energy security and affordable decarbonisation.
- Public support needed to de-risk European Hydrogen Backbone infrastructure investments.
Case Study
02:50PM - 03:15PM
Hydrogen and Derivatives Market Outlook for Aviation and Maritime
Malte Siemen
Team Lead Renewable Fuels, NOW GmbH
- Regulatory incentives from the German perspective.
- Finance and funding opportunities for eFuels projects.
- SAF Monitor: Global market overview of announced SAF projects.
Case Study
03:15PM - 03:40PM
SOLID OXIDE ELECTROLYSIS AS A GREEN HYDROGEN PRODUCTION METHOD AND A NEW BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
Daniel Chade
Chief Technology Officer, KERIONICS
• Solid Oxide Electrolysis technology as a hydrogen production method: Definition, position in the hydrogen value chain, comparison of the technology with different hydrogen production methods.
• SOE technology and business: Description of the current opportunities for solid oxide electrolysis technology on the market.
Networking Break
03:40PM - 04:10PM
Coffee & Networking Break
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Panel Discussion
04:10PM - 04:50PM
Hydrogen Offtake Agreements
- Hydrogen as a product.
- Long-term offtake arrangements.
- Green hydrogen sensitivity to commodity prices.
- Creation of demand.
- General feedback from first own offtake agreements on buy side and what sellers want.
- General feedback from first own offtake agreements on sell side and what buyers want.
- Regulatory and funding impacts on agreements.
Moderator
Liesbeth Buiter
Partner, Clifford Chance LLP
Panelists
Andre Pina
Senior Director for Hydrogen Strategy and Business Development, EDP Renewables
Benjamin Dennhardt
Business Development, Energy Transition & Industrial Decarbonization, EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG
Malte Siemen
Team Lead Renewable Fuels, NOW GmbH
Alan Ripa Ngkaion
Chief Executive Officer, ACCIONAPLUG
Closing Remark
04:50PM - 05:00PM
Closing Remarks by the Chairman. End of the Forum.
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