Hydrogen Carriers, Transport, Storage and Energy Buffers

Thursday, June 20, 2024

Time
02:15 pm - 04:00 pm
Hall
Messe München
Room
Hall B2, Booth B2.550

It is foreseeable, hydrogen and its derivatives will be shipped to Europe in the years to come and prompt the path of the energy carrier. What form will play what role amongst to option on the table? It still looks like an open race.

02:15 pm - 02:20 pmWelcome and Introduction

Olivier Bucheli

President

European Electrolyser & Fuel Cell Forum

02:20 pm - 02:40 pmGreen Hydrogen Gateway: Connecting Brazil and Europe

Tobias Puklavec

CTO

Green Energy Park Global B. V.

02:40 pm - 03:00 pmDecentralized Hydrogen to Distribution Gas Networks through Ammonia

Dr.-Ing. Hans-Peter Schmid

Managing Director

WS Reformer GmbH

03:00 pm - 03:20 pmTransporting Hydrogen via LOHC - The Challenges and Economics

Ralf Ott

Head of Policy and Regulation

Hydrogenious Lohc Technologies GmbH

03:20 pm - 03:40 pmUnderground Hydrogen Storage in Salt Caverns

Gunnar Assmann

Projekt Lead Hydrogen Storage

Storengy Deutschland GmbH

03:40 pm - 04:00 pmContinuous Electricity from Renewables via H2

Alexander Voigt

CEO

HH2E

Speakers
Speaker
Gunnar Assmann, Storengy Deutschland GmbH

Projekt Lead Hydrogen Storage

Germany

Gunnar Assmann, Diplom-Ingenieur für Verfahrenstechnik und Projektleiter Wasserstoffspeicherung bei Storengy Deutschland, verfügt über mehr als 30 Jahre Erfahrung im Energiesektor. Mit Schwerpunkt auf Erneuerbaren Energien, Energietransformation und Infrastrukturprojekten hat er einen entscheidenden Beitrag zur Dekarbonisierung von Fernwärmenetzen geleistet sowie Verantwortung für komplexe technologische Konzeptentwicklungen für Gasfeldprojekte bei ENGIE E&P Deutschland übernommen. Mit früheren leitenden Positionen in den Bereichen Erneuerbare Energien und industrielle Energiedienstleistungen bringt Assmann umfassende Expertise in seinen aktuellen Fokus auf H2-Speicherung und -Infrastruktur ein.

Speaker
Ralf Ott, Hydrogenious Lohc Technologies GmbH

Head of Policy and Regulation

Germany

Ralf Ott is the Head of Policy and Regulation at Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies, a pioneer in storing and transporting hydrogen via the disruptive Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier Technology. Before that he worked at the TSO TenneT, where he also led the project Redispatch 2.0 and projects with regards to the energy system of the future. Ralf Ott holds Masters in International Business Administration and Industrial Engineering and has 15 years of experience in the energy sector

Speaker
Olivier Bucheli, European Electrolyser & Fuel Cell Forum

President

Switzerland

Olivier is an entrepreneur in the field of efficient energy transformation. Just following his degree in Chemical Engineering in 2000, he created the fuel cell and electrolyser company HTceramix today known as SolydEra. He gained many projects in the field and actively contributed the programming of topics as Vice Chair of the Coordination Group in which role he also co-drafted the SRIA of the current Clean Hydrogen Partnership. Since 2010, Olivier acts as President of the European Electrolyser and Fuel Cell Forum EFCF, Europe's reference event for science and technology in the fuel cell and hydrogen world. In this role, he also co-edits since 2012 an annual Special Issue of 'Fuel Cell - From Fundamentals to Systems' published by Wiley. In 2021, he joined ExerGo as Executive Chairman and lead successfully the company's seed financing round. In August 2023, he co-founded Adele Hydrogen, company developing and commercialising advanced alkaline electrolyser electrodes where he acts as Executive Chairman.

Speaker
Dr.-Ing. Hans-Peter Schmid, WS Reformer GmbH

Managing Director

Dr.-Ing. Hans-Peter Schmid, born and grown up in the Stuttgart Area, Germany studied Mechanical Engineering at University of. PhD in modelling of reacting turbulent flows in 1997. 6 years experience in automotive industry. Since 2003 Managing Director of WS Reformer. Numerous projects and sales in small-scale SteamMethaneReformers as well as reformer/fuel-cell integration with large and small companies and customers worldwide. Most recent activities in green hydrogen from Biogas and Ammonia.

Speaker
Tobias Puklavec, Green Energy Park Global B. V.

CTO

Germany

Tobias Puklavec is one of the founder of Green Energy Park, leading the green engineering activities within the organization. After the death of his father Vladimir Puklavec in October 2022, Tobias Puklavec took over the role of the Chairman and CEO of the Gasfin Group, leading and managing the company with innovation and growth towards new and green energies. His education as an industrial engineer and his over 20 years of experience in top engineering, project management and sales functions and as a member of the management board of TGE Gas Engineering GmbH, a world leading EPC contractor for handling and storage of liquefied gases, help him to expand the core business, build new markets and invest in future business. He is steering the development towards the future as CTO in the Green Energy Park, making this amazing green energy journey a success towards zero emission politics.

Speaker
Alexander Voigt, HH2E

CEO

Germany

Exploring climate models in the 1980s sparked Alexander Voigt's passion for sustainability and belief in a global green economy. His career as a serial entrepreneur focuses on developing reliable and affordable CO2-free energy from renewable sources. With HH2E, Voigt's dream is becoming reality. This German green energy startup transforms surplus sun and wind energy into stable, price-competitive green hydrogen, aiming to install 4 GW of production in Germany by 2030. The company is also partnering with DHL and Leipzig Airport to launch a large-scale eSAF production project in Germany. Voigt founded Solon and Q-Cells in the 1990s, pioneering Germany's PV industry. Solon AG's 1998 IPO reached a market capitalisation of €5 billion, and Q-Cells became a global PV leader. In the 2000s, he co-founded Younicos AG and Lumenion, advancing off-grid renewables and energy storage. Passionate about cooking, hosting, and fly-fishing, Voigt is also a Greenpeace member. He seeks innovative ideas and talented individuals to join the renewable energy battle.

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Speaker
Werner Diwald, German Hydrogen Association

Chairman of the Board

Germany

- born 12 November 1966 in Essen Graduated as Technical MBA in Hamburg - 2000 to 2008 Signatory/Project Manager at Uckerwerk Energietechnik GmbH/Enertrag AG - From 2001 Director of ENERTRAG Systemtechnik GmbH. - 2008 to 2013 Member of the Board at Enertrag AG, the leading project developers and operators of wind farms and hybrid power stations - Since 2011 Member of the Federal Expert Commission for Energy Policy of the German Economic Council - Since 2013 Director of ENCON.Europe GmbH - Since 2014 Chairman of DWV - Since 2016 spokesman of of the Expert Commission performing energy

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Speaker
Dr. Wolfram Palitzsch, LuxChemtech GmbH

CEO

Germany

Dr. Wolfram Palitzsch was born in 1966 in Herrnhut, Germany. From 1988 to 1993 he studied chemistry at the TH Leuna-Merseburg. His diploma thesis dealt with organometallic compounds of the elements vanadium, niobium and tantalum. In 1998 he received his doctorate on the subject of novel transition metal-silicon compounds and received his doctorate from the Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg. Between 1998 and 2000 he was a research associate at the Institute for Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Freiberg. Between 2000 and 2020 he worked as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Loser Chemie GmbH. In 2019 he became co-founder and CEO of LuxChemtech GmbH, which specializes in the recycling of silicon and other semiconductors. Beside PV reycycling he entered lithium recycling from special waste. With LuxChemtech he won the EKU Future Award Saxony in 2020, the IQ Innovation Award Mittelsachsen in 2022 and was the national winner of the 2022 KfW Award for founders.

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