Recording of Wednesday, May 07, 2025 | The smarter E Europe Exhibition Program 2025 | Exhibition Program | Language: English | Duration: 6:08 .

The Smarter E Europe Integrates Green Hydrogen Forum to Drive Industrialization and Innovation in Energy Storage Solutions

The Green Hydrogen Forum, integrated into The smarter E Europe event for the fifth time, focuses on hydrogen's role in energy storage solutions. Collaborating with partners like Hydrogen Dialogue and Hydrogen Moves, the forum presents a three-day program exploring various aspects of hydrogen technology. Five years ago, political demands were made to transition hydrogen from research phases to industrial reality; however, implementation has been slow due to its complexity. Despite excessive expectations during 2021-2022 hype cycles promising over 300 gigawatts of capacity by 2030, realistic industry goals remain at two sets of 40 gigawatts—one within Europe and one outside—to meet import needs. Current efforts are aligned with these targets as funding instruments translate into concrete projects requiring further refinement. Over three days: discussions will cover political perspectives and large-scale projects today; smaller utility-driven initiatives tomorrow morning followed by project support tools later; concluding Friday with technological applications of hydrogen distribution and usage insights from global experiences including lessons learned from China’s influence on European competitiveness in renewable energy sectors.

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Speaker

Olivier Bucheli
President
European Electrolyser & Fuel Cell Forum
Switzerland

Talk of session: Implementing the Hydrogen Economy in Europe

After the hype the deception, at least with respect to exaggerated expectations. Against this, we start to see various instruments deploying effects and projects getting built. What effects do the Hydrogen Bank auctions, IPCEI, the Innovation Fund and Valley projects deploy? What questions do research and innovation still need to address? This session provides an overview of the EU level progress and challenges on the path to energy security and decarbonisation.

Further Talks of this session:

Hydrogen Horizons: Exploring EU Funding Pathways

Speaker

Berta Paniagua Bernabé
Senior Manager - Global Incentives
Ernst & Young Spain
Germany

To Talk

EU Hydrogen Bank

Speaker

Dr. Christian Weinberger

To Talk

Hydrogen from Renewables - State of Play

Speaker

Francois Paquet
Managing Director
Renewable Hydrogen Coalition
Germany

To Talk

Starting a new Hydrogen Equipment Production in Europe - Outlook and Potential

Speaker

Dr. Eric Rüland
Vice President Sales & Products
RCT GH GmbH
Germany

To Talk

Q&A Round

To Talk