Wind-to-hydrogen: is it actually happening?

When: Thursday, 27 April 2023, 13:45 - 14:45
Where: Auditorium 10

Session description

What are the main challenges to meet Europe’s ambitious goals of renewable hydrogen production and how can they be mitigated? Is the PPA market ready for renewable hydrogen?

To find out the answers join this session where the expert panellists will discuss:
• the role of PPAs in financing of renewable hydrogen,
• the key differences between renewable hydrogen PPAs and other corporate renewable PPAs,
• the impact of hydrogen demand on system integration,
• how the cost gap between renewable and fossil hydrogen can be bridged, and the importance of harmonised rules at European level

Session chair

Lucía París

Head of R&D Policies and Public Funding, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy

Panel discussion

François Paquet

Impact Director, Renewable Hydrogen Coalition

Daniel Fraile

Chief Policy Officer, Hydrogen Europe

Dan McGrail

CEO, RenewableUK

Miriam Bardolet

Director, Energy Transition Fund, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners

Martin Dörnhöfer

Director Floating, Hydrogen and Development Optimization, RWE