As part of the activitites of the european project “Energetic Sustainability at the SUDOE region: PEMFC-SUDOE Network the workshop “Renewable Hydrogen Energy World” took place on June 20-21, 2019 at the University of Cantabria, during the celebration of the 3rd International Congress of Chemical Engineering ANQUE-ICCE 3.

The event was chaired by Prof. Alfredo Ortiz (Universidad de Cantabria, Spain), Prof. Deborah Jones (Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, CNRS) and Prof. Carmen Rangel (LNEG – Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, Portugal), with the support of the Spanish Hydrogen Association AeH2 and the Direção Geral de Energia e Geologia (Portugal). The prestigious invited speakers were:

 “The Future of Hydrogen Generation by Electrolysis: Status and Prospects” – Prof. Andreas Friedrich, German Aerospace Center (DLR). Germany

“Materials Chemistry Research for Fuel Cells and Hydrogen” – Prof. Steven Holdcroft, Simon Fraser University. Canada

“Membrane and adsorption based hydrogen purification for PEMFC applications” – Prof. Adelio Mendes, U. Porto. Portugal

“Roadmap to the Energy System 2050 in Germany – Hydrogen as a Key Energy Carrier” – Dr. Martin Robinius, Forschungszentrum Jülich. Germany

“Recent progress in safety of gaseous hydrogen storage” – Dr. Dmitriy Makarov, HySAFER. Ulster University. United Kingdom

“Maximizing renewable energy deployment by means of hydrogen as energy vector” – Dr. Javier Brey, H2B2. President of AeH2 (Spanish Hydrogen Association). Spain

“A Roadmap for Hydrogen in Portugal – Brief overview of the system approach used” – Dr. Paulo Partidário, Direção Geral de Energia e Geologia. Portugal.

“Current situation and perspectives of R & D in Spain. Hydrogen as an energy vector” – Prof. Jesús Arauzo, Presidente del Panel “Energía y Transporte” de la Agencia Estatal de Investigación Española.

Here you can check the program of the event with all the participants