An online technical conference focusing on the development, deployment and industrial integration of next generation electrolysers

Next Generation ELECTROLYSERS

International Conference

08 December 

Technical Program | Online Only

Large-scale electrolysers are a key technological element for the decarbonisation of central industrial sectors. The existing electrolyser technology is now ready for a massive scale-up: On the 8th of July 2020, the EU Commission has announced the strategic goal to increase the installed electrolysing capacities from currently 1 Gigawatt within the European Union up to more than 6 Gigawatt in total until 2024. To achieve this goal, new challenges have to be mastered by system manufacturers, industrial users of electrolysers and many other stakeholders of the hydrogen economy. This conference brings together application specialists from different industries, electrolyser engineering and manufacturing experts, scientific researchers and other stakeholders to discuss the development, deployment and industrial integration of next generation electrolysers.
 

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At this event, you will have the chance to:​
 

• Learn about latest developments and improvements of industrial-scale PEM, ALK and SOEC units 
   

• Discuss how to further increase efficiency and cut costs by improving design, materials and manufacturing processes
   

• Gain a profound insight into the challenges of scaling up industrial mass production of electrolysers
   

• Get the latest news about ongoing electrolyser application projects in different industries
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• Explore case studies on the integration of large-scale electrolysers into existing plants, processes and value chains

Next Generation 

ELECTROLYSERS

International Conference

08-09 December 2020

Technical Program | online only

An online technical conference focusing on the development, deployment and industrial integration of next generation electrolysers

Next Generation ELECTROLYSERS

International Conference

08-09 December 

Technical Program | Online Only

Large-scale electrolysers are a key technological element for the decarbonisation of central industrial sectors. The existing electrolyser technology is now ready for a massive scale-up: On the 8th of July 2020, the EU Commission has announced the strategic goal to increase the installed electrolysing capacities from currently 1 Gigawatt within the European Union up to more than 6 Gigawatt in total until 2024. To achieve this goal, new challenges have to be mastered by system manufacturers, industrial users of electrolysers and many other stakeholders of the hydrogen economy. This conference brings together application specialists from different industries, electrolyser engineering and manufacturing experts, scientific researchers and other stakeholders to discuss the development, deployment and industrial integration of next generation electrolysers.
 

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At this online conference, you will have the chance to:​
 

• Learn about latest developments and improvements of industrial-scale PEM, ALK and SOEC units 
   

• Discuss how to further increase efficiency and cut costs by improving design, materials and manufacturing processes
   

• Gain a profound insight into the challenges of scaling up industrial mass production of electrolysers
   

• Get the latest news about ongoing electrolyser application projects in different industries
  ​

• Explore case studies on the integration of large-scale electrolysers into existing plants, processes and value chains

Green Hydrogen - A Utility Perspective 

• Why green hydrogen 

• Business opportunities and challenges 

• Requirements for electrolysers

Oliver Weinmann

Managing Director,

Vattenfall Europe Innovation, Germany

Technical challenges and opportunities in scaling up alkaline water electrolysis

• Nouryon’s expertise in large scale electrolysis: overview in current projects

• Reducing costs for green hydrogen: upscaling and technical innovation

• Significant potentials of alkaline technology: increasing current density and flexibility

• Important technical aspects: optimal module size, flexibility limitations, safety, electrode and diaphragm development, degradation rate, leak currents, etc.

Thijs de Groot 

Innovation Technologist, Competence Team Technology Industrial Chemicals, Nouryon, The Netherlands

Scalable electrode production technologies for the alkaline water electrolysis: overview and outlook

• Alkaline electrolysis

• Electrode production on large scale

• Dimensionale stable electrodes​

Christian Bernäcker

Group Manager Electrochemical Technology,

Fraunhofer IFAM, Germany

Status of High-Temperature Electrolysis for the Generation of Green Hydrogen and Syngas

• Basics of HTE technology

• Typical applications for HTE

• Technological maturity

Oliver Posdziech

Head of Large Systems,

Sunfire, Germany

Water Electrolysis Development at HySA Infrastructure in South Africa

• About HySA: Strategic framework, relevant projects and applications

• Technology gaps impeding large-scale adoption of solid poly-electrolyte (SPE) membrane water electrolysis

• Overview of state-of-the-art (SOA) technology

Dmitri Bessarabov

Director: DSI National Center of Competence: Hydrogen Infrastructure

HySA Infrastructure, South Africa

FCH JU support to the development of electrolysers in the EU

• An overview of the FCH JU support to the workhorse of renewable hydrogen production will be presented that includes 38 projects supported with 135 MEuro over a period of 13 years

• Large scale demonstrations have moved from 1 to 20MW of ALKEL or PEMEL in a period of 5 years, with FCH JU support falling 10times per MW of electrolyser installed

• Support also provided to research on game-changer concepts like high pressure and current density PEM or upscaling AEMEL also supported

• SOEL have moved to MW scale, with some being reversible units

Nikos Lymperopoulos

Project Officer

Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking, Belgium

H2Future – Green Hydrogen from a 6MW High Performance PEM electrolyzer

• Green Hydrogen for the steel industry including grid services

• Operation experiences of a 6MW PEM electrolyzer

• Sector coupling via green hydrogen for industrial decarbonisation

Robert Paulnsteiner

Hydrogen Technologist

Verbund, Austria

Hydroxide Conducting Membrane for Water Electrolysis – Enabling Technology for Cost Competitive Production of Decarbonized Hydrogen

• AEMEL to combine advantages of current state-of-the-art technologies PEM and AEL

• AEMEL as new technology to significantly reduce electrolyzer investment costs and raw material criticality

• Development of high performance anion exchange polymers and membranes as key components to realize AEMEL

• EU-funded project (H2020) CHANNEL will deliver first AEMEL stack demonstrator on kW-scale

Artjom Maljusch

Project Manager Advanced Membrane Materials 

CREAVIS | Science & Technology,

Evonik Operations, Germany

Large scale PEM Electrolysis: status and way forward

• PEM water electrolysis technology development at Cummins

• Return of experience from operating units

• Case study: 20 MW PEM water electrolysis plant in Canada

• How to bring the PEM technology to the next level ?

Denis Thomas

Global Business Development Leader - Water electrolysis

Cummins Inc., Belgium

A perspective of the challenges in scaling up CCM production for PEM electrolysis

• CCM production for PEM electrolysis

• How fuel cell technology can help with electrolysers

• Future perspectives for large scale implementation

Chris Zalitis

Senior Scientist

Johnson Matthey, United Kingdom

Technological drivers for innovation in large scale alkaline water electrolysis

• Electrolysis has gained technological maturity for large application in a renewable environment

• Scalability via standardization is key

• Cost competitiveness can be reached by improvement in cost structure and increased production capacity

Lukas Lüke

Head of Product Order Execution Department

thyssenkrupp, Germany

Kickstarting an Arctic Hydrogen Valley: the Haeolus project​

• Exploiting stranded wind resources

• Path from hydrogen commercialisation in the local economy to export

• Coordination with local and regional authorities

Federico Zenith

Senior Research Scientist 

SINTEF Mathematics & Cybernetics, Norway

Norway’s first infrastructure for green ammonia

• Utilizing wind for hydrogen production

• Green ammonia for shipping and off-grid locations

• Business opportunities and challenges

Christian Bue 

CEO

Varanger KraftHydrogen AS, Norway

Advances, Opportunities and Challenges of Hydrogen Production from Seawater Electrolysis

• About “NTNU Team Hydrogen”

• Short overview of water electrolysis

• Overview of state-of-the-art catalysts in seawater electrolysis

• Opportunities and challenges of hydrogen generation from seawater

Bruno G. Pollet

Leader of NTNU Team Hydrogen

President of the Green Hydrogen Division of the International Association for Hydrogen Energy (IAHE)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway

Development of advanced alkaline water electrolysis technologies in South Africa

• Development of a home-grown zero-gap water electrolysis stack and system

• Membraneless water electrolysis – A unique way of pushing the boundaries and environments for water electrolysis

• A 15kW demonstration of the DEFTTM membraneless alkaline water electrolysis concept

Malcolm Gillespie

Research and Development Specialist

Hydrox Holdings, South Africa

Advanced Coatings for PEM Water Electrolysers

• the value of coatings to reducing the cost of hydrogen production

• the mechanism of corrosion protection

• the capabilities of PV3 Technologies

Nick van Dijk

Chief Technology Officer

PV3 Technologies, United Kingdom

Why participate in this online technical conference?

You can easily get yourself up to speed with what is currently discussed in the industry around electrolysers

You can efficiently exchange first-hand information with other experts, benchmark solutions and learn from each other

You can take part from anywhere, thus you save travel time and travel costs

You can choose between two attractive access options, according to your budget and professional needs