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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.
At this event, you will have the chance to:
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Learn about latest developments and improvements of industrial-scale PEM, ALK and SOEC units
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Discuss how to further increase efficiency and cut costs by improving design, materials and manufacturing processes
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Gain a profound insight into the challenges of scaling up industrial mass production of electrolysers
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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

SAVE THE DATE: Next Generation Electrolysers 2021 will take place 07-08 December - online only. More information will follow.
The event has already passed. Thank you to all contributors and more than 350 participants from 42 countries worldwide!
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.
At this online conference, you will have the chance to:
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Learn about latest developments and improvements of scaled-up ALK, PEM, AEMEL and SOEC units
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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 production of electrolyser components
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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





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With contributions from the following companies and institutions:





Conference Day One 08 December 2020
Technical Program
UTC -5
New York, Toronto
06:55
UTC 0
London, Lisbon
11:55
UTC +1
Berlin, Madrid
12:55
UTC +2
Helsinki, Johannesburg
13:55
UTC +9
Seoul, Tokyo
20:55
Opening of the conference: A welcome from organizer
UTC -5
New York, Toronto
07:00

UTC 0
London, Lisbon
12:00
UTC +1
Berlin, Madrid
13:00
UTC +2
Helsinki, Johannesburg
14:00
UTC +9
Seoul, Tokyo
21:00

Green Hydrogen - A Utility Perspective
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Why green hydrogen
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Business opportunities and challenges
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Requirements for electrolysers
Oliver Weinmann
Managing Director,
Vattenfall Europe Innovation, Germany
UTC -5
New York, Toronto
07:30

UTC 0
London, Lisbon
12:30
UTC +1
Berlin, Madrid
13:30
UTC +2
Helsinki, Johannesburg
14:30
UTC +9
Seoul, Tokyo
21:30

Kickstarting an Arctic Hydrogen Valley: the Haeolus project
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Exploiting stranded wind resources
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Path from hydrogen commercialisation in the local economy to export
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Coordination with local and regional authorities
Federico Zenith
Senior Research Scientist
SINTEF Mathematics & Cybernetics, Norway
UTC -5
New York, Toronto
08:00
UTC 0
London, Lisbon
13:00
UTC +1
Berlin, Madrid
14:00
UTC +2
Helsinki, Johannesburg
15:00
UTC +9
Seoul, Tokyo
22:00
Coffee & Networking Break
UTC -5
New York, Toronto
08:30
UTC 0
London, Lisbon
13:30
UTC +1
Berlin, Madrid
14:30
UTC +2
Helsinki, Johannesburg
15:30
UTC +9
Seoul, Tokyo
22:30
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FCH JU support to the development of electrolysers in the EU
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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
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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
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Support also provided to research on game-changer concepts like high pressure and current density PEM or upscaling AEMEL also supported
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SOEL have moved to MW scale, with some being reversible units
Nikos Lymperopoulos
Project Officer
Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking, Belgium
UTC -5
New York, Toronto
09:00

UTC 0
London, Lisbon
14:00
UTC +1
Berlin, Madrid
15:00
UTC +2
Helsinki, Johannesburg
16:00
UTC +9
Seoul, Tokyo
23:00

Advances, Opportunities and Challenges of Hydrogen Production from Seawater Electrolysis
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About “NTNU Team Hydrogen”
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Short overview of water electrolysis
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Overview of state-of-the-art catalysts in seawater electrolysis
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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
UTC -5
New York, Toronto
09:30

UTC 0
London, Lisbon
14:30
UTC +1
Berlin, Madrid
15:30
UTC +2
Helsinki, Johannesburg
16:30
UTC +9
Seoul, Tokyo
23:30

Technological drivers for innovation in large scale alkaline water electrolysis
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Electrolysis has gained technological maturity for large application in a renewable environment
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Scalability via standardization is key
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Cost competitiveness can be reached by improvement in cost structure and increased production capacity
Lukas Lüke
Head of Product Order Execution Department
thyssenkrupp, Germany
UTC -5
New York, Toronto
10:00
UTC 0
London, Lisbon
15:00
UTC +1
Berlin, Madrid
16:00
UTC +2
Helsinki, Johannesburg
17:00
UTC +9
Seoul, Tokyo
24:00
Coffee & Networking Break
UTC -5
New York, Toronto
10:30
UTC 0
London, Lisbon
15:30
UTC +1
Berlin, Madrid
16:30
UTC +2
Helsinki, Johannesburg
17:30
UTC +9
Seoul, Tokyo
00:30 (12/09)


Water Electrolysis Development at HySA Infrastructure in South Africa
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About HySA: Strategic framework, relevant projects and applications
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Technology gaps impeding large-scale adoption of solid poly-electrolyte (SPE) membrane water electrolysis
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Overview of state-of-the-art (SOA) technology
Dmitri Bessarabov
Director: DSI National Center of Competence: Hydrogen Infrastructure
HySA Infrastructure, South Africa
UTC -5
New York, Toronto
11:00

UTC 0
London, Lisbon
16:00
UTC +1
Berlin, Madrid
17:00
UTC +2
Helsinki, Johannesburg
18:00
UTC +9
Seoul, Tokyo
01:00 (12/09)

Development of advanced alkaline water electrolysis technologies in South Africa
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Development of a home-grown zero-gap water electrolysis stack and system
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Membraneless water electrolysis – A unique way of pushing the boundaries and environments for water electrolysis
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A 15kW demonstration of the DEFTTM membraneless alkaline water electrolysis concept
Malcolm Gillespie
Research and Development Specialist
Hydrox Holdings, South Africa
UTC -5
New York, Toronto
11:30
UTC 0
London, Lisbon
16:30
UTC +1
Berlin, Madrid
17:30
UTC +2
Helsinki, Johannesburg
18:30
UTC +9
Seoul, Tokyo
01:30 (12/09)
End of conference day one
Conference Day Two 09 December 2020
Technical Program
UTC -5
New York, Toronto
03:55
UTC 0
London, Lisbon
08:55
UTC +1
Berlin, Madrid
09:55
UTC +2
Helsinki, Johannesburg
10:55
UTC +9
Seoul, Tokyo
17:55
Opening of conference day two: Welcome from the organizer
UTC -5
New York, Toronto
04:00
UTC 0
London, Lisbon
09:00
UTC +1
Berlin, Madrid
10:00
UTC +2
Helsinki, Johannesburg
11:00
UTC +9
Seoul, Tokyo
18:00


Technical challenges and opportunities in scaling up alkaline water electrolysis
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Nouryon’s expertise in large scale electrolysis: overview in current projects
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Reducing costs for green hydrogen: upscaling and technical innovation
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Significant potentials of alkaline technology: increasing current density and flexibility
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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
UTC -5
New York, Toronto
04:30
UTC 0
London, Lisbon
09:30
UTC +1
Berlin, Madrid
10:30
UTC +2
Helsinki, Johannesburg
11:30
UTC +9
Seoul, Tokyo
18:30


Scalable electrode production technologies for the alkaline water electrolysis: overview and outlook
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Alkaline electrolysis
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Electrode production on large scale
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Dimensionale stable electrodes
Christian Bernäcker
Group Manager Electrochemical Technology,
Fraunhofer IFAM, Germany
UTC -5
New York, Toronto
05:00
UTC 0
London, Lisbon
10:00
UTC +1
Berlin, Madrid
11:00
UTC +2
Helsinki, Johannesburg
12:00
UTC +9
Seoul, Tokyo
19:00
Coffee Break & Networking
UTC -5
New York, Toronto
05:30
UTC 0
London, Lisbon
10:30
UTC +1
Berlin, Madrid
11:30
UTC +2
Helsinki, Johannesburg
12:30
UTC +9
Seoul, Tokyo
19:30


Status of High-Temperature Electrolysis for the Generation of Green Hydrogen and Syngas
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Basics of HTE technology
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Typical applications for HTE
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Technological maturity
Oliver Posdziech
Head of Large Systems,
Sunfire, Germany
UTC -5
New York, Toronto
06:00
UTC 0
London, Lisbon
11:00
UTC +1
Berlin, Madrid
12:00
UTC +2
Helsinki, Johannesburg
13:00
UTC +9
Seoul, Tokyo
20:00
Hydroxide Conducting Membrane for Water Electrolysis – Enabling Technology for Cost Competitive Production of Decarbonized Hydrogen
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AEMEL to combine advantages of current state-of-the-art technologies PEM and AEL
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AEMEL as new technology to significantly reduce electrolyzer investment costs and raw material criticality
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Development of high performance anion exchange polymers and membranes as key components to realize AEMEL
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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


UTC -5
New York, Toronto
06:30
UTC 0
London, Lisbon
11:30
UTC +1
Berlin, Madrid
12:30
UTC +2
Helsinki, Johannesburg
13:30
UTC +9
Seoul, Tokyo
20:30


Large scale PEM Electrolysis: status and way forward
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PEM water electrolysis technology development at Cummins
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Return of experience from operating units
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Case study: 20 MW PEM water electrolysis plant in Canada
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How to bring the PEM technology to the next level ?
Denis Thomas
Global Business Development Leader - Water electrolysis
Cummins Inc., Belgium
UTC -5
New York, Toronto
07:00
UTC 0
London, Lisbon
12:00
UTC +1
Berlin, Madrid
13:00
UTC +2
Helsinki, Johannesburg
14:00
UTC +9
Seoul, Tokyo
21:00
Coffee Break & Networking
UTC -5
New York, Toronto
07:30
UTC 0
London, Lisbon
12:30
UTC +1
Berlin, Madrid
13:30
UTC +2
Helsinki, Johannesburg
14:30
UTC +9
Seoul, Tokyo
21:30


A perspective of the challenges in scaling up CCM production for PEM electrolysis
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CCM production for PEM electrolysis
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How fuel cell technology can help with electrolysers
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Future perspectives for large scale implementation
Chris Zalitis
Senior Scientist
Johnson Matthey, United Kingdom
UTC -5
New York, Toronto
08:00

UTC 0
London, Lisbon
13:00
UTC +1
Berlin, Madrid
14:00
UTC +2
Helsinki, Johannesburg
15:00
UTC +9
Seoul, Tokyo
22:00

Advanced Coatings for PEM Water Electrolysers
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the value of coatings to reducing the cost of hydrogen production
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the mechanism of corrosion protection
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the capabilities of PV3 Technologies
Nick van Dijk
Chief Technology Officer
PV3 Technologies, United Kingdom
UTC -5
New York, Toronto
08:30
UTC 0
London, Lisbon
13:30
UTC +1
Berlin, Madrid
14:30
UTC +2
Helsinki, Johannesburg
15:30
UTC +9
Seoul, Tokyo
22:30


H2Future – Green Hydrogen from a 6MW High Performance PEM electrolyzer
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Green Hydrogen for the steel industry including grid services
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Operation experiences of a 6MW PEM electrolyzer
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Sector coupling via green hydrogen for industrial decarbonisation
Robert Paulnsteiner
Hydrogen Technologist
Verbund, Austria
UTC -5
New York, Toronto
09:00
UTC 0
London, Lisbon
14:00
UTC +1
Berlin, Madrid
15:00
UTC +2
Helsinki, Johannesburg
16:00
UTC +9
Seoul, Tokyo
23:00
End of conference: Goodbye from the organizer
Why become a part of this online technical conference?
You can easily get yourself up to speed with what is currently discussed in the industry around electrolysers
You receive first-hand information from renowned experts and companies, benchmark solutions and share it with your team colleagues
The presentations are exclusive to this conference, you will not find the same presentations on electrolysers anywhere else
You can access the content and join the conference even after it has passed! All you need is an Archive Access Ticket.
Archive Access Ticket
The conference archive contains 14 presentation video streams (with speaker and slides), plus in 12 of these cases also the presentation as pdf-file for download.
Here is the available content of this conference:
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Cummins (video incl. slides + pdf download)
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Evonik (video incl. slides)
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European Commission Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (video incl. slides + pdf download)
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Fraunhofer IFAM (video incl. slides)
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Hydrox Holdings (video incl. slides + pdf download)
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HySA Infrastructure (video incl. slides + pdf download)
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Johnson Matthey (video incl. slides + pdf download)
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Nouryon (video incl. slides + pdf download)
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PV3 Technologies (video incl. slides + pdf download)
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SINTEF (video incl. slides + pdf download)
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Sunfire (video incl. slides + pdf download)
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thyssenkrupp (video incl. slides + pdf download)
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Vattenfall (video incl. slides + pdf download)
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Verbund (video incl. slides + pdf download)
Special after-event-rate for the archive access, on sale from March 15th, 2021:
€ 399,-- (instead of € 499,-- regular)
Payment is possible via Credit Card (Mastercard, Visa, JCB) or SEPA bank transfer.
The access is unlimited in time, and you may also share it among your team colleagues!
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