Globally, hydrogen technology is on the threshold of industrialization. What this means, which decisions have to be made now and which opportunities hydrogen offers for economy, energy system and climate were impressively reflected by the 2nd HYDROGEN DIALOGUE on June 22 and 23. 65 top-class speakers spoke at the virtual congress, among them Federal Minister of Transport Andreas Scheuer, Katherina Reiche (Chairwoman of the National Hydrogen Council), Sven Ennerst (Member of the Board of Daimler Truck AG), the economist Prof. Veronika Grimm, Tony Christian Tiller (State Secretary at the Norwegian Ministry of Oil and Energy), Jonatan Julien (Minister of Energy of the Canadian province of Quebec) as well as the ambassadors from Australia and Canada, Philip Green and Stéphane Dion.

With innovation, networking and expertise at the highest level into a decarbonized future - for this, the Hydrogen Summit from 22 to 23 June offers a top-class program with around 50 national and international speakers from business, science and politics. Speakers include Federal Research Minister Anja Karliczek, Federal Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer, Katherina Reiche, Chairwoman of the National Hydrogen Council and CEO of Westenergie AG, Sven Ennerst, Daimler Truck AG and Jonatan Julien, Energy Minister of the Canadian province of Quebec.

Wolf Power Systems GmbH, a company of WOLF GmbH Mainburg, was honored as the 100th member of the Hydrogen Alliance Bavaria. Due to the Corona pandemic, the presentation of the certificate by the Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs Hubert Aiwanger and Prof. Dr. Peter Wasserscheid, Chairman of the Hydrogen Center Bavaria (H2.B), could not take place personally in Mainburg.

The Hydrogen Center Bavaria joined the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance at the end of November. The alliance unites renowned players from business, science, politics, and civil society across all European regions and economic sectors.

The Hydrogen Alliance Bavaria now presents itself with an own logo. With this logo, the meanwhile over 125 alliance partners signal their membership in the Hydrogen Alliance and show that they are part of a constantly growing network of hydrogen actors in Bavaria.

The HYDROGEN DIALOGUE of the NürnbergMesse (the Nuremberg Fair company), with the H2.B as the conceptual sponsor responsible for the program, was launched digitally due to Corona and was realized in 2020 in cooperation with the NUEdialog of the School of Business, Economics and Society (WiSo Nuremberg) of the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU).

The launch is going digital on account of the pandemic: Coronavirus concerns mean the new NürnbergMesse event for the hydrogen community, HYDROGEN DIALOGUE & NUEdialog, will take place in digital form on 18 November 2020. This first gathering for the European hydrogen community will enable experts from the fields of politics, economics and science to meet and network using the online platform talque.

A “Who’s Who” of the hydrogen industry will meet in Nuremberg at the HYDROGEN DIALOGUE & NUEdialog. This new kind of event will include presentations, panel discussions, an exhibition and networking for attendees from business, science and government.

On September 4, Andreas Kuhlmann, Chairman of the Board of the German Energy Agency dena, was a guest at the Center Hydrogen Bavaria (H2.B) and the Energy Campus Nuremberg. The background of the visit was a double interview with the H2.B board member Prof. Veronika Grimm for dena's energy transition magazine "transition".

H2.B board member Prof. Dr. Veronika Grimm has been appointed to the National Hydrogen Council as one of 25 members. In her function as H2.B board member, she has already done important work in the development of a position paper as a basis for the Bavarian Hydrogen Strategy. This position paper was realized together with her colleague oft he H2.B Board of Directors, Prof. Dr. Peter Wasserscheid, and the meanwhile over 70 partners in the Bavarian Hydrogen Alliance.