WORLD HYDROGEN CONGRESS 22 SEPTEMBER 2020 PARIS FRANCE

The World Hydrogen Congress is the annual meeting place for senior decision-makers right across the hydrogen production and distribution value chain. An outstanding executive line up augmented by strong association support from both the blue and green hydrogen markets is leading to what promises to be a unique event for all hydrogen executives. The World Hydrogen Congress invites you to be part of an innovative platform of thought leaders, exchanges and debates between key hydrogen stakeholders, technology & science providers and world-leading industry views in just 2 intense, information-rich days.

The World Hydrogen Congress is the leading annual meeting place for senior executives working in the field of hydrogen production, transportation, distribution, storage, policy and end use applications.

The global energy markets are in transition led by the technological disruption of renewable energy power, digital technologies and the need to decarbonize the power generation, mobility and heat energy markets in the face of the rapidly evolving climate reality. Hydrogen is a rapidly growing solution to decarbonizing power generation, energy storage, cost efficient drivetrains and industrial heat markets.

What is the World Hydrogen Congress?

It is a 2 day, in-depth, intense, unique meeting of the world’s leading commercial hydrogen minds, most of whom will be focused on increasing hydrogen production, reducing costs across the whole value chain & scaling up the whole hydrogen market.

This includes the whole value chain from policy & regulation, production, transportation & distribution and end users, with exposure to all market segments - Energy, Mobility and Industry.

The World Hydrogen Congress will showcase innovative technology and solutions to meet the needs of the rapidly growing hydrogen market and include global case studies where you can meet the key stakeholders & learn best practice from early adopters.

Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 Location: Paris, France.

Hydrogen is gathering support as a potential replacement for fossil-based fuels such as petroleum, diesel, coal, oil, and natural gas. In theory, and for most applications, this is an attractive option: a relatively plentiful, renewable substance whose use causes only a small environmental disturbance compared to, for instance, airborne emissions of carbon dioxide or particulate materials (PM2.5 and PM10). Unlike fossil-based fuels, hydrogen needs to be processed out of something else and delivered to the point of use.

Transporting any gas or liquid requires a number of questions to be answered, perhaps the most relevant of which are: How much, how pure, and what pressure?

For most applications, hydrogen will be used as a gas, but that does not mean that it is always transported as a gas. The majority of the hydrogen moved around has been in steel cylinders or in specially-designed and refrigerated tube trailers. Single cylinders typically contain typically 5-8 Nm3 of hydrogen at pressures ranging between 150–300 bar. As an example, BOC has the Hydrogen Genie, which is a lightweight, 20 L cylinder, which holds 7 kWh of energy and around 450g of hydrogen.

With the increasing possibility of there being more hydrogen cars, there is the need for methods to store hydrogen that are both lightweight and safe.

Compressed hydrogen can be stored on board in tanks based on type IV carbon-composite technology, an all-composite construction featuring a polymer, liner (typically a high-density polyethylene (HDPE)) with carbon fibre or hybrid carbon/glass fibre composite. The composite materials carry all of the structural loads. The pressures used are usually either 350 bar or 700 bar (5-10,000 psi).

Capacities vary between manufacturers, but 5 kg is typical. The design and engineering of these tanks has delivered dramatic improvements over the past 10 years. Such tanks are ideal for incorporation in specially designed packs or cartridges to suit most EV platforms.

Hydrogen is also stored in cryogenic conditions in insulated tanks (typically cooled to -253°C and at pressures of between 6 and 350 bar), or using advanced materials, (ie within the structure or on the surface of certain materials). Equally, such methods lend themselves to incorporation in cartridges of the same physical dimensions as pressurized tanks, or, for that matter, battery packs.

Higher purity hydrogen is required for use in fuel cells, an issue that needs to be addressed. Filling stations could process at distribution centers, or locally, using using pressure swing absorption (PSA) or molecular sieve technologies in conjunction with the high pressure compressors that would be needed. This may allow for easier distribution.

FINANCIAL TIMES JAN 2019 - Beijing has spent an estimated $58.8bn subsidising its electric car industry over the past decade, according to the US-based Center for Strategic and International Studies, creating the world’s largest market for electric cars as well as a dominant position in batteries— surpassing Japan and South Korea. Subsidies have also helped propel Chinese solar makers into the ranks of the world’s largest producers, overtaking competitors in the US and Europe.

AeH2		Spanish Hydrogen Association
AFRY AF Poyry		Engineering design advising on infrastructure & energy
Cadent		UK Gas supply network
CHBC		California Hydrogen Business Council
Cefic		European Chemical Industry Council
ENGIE storengy		Gas supply, marketing & consultancy
Eurogas		European Gas Association
GIE		Gas Infrastructure Europe
H2Platform		Oo Weg Met Waterstof
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Association		European
Hydrox Holdings Ltd		Membraneless alkaline electrolyser
ICLEI		International Council Local Environmental Initiatives
IRU		International Road Transport Union
LowCVP		UK low carbon partnership for cleaner vehicles & fuels
McPhy		Electrolyzers and hydrogen refueling stations
Navigant		Global energy infrastructure management (Guidehouse)
PLAGAZI		Waste management & recycling to hydrogen
RIZBA		Regional Pomeranian Chamber Commerce
RHA Renewable Hydrogen Alliance		Renewable energy to supplant fossil fuels
SGMF 2020 sea change		Society For Gas as a Marine Fuel
Snam		Energy infrastructure and security
Smart Energy		Gold sponsor - Swiss renewable energy investments
Swedish Hydrogen Development Center		Sweden
TechnipFMC		Offshore and subsea production
Total		Energy company
Uniper		International energy company
VATGAS SVERIGE		Hydrogen Sweden
Worley		Energy, chemicals, resources
Zukunft ERDGAS		Natural gas association (not for profit)

If we want a practical solution in place within the next 50 years to meet out climate change targets, with implementation starting in the next 7-10 years, hydrogen has many obstacles to overcome, where battery exchange recharging by swapping packs is already making headway in China and India. One potential solution under development by Bluebird Energy Systems is a Dual Fuel service station where energy packs can include hydrogen as the storage medium. With such a system, instead of competing with batteries, hydrogen interests can work alongside battery concerns to build a comprehensive transport infrastructure.

World Hydrogen Conference partners at IRU will be running the IRU World Congress 2020 in Berlin on the 19–21 October 2020.

APRIL 2020 - China is promising more subsidies to shore up plunging electric car sales amid the coronavirus pandemic but set limits that exclude Tesla’s made-in-China model.

Tesla Inc., said it has cut the starting price for China-made Model 3 sedans by 10% to qualify for subsidies in the world’s biggest auto market. Tesla started delivering cars from its $2 billion Shanghai car plant in December. They said in a statement it has cut the starting price for its Standard Range Plus Model 3 sedans to 271,550 yuan ($38,463.17), after receiving 20,250 yuan per car as EV subsidies.

China had announced plans in 2015 to end subsidies for electric vehicles this year, but said in March it would extend them. However, it said the subsidies will apply only to passenger cars costing less than 300,000 yuan. Beijing has spent billions of dollars subsidizing electrics in hopes of cleaning up China’s smog-choked cities and taking an early lead in a promising global industry. That helped to turn China into the biggest market for electrics, accounting for about half of global sales.

Tesla faces a crowded market flooded with dozens of electric models from rivals including GM, VW, Nissan Motor Co. and China's BYD Auto and BAIC. They are under pressure to meet government sales targets that shift the cost of promoting the technology to the industry. Automakers that fail to meet their targets can buy credits from rivals that do. That might turn into a windfall for Tesla and other brands that earn a surplus because their whole output is electric. Beijing has yet to set the price of credits.

Companies engaged in the production of batteries and components for electric vehicles (EVs) are enjoying a bull run in China, as they hitch a ride with the first Tesla electric car to roll off the company’s Shanghai assembly. A series of events leading up to the unveiling of Tesla’s Model 3 last week fuelled investors’ interest in Chinese parts suppliers, including the companies that build charging stations, and even the miners of the lithium used in battery packs.

PROJECTS - The location of European hydrogen projects are shown on this map. The transport sector is responsible for a quarter of the EU's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, so drastic changes in the transport sector are required to meet the 90% reduction in GHG emissions set out in the Green Deal. It is, therefore, vital to completely decarbonise the truck sector to meet the EU objectives.

In November, an EU Commission expert group made recommendations on how to develop IPCEIs in six strategic and future-oriented industrial sectors: Connected, clean and autonomous vehicles; Hydrogen technologies and systems; Smart health; Industrial Internet of Things; Low-carbon industry; and Cybersecurity.

“We have made a good start in areas such as batteries, plastic recycling and high-performance computing,” said Elżbieta Bieńkowska, the EU Commissioner in charge of the internal market, industry, entrepreneurship and SMEs. “And we can do more,” she added in a statement back in November, citing hydrogen as one of the industries set to benefit from IPCEI status.

The Commission sees hydrogen as key to cut emissions from process industries such as steelmaking, cement or chemicals, which are considered “hard-to-abate” because they require high-temperature heat and cannot easily be electrified.

The Commission’s principal adviser on energy, Tudor Constantinescu, says “hydrogen may be a missing link in the energy transition” because it can help decarbonise process industries and heavy-duty transport: aviation, maritime and long-haul trucking.

“The European Commission has already done this with the Battery Alliance and will now do it for hydrogen,” Triangle told EURACTIV. “And the same model could be replicated in other areas as well under the IPCEI label. There is huge potential there.”

HYDROGEN SAFETY CARTRIDGE - This cartridge format provides 0.24 of a meter cubic capacity for any energy storage medium, including hydrogen and other fuel cells. Using gas @ 700 bar, a hydrogen/fuel cell combination yields a 270+ mile range, stackable to double or quadruple range - with instant cartridge exchange. Design and Copyright © protected, with Patent(s) pending. Climate Change Trust and Cleaner Ocean Foundation March 2020.

All of these formats can be used in multiples to provide up to 1.92 of a cubic meter capacity. This is one of a number of size cartridges that the Cleaner Ocean Foundation will be evaluating as part of a study they hope to obtain funding for ASAP. There is after all a climate emergency. How urgently the EC, UN and G20 rate the urgency of the situation is beyond their control, but judging by the membership of the various alliances (battery and hydrogen) and the WEC, it seems they might mean business. After a survey of vehicles and fine tuning of the best fit, aiming for 90% of existing vehicle platforms, we should have an energy cartridge that will see us into the Age of Clean Transport (ACT), but only if we ACT now.

We are interested in working with 'World Hydrogen' players, looking forward to the eventual cost effective mass production of hydrogen cartridges, alongside battery cartridges for our SmartNet, electric vehicle service stations as a seamless way to introduce hydrogen alongside battery electric vehicles, by way of cooperation in the interests of creating a truly circular economy.

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SUSTAINING & DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY - A bit of a buzzword and something that many would be entrepreneurs are on the lookout for, but that existing businesses tend to try to ignore, disruptive technology has a habit of wiping out established (old school) household names, as consumers rush to get the latest technology.

In a report from the McKinsey Global Institute, they identified that disruptive technologies can change the game for businesses, creating entirely new products and services, as well as shifting pools of value between producers or from producers to consumers. Business leaders should then keep their organizational strategies updated in the face of continually evolving technologies, ensure that their organizations continue to look ahead.

If business and government leaders wait until these technologies are exerting their full influence on the economy, it will be too late to capture the benefits or react to the consequences. While the appropriate responses will vary by stakeholder and technology. Governments need to engage with disruptive technology as they plan to advantage their administration, of which hydrogen is a game changer that looks set to wipe out oil companies - sooner than expected.

Energy-storage devices or physical systems store energy for later use. These technologies, such as lithium-ion batteries and fuel cells, already power electric and hybrid vehicles, along with billions of portable consumer electronics. Over the coming decade, advancing energy-storage technology, such as SmartNet, looks set to make electric vehicles cost competitive, bring electricity to remote areas of developing countries, and improve the efficiency of the utility grids.

Sustaining technology relies on incremental improvements to an already established technology, such as the internal combustion engine being gradually refined over 100 years to give us 50-80 mpg cars.

Disruptive technology lacks refinement, often has performance problems because it is new and may not yet have a proven practical application. Such was the case with Alexander Graham Bell's "electrical speech machine," which we now call the telephone. Computers replaced typewriters. Digital cameras replaces film cameras. Then Smartphones replaced cell phones, also disrupting: pocket cameras, MP3 players, calculators and GPS devices.

With the speed of change these days, sitting still to see how the market develops, is going backwards into commercial oblivion. Much the same can be said for doing nothing about climate change.

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