7. Mai 2025 / 10:00 - 11:30 Uhr / hybrid Paneldiscussion

Hydrogen is considered a key technology for the European energy transition towards climate neutrality. It is intended to store surplus electricity from renewable energies and provide a high energy density for sectors that are difficult to electrify, such as industry. However, hurdles such as high costs and sluggish investment on the supply and demand side as well as current uncertainties are slowing down the market ramp-up, while the current geo-economic and geopolitical situation has changed the framework conditions. As a result, the EU targets for hydrogen for 2030 may be difficult to achieve under the current circumstances.
 
In the interdisciplinary report “H2 Reality Check - Reappraising the EU's H2 Strategy in a New Era of Geopolitical Disruptions”, a team from the Center for Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies (CASSIS) at the University of Bonn and the Institute of Energy Economics (EWI) at the University of Cologne examines techno-economic and geopolitical aspects of the hydrogen market ramp-up with regard to the EU's decarbonization targets for 2030. Based on the latest studies, the current status of the ramp-up and the existing hurdles will be presented in the digital discussion round and the results and political recommendations to the EU and the new German government listed in the report will be discussed with experts.

Impulse:

Dr. Frank Umbach, Center for Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies (CASSIS)

Discussion

Marcus Lippold, Adviser to the EU-Commission

Dr. Kirsten Westphal, Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft (BDEW)

Marcus Kappler, Lead Analyst at Uniper

Moderation:

Hendrik Ritter, Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik (BAKS)