News from the IOB

3rd Aachen Hydrogen Colloquium

The 3rd Aachen Hydro­gen Col­lo­qui­um took place on 14 and 15 May — a ground­brea­king event orga­ni­zed by the Future Clus­ter Hydro­gen at RWTH Aachen Uni­ver­si­ty and For­schungs­zen­trum Jülich. Over the cour­se of two days, the col­lo­qui­um pro­vi­ded an important frame­work for the exch­an­ge of know­ledge and ide­as bet­ween sci­en­tists and indus­tri­al partners.

The event was recei­ved with gre­at enthu­si­asm and brought tog­e­ther a wide ran­ge of stake­hol­ders from dif­fe­rent sec­tors, all with the com­mon goal of advan­cing the future of hydro­gen as a clean ener­gy source. In addi­ti­on to high-pro­fi­le spea­k­ers from aca­de­mia and indus­try, the pro­gram offe­red a wide ran­ge of dis­cus­sions and pre­sen­ta­ti­ons on cur­rent topics and chal­lenges in the field of hydro­gen technology.

Prof. Wup­per­mann from our depart­ment was invi­ted to give a pre­sen­ta­ti­on high­light­ing the com­plex chal­lenges of using hydro­gen to decar­bo­ni­ze ther­mal pro­ces­ses. This dis­cus­sion empha­zi­sed the need for an inter­di­sci­pli­na­ry approach and clo­se col­la­bo­ra­ti­on bet­ween rese­arch and indus­try to deve­lop inno­va­ti­ve solu­ti­ons that enable a sus­tainable ener­gy future.

In addi­ti­on to the tech­ni­cal dis­cus­sions, the col­lo­qui­um also pro­vi­ded an excel­lent oppor­tu­ni­ty for net­wor­king and iden­ti­fy­ing poten­ti­al coope­ra­ti­on oppor­tu­ni­ties. Repre­sen­ta­ti­ves from indus­try had the oppor­tu­ni­ty to exch­an­ge ide­as with lea­ding rese­ar­chers and estab­lish part­ner­ships for future projects.

We would like to thank all par­ti­ci­pan­ts, spea­k­ers and indus­try part­ners for their valuable con­tri­bu­ti­ons and com­mit­ment. Spe­cial thanks go to the orga­ni­zers for the excel­lent plan­ning and exe­cu­ti­on of this ground­brea­king event.