The Green Hydrogen Organization announced that the first-ever Green Hydrogen Global Assembly and Exhibition will be held in Barcelona on 17 and 18 May 2022.
Press credentials are available for the assembly, where big announcements and agreements will be made to advance green energy security in Europe and beyond.
The assembly, co-hosted by the Spanish government, occurs at a crucial time in history. The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report confirmed that the world must act swiftly to avert climate-related catastrophes.
At the assembly, groundbreaking new initiatives will be introduced, including The 100 by 2030 Campaign, The Green Hydrogen Standard, The Green Hydrogen Contracting for People and Planet Guidance, The Africa Green Hydrogen Alliance, and the COP27 Call to Action. The assembly will be informed of the specifics of these new, ambitious plans.
The Green Hydrogen Global Assembly is co-hosted by Spain’s Vice Prime Minister and Minister for Ecological Transition, Teresa Ribera, and Green Hydrogen Organisation Chair and former Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull.
Government speakers include Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Teresa Ribera, Oman’s Minister of Energy and Minerals Dr. Mohammed Hamad Al Rumhy, Argentinian Minister of Productive Development Dr. Matias Kulfas, South African Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele, Colombian Minister of Mines and Energy Diego Mesa Puyo, Moroccan Minister of Investment Machine Jazouli, Indonesian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Arifin Tasrif, and video addresses from President of Colombia Ivan Duque, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and China’s Special Envoy on Climate Change Xie Zhenhua.
Industry speakers include Plug Power CEO Andy Marsh, Enagás CEO Arturo Gonzalo Aizpiri, thyssenkrup CEO Martina Merz, Acciona Chair and CEO José Manuel Entrecanales, H2 Green Steel CEO Henrik Henriksson, Korea Zinc CEO Yun Choi, ACWA Power CEO Paddy Padmanathan, Fortescue Future Industries Founding Chair Dr. Andrew Forrest, and video addresses from Enel CEO Francesco Starace and Envision Group CEO Lei Zhang.
Speakers from international organisations include International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Director General Franceso La Camera, Energy Transitions Commission Chair Lord Adair Turner, and International Energy Agency (IEA) Renewable Energy Head Paolo Frankl.
The atrocities of the Ukraine conflict have placed energy security at the top of the global agenda. Threats to cut off gas supplies and the EU’s plans to cease oil imports from Russia demonstrate the fundamental difficulty with relying on the fossil fuel industry, and now is the moment for the world to make a massive energy shift to renewable energy.
We already have the technology to move away from an energy strategy that relies on fossil fuels generated in only specific regions of the world. The G7 decision that world leaders are determined to phase out dependence on Russian oil and gas demonstrates the seriousness of our need for renewable energy.
The gloomy IPCC report demonstrates how urgent the transition to renewable energy is. According to the report, climate change must be addressed “now or never.”
Green hydrogen is the solution the world needs for both energy security and the transition to cleaner, greener energies in order to save our planet and the environment.
The assembly is bringing together the right people at the right moment, and various projects will be launched to take green hydrogen to the next level, including the new Green Hydrogen Standard.
It is probable that the European Commission’s REPowerEU action plan and the controversial Delegated Act on additionality will both be adopted on 18 May during the assembly that will serve as a critical backdrop for the event.
The Green Hydrogen Global Assembly and Exhibition provides an unprecedented chance to explore these problems in depth and demonstrate global leadership in addressing the twin challenges of climate change and energy security.
