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HHLA presents hydrogen projects at Hydrogen Technology Expo Europe

HHLA pre­sen­ted its hydro­gen pro­jects at this year’s Hydro­gen Tech­no­lo­gy Expo Euro­pe, which took place in Ham­burg on 23 and 24 Octo­ber 2024. At the con­fe­rence held at the same time, HHLA’s hydro­gen team exch­an­ged ide­as with indus­try experts on the latest tech­no­lo­gies and tech­ni­cal solu­ti­ons in the hydro­gen sector.

Karin Deba­cher, head of HHLA hydro­gen pro­jects, mode­ra­ted two panels at the Hydro­gen Tech­no­lo­gy Con­fe­rence on the role of ports in the intro­duc­tion of green ener­gy sources and the deve­lo­p­ment of via­ble busi­ness models for hydro­gen, as well as the asso­cia­ted regu­la­to­ry chal­lenges.

In her clo­sing remarks, Deba­cher said: “This con­fe­rence shows that the hydro­gen eco­no­my is moving from the initi­al hype to the pha­se of con­cre­te imple­men­ta­ti­on. Despi­te the chal­lenges, we are see­ing pro­gress in the indus­try. Inno­va­ti­ve pro­jects and incre­asing invest­ment, such as the expan­si­on of the hydro­gen eco­sys­tem in the Port of Ham­burg, are fur­ther dri­ving this deve­lo­p­ment. Now it is important to streng­then our net­works and form part­ner­ships in order to con­sis­t­ent­ly dri­ve the trans­for­ma­ti­on for­ward and achie­ve our ambi­tious cli­ma­te tar­gets.”

In July, HHLA alre­a­dy ope­ned the first test site for hydro­gen-powered port logi­stics and a hydro­gen refuel­ling sta­ti­on in the Port of Ham­burg. At the Con­tai­ner Ter­mi­nal Tol­ler­ort (CTT), HHLA is working with part­ners to test the use of hydro­gen to power hea­vy-duty vehic­les in order to acce­le­ra­te the decar­bo­ni­sa­ti­on of logi­stics and achie­ve emis­si­on-free ope­ra­ti­ons.

“Our goal is to beco­me cli­ma­te-neu­tral across the group by 2040. Hydro­gen will play an important role in this, espe­ci­al­ly in port logi­stics. In addi­ti­on, our Euro­pean net­work of ter­mi­nals and inter­mo­dal con­nec­tions means that we are ide­al­ly posi­tio­ned to sup­port the import and dis­tri­bu­ti­on of hydro­gen. The Hydro­gen Tech­no­lo­gy Expo offers us an excel­lent plat­form for net­wor­king with part­ners and solu­ti­on pro­vi­ders,” Deba­cher con­tin­ued.

Hydro­gen Tech­no­lo­gy Expo Euro­pe is con­side­red one of the lea­ding events for hydro­gen and fuel cell tech­no­lo­gies. The con­fe­rence brought tog­e­ther over 300 spea­k­ers and 1,500 par­ti­ci­pan­ts from indus­try, the ener­gy sec­tor and other indus­tries to exch­an­ge ide­as on rese­arch approa­ches and appli­ca­ti­on examp­les. The expo will also take place in Ham­burg in the coming years.

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