Date, time

5 November from 13:30 to 15:15

Organisers and contacts

Ewout Sandker, Head of Cooperation, Delegation of the European Union in Chile 

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Federico Bernardelli, Country Image and Positioning Coordinator, Ministry of Energy of Chile

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Objective of the event

There is broad global agreement that aligning public and private stakeholders along the value chain, establishing public sector leadership and generating stable and supportive regulatory frameworks are key to the industrial-scale development of clean hydrogen. Economies representing more than 90% of global GDP have already implemented GH2 support policies, national strategies or roadmaps to accelerate the expansion of clean hydrogen. In addition, policy efforts are underway to establish international strategic frameworks to accelerate clean hydrogen deployment, such as Mission Innovation and its hydrogen platform, and H2 Global, among others.

The two combined panels will bring together public policy makers, business executives and representatives of multilateral organisations to generate dynamic discussions that contribute to the unresolved hydrogen challenges from a variety of crucial perspectives.

Brief description

The event will have two panels, the first one dedicated to international cooperation and incentives for the development of green hydrogen and the second one to the challenges in the value chain for the development of this industry on a regional level. There will be 5-minute breaks between both panels where a video about the H2LAC platform will be presented. Finally, at the end of the event, a collaboration agreement between green hydrogen associations at regional level will be signed.

Panel 1: International partnership coordination mechanisms and financial incentives

The role of international platforms, market analysts and development agencies has been key in identifying the key drivers, opportunities and barriers to hydrogen scale-up and competitiveness. However, several questions remain on how to effectively and efficiently strengthen collaborative initiatives and accelerate the development of clean hydrogen, especially in regions - such as Latin America - that have great potential for green hydrogen production, but limited public sector funding and capacity to catalyse the growth of this clean industry.

The development of new energy sources, such as Green Hydrogen (GH2), is key to strengthening GHG emissions mitigation and meeting the Paris Agreement targets. The development of the green hydrogen industry requires time, investment and a global process of technology development and scaling up to reduce costs. The post-pandemic economic recovery appears to be an opportunity to "build back better/greener" and take advantage of stimulus packages around the world to accelerate energy transition and decarbonisation processes.

International cooperation is originally required to rapidly close R&D and learning gaps in the value chain to produce at cost-effective levels. Technical cooperation, lesson sharing and international financing are additional keys to unlocking the clean energy scale-up.

Panel 2: Challenges of GH2 value chain development and cooperation between the EU and LAC

The need for deep decarbonisation is a transformative driver for all economic sectors. There is broad global agreement that effective climate action will require aligning public and private stakeholders along the value chain, establishing early champion leadership, and building cross-sector partnerships and alliances to establish supply chains and demonstration projects. Companies from all sectors have risen to the challenge and are already making early progress in developing clean hydrogen solutions. Companies that operate energy infrastructure and assets are getting into the hydrogen production and transportation business; technology development companies are building capabilities to produce new clean fuel technologies; and companies that currently have large energy needs supplied by fossil fuels are increasingly active in exploring and acquiring new clean energy sources. These initial projects portend new commercial opportunities for companies to compete for as climate action opens up new markets.

Closing event: Signing of the collaboration agreement between the hydrogen associations of Latin America and the Caribbean constituted to date.

Speakers

Agenda of the event 

View presentations:

Ewout Sandker

Pablo Terrazas

Yeimy Baez

Juriaan van Tilburg

See video "Global warming"

Team in charge of communication and attention to the press

Kareen Linzmayer, Communications Advisor to the Minister's Office, Ministry of Energy

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Mónica Benavides, Press and Communications Officer, European Union Delegation in Chile

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