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Our position: Hydrogen engines – a key component of climate-neutral mobility
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Annual Members' Meeting on September 11, 2024
Overwhelming event with an international cast, high-ranking keynote speakers and a large exhibition on the open-air grounds of the ZKM in Karlsruhe
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More than 200 participants exchanged ideas intensively at the annual members' meeting of the Hydrogen Engine Alliance on September 11, 2024 and found out about vehicle projects and a wide variety of components related to the hydrogen combustion engine at the exhibition.
The focus of the exchange in the plenary session was on the following three topics:
Hydrogen as an energy source of the future
International view of hydrogen as an energy source
Hydrogen production and distribution
There were keynotes on each topic, followed by a panel discussion.
The keynotes were supplemented by video contributions from Franziska Brantner, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK), Economics Minister Dr. Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labor and Tourism Baden-Württemberg and from Minister Hubert Aiwanger, Deputy Bavarian Prime Minister and State Minister for Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy, Ministry of Economic Affairs Bavaria.
There was broad agreement that hydrogen combustion engine technology can make a significant contribution to the rapid reduction of CO2 emissions, that its development has reached a high level of maturity, and that other countries such as India and the USA have made further progress in implementation (strategically and operationally) than Germany. This led to the next steps. These are: the creation of a binding legal framework and ensuring the security of supply at filling stations for the energy source hydrogen, including for commercial vehicles with hydrogen combustion engines.
Atomic number 1 – an alliance for hydrogen engines
About us
Founded in 2021, the Hydrogen Engine Alliance pools knowledge from industry and research. All the alliance’s members – from automotive companies and suppliers to engineers with a range of specialisms and research institutions – are driven by their conviction that hydrogen
technology can play a crucial role in future mobility.
Our alliance is primarily a communications platform for sharing findings and insights with society.
We firmly believe that hydrogen is the future!
We believe in hydrogen
Hydrogen, the element with atomic number 1, has so much to offer. Hydrogen is a clean, safe and storable energy carrier. This means that hydrogen technology will play a key role as we leave the age of fossil fuels behind us. Engines powered by hydrogen can therefore make a crucial contribution to a future shaped by carbon-neutral mobility.
The combined knowledge of experts from industry and research in Germany will help propel hydrogen technology into widespread use. Germany is ready and able to integrate hydrogen engines into its mobility system – for the benefit of the environment and the job market.
What are the advantages of hydrogen engines?
There are many arguments for using hydrogen engines in our mobility sector as we move away from fossil fuels. Germany in particular has amassed a wealth of technological knowledge about hydrogen as a power source. Hydrogen powertrain technology is already very highly developed, so it is feasible for it to be deployed rapidly across all potential markets and areas of use. The ability to quickly refill hydrogen engines –
without the need for any additional electrical infrastructure – makes them a reliable mobility solution even in remote locations. As an infinite, storable element, hydrogen has a crucial advantage over other forms of powertrain technology. Its properties make hydrogen engines a highly promising solution for the transport, HGV, machinery and special-purpose machinery sectors.
An element fit for the future
When produced from green electricity in a carbon-neutral process, hydrogen can make a valuable, sustainable contribution to the creation of a climate-neutral mobility sector. The act of generating green electricity to produce hydrogen can also put us much further along the road to achieving global equity. Regions with a lot of sun and wind are particularly attractive locations for producing the energy needed to manufacture hydrogen. The hydrogen produced in this way can then be cost-effectively transported worldwide. With the exception of steam, hydrogen engines generate virtually no emissions.
Their ability to be recycled is also unparalleled, giving hydrogen engine manufacturers and users the peace of mind that they are helping to create a green future. The low number of raw materials needed to produce hydrogen engines also reduces manufacturers’ dependence on individual producers and suppliers, paving the way for hydrogen engine manufacturing to create many secure jobs, including here in Germany. We firmly believe that hydrogen can help us to move away from fossil fuels without risking deindustrialisation.
Our objectives
SOCIETY
The future is hydrogen. As an inexhaustible source of energy, the element with atomic number 1 in the periodic table is predestined to be widely used by future generations. Hydrogen is safe, clean and easy to produce. Unlike other energy sources it can also be easily stored. Hydrogen technology is well ...
ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY
An element fit for the future
When produced from green electricity in a carbon-neutral process, hydrogen can make a valuable, sustainable contribution to the creation of a climate-neutral mobility sector. The act of generating green electricity to produce hydrogen can also put us much further along ...
TECHNOLOGY
We firmly believe that hydrogen engines will form an integral part of our future transport systems. Hydrogen engines will prove vital if our switch to climate-neutral, sustainable mobility is to be a success. As part of this, they will be especially crucial to ensuring that companies within the transport,
The founding members
