Green team: WindEnergy Hamburg adds hydrogen expo for 2022
Key energy transition fuel added to live exhibition and conference for 35,000 visitors in northern German city in September next year
WindEnergy Hamburg, the world’s largest wind power trade show, next year will add a dedicated green hydrogen exhibition and conference.
Some 35,000 wind industry visitors are expected in the northern German city from 27 to 30 September 2022, as well as more than 1,400 exhibitors over nine halls, covering 65,000 square metres.
The usually bi-annual live event was cancelled last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but a digital conference did take place in December 2020.
“Green Hydrogen is the topic of the future, and we will be giving it the biggest stage possible at WindEnergy Hamburg 2022,” said Bernd Aufderheide, chief executive of Hamburg Messe und Congress.
The ‘H2 Expo and Conference’ will span the entire spectrum of hydrogen technology, from generation, via distribution to the use of green hydrogen.
WindEnergy Hamburg’s conference programme next year for the first time will be free of charge, and take place in the middle of the halls.
The event is being developed jointly with WindEurope, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), as well as German industry associations VDMA and BWE.
While the overall event has the motto ‘Climate First’, there will also be three open states themed ‘Empowering People’, ‘Global Business’, and ‘Power4Climate’, and a premium ticked conference on ‘Policy Insights’.
"For WindEnergy Hamburg 2020 we had updated our conference concept to better reflect the needs of the market, but unfortunately the conference could only be held digitally at the time,” Aufderheide said.
“Now we are very excited about being able to present the results of our work to our exhibitors and visitors physically next year.”
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