Mona Neubauer at the Emscher-Lippe Hydrogen Summit

District President Andreas Bothe continues the commitment of his predecessor Dorothee Feller regarding hydrogen. The second Hydrogen Summit in the administrative district of Münster took place on October 24, 2022, at the Ruhrfestspielhaus Recklinghausen.

The panel discussion at the beginning, featuring, among others, the Chairwoman of the Hydrogen Council Katherina Reiche and the NRW Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection Mona Neubauer, addressed the current energy crisis. Mona Neubauer emphasized that, in addition to the necessary crisis management, the state government is simultaneously committed to scaling up renewable energy and establishing the necessary infrastructure for hydrogen.

Subsequently, selected projects and companies from Münsterland and the Emscher-Lippe region were presented— including those by members of h2-netzwerk-ruhr.

For example, Thyssengas: Carsten Leder was pleased to present plans for the transport and distribution of hydrogen in the region at this event, together with Gelsenwasser AG. He is convinced that a cooperation between transport and distribution networks will also enable SMEs to switch to hydrogen.