{"id":3630,"date":"2020-07-07T11:00:35","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T09:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/h2-netzwerk-ruhr.de\/well-attended-annual-general-meeting-of-h2-netzwerk-ruhr\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T07:31:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T05:31:21","slug":"well-attended-annual-general-meeting-of-h2-netzwerk-ruhr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/h2-netzwerk-ruhr.de\/en\/well-attended-annual-general-meeting-of-h2-netzwerk-ruhr\/","title":{"rendered":"Well-attended annual general meeting of h2-netzwerk-ruhr"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under &#8220;Corona conditions&#8221; \u2013\nmeaning in compliance with the necessary distancing and hygiene rules \u2013 the general meeting of h2-netzwerk-ruhr e.V. took place on July 2,\n 2020.\nThe venue was a site of &#8220;old energy&#8221;: the old Scherlebeck colliery in\n Herten. There, an old colliery building was converted into a community center.\nThis is also well-suited for conferences. The 30 attendees were able to find seats with the\n necessary distance from one another.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chairman Volker Lindner\n and his deputy Dr. Emanuel Gr\u00fcn were thus able to welcome the largest\n number of participants of all previous general meetings. At\n first glance, this may be surprising, as people are currently trying to avoid\n gatherings as much as possible. At second glance, the\n high number of participants can be explained by the enormous increase in interest in the topic of hydrogen\n and the high number of new members who wanted to see how the association\n works.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The development of the\n number of members is also remarkable: it increased from 35 to 47 members from the beginning of 2019 to mid-\n2020. This is an increase of over 30\n percent. This not only illustrates the increased importance of hydrogen\n but also the continuously growing reputation of h2-netzwerk-ruhr.   \n\nIn addition to the activity and\n financial report for 2019, the agenda included the work plan for 2020 and the\n adoption of the budget for the current year.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Network staff member\n Dr. Michael Weber presented the activity report. As highlights of the\n past year, he presented, among others:  <\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>the project initiation &#8220;Competence Region Electrolysis,&#8221;<\/li><li>the opening of the H2 filling station in Herten,<\/li><li>the support of the successful HyExperts application of the Recklinghausen district,<\/li><li>the successful advisory board meeting and<\/li><li>the adoption and distribution of a position paper to improve the regulatory framework for the production and use of hydrogen.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Treasurer Michael Gro\u00df\n was able to present annual financial statements that were several thousand euros better\n than originally planned. Due to the new members, the budget\n will increase in 2020, so that new activities can also be considered. \n\nIn addition to the continuation of lobbying and\n public relations work (through a new image brochure), this is intended to be, in particular, the\n continuation of the project initiation for a &#8220;Demonstration and\n Operations Research Center for Electrolysis.&#8221; Here, the\n general meeting decided on the network&#8217;s participation in an expert report to be commissioned together with the\n IHK Nordwestfalen and WiN Emscher-Lippe on the\n opportunities and necessary steps for such a project. The report is to be\n completed this year.  \n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/h2-netzwerk-ruhr.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lindner-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"981\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/h2-netzwerk-ruhr.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lindner-scaled-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/h2-netzwerk-ruhr.de\/lindner-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-981\"\/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Volker Lindner welcomes the members to the 2020 general meeting at the old Scherlebeck colliery.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/h2-netzwerk-ruhr.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DrAlbrechtMoellmannHyCologne-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"983\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/h2-netzwerk-ruhr.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DrAlbrechtMoellmannHyCologne-scaled-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/h2-netzwerk-ruhr.de\/dralbrechtmoellmannhycologne\/\" class=\"wp-image-983\"\/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Dr. Albrecht M\u00f6llmann, Chairman of the partner network HyCologne, also follows the discussions with interest.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/h2-netzwerk-ruhr.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/JoachimRonge-1001x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"980\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/h2-netzwerk-ruhr.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/JoachimRonge-scaled-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/h2-netzwerk-ruhr.de\/joachimronge\/\" class=\"wp-image-980\"\/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">AGR CEO Joachim Ronge reports on problems in procuring fuel cell vehicles for waste disposal.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"776\" src=\"https:\/\/h2-netzwerk-ruhr.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Autos-1024x776.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"982\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/h2-netzwerk-ruhr.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Autos.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/h2-netzwerk-ruhr.de\/autos\/\" class=\"wp-image-982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/h2-netzwerk-ruhr.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Autos-1024x776.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/h2-netzwerk-ruhr.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Autos-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/h2-netzwerk-ruhr.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Autos-768x582.jpg 768w, https:\/\/h2-netzwerk-ruhr.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Autos.jpg 1385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Volker Lindner and Dr. Albrecht M\u00f6llmann arrived in style in a Toyota Mirai.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/h2-netzwerk-ruhr.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DrWeber-1024x951.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"978\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/h2-netzwerk-ruhr.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DrWeber-scaled-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/h2-netzwerk-ruhr.de\/drweber\/\" class=\"wp-image-978\"\/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Network staff member Dr. Michael Weber presents the 2019 activity report.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/h2-netzwerk-ruhr.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DrPitschak-982x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"977\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/h2-netzwerk-ruhr.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DrPitschak-scaled-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/h2-netzwerk-ruhr.de\/drpitschak\/\" class=\"wp-image-977\"\/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Dr. Bernd Pitschak, Managing Director of Hydrogenics GmbH, makes suggestions for future network activities.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under &#8220;Corona conditions&#8221; \u2013 meaning in compliance with the necessary distancing and hygiene rules \u2013 the general meeting of h2-netzwerk-ruhr e.V. took place on July 2, 2020. The venue was a site of &#8220;old energy&#8221;: the old Scherlebeck colliery in Herten. There, an old colliery building was converted into a community center. 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