Networking<\/strong> includes promoting collaboration among the network’s members. The general assembly on June 28, 2021, was held with minimal restrictions. It took place in the Schwarzkaue of the former Schl\u00e4gel und Eisen mine in Herten-Langenbochum. This time, the agenda also included an amendment to the statutes and an expansion of the board to include Friederike Konold (Gelsenwasser AG) and Dipl. Ing. Janine Senner (Gas-W\u00e4rme-Institut). The necessary resolutions were passed unanimously. <\/p>\n\n Due to the pandemic, member evenings could not be held in person, but an online meeting on December 1, 2021 \u2013 hosted by Westnetz \u2013 was exceptionally well attended and brought many new insights and interesting discussions.<\/p>\n\n In the area of “participation in regional committees,”<\/strong> h2-netzwerk-ruhr continued to be represented in the “h2 Working Group” of the District President of M\u00fcnster, Dorothee Feller, through Chairman Volker Lindner. The network is also represented by its chairman as a permanent member of the “Umbau 21” advisory board of the Emscher-Lippe region, where it advocates for the interests of companies engaged with hydrogen. This includes regulatory framework conditions for the hydrogen economy and the provision of commercial sites for the establishment of relevant companies. <\/p>\n\n As part of the network’s lobbying<\/a><\/strong> efforts, numerous discussions were held with politicians. Particularly noteworthy is the visit by North Rhine-Westphalia’s Minister of Economic Affairs, Prof. Dr. Andreas Pinkwart<\/a>, who designated March 31, 2021, as his personal “Hydrogen Day” and visited several project sites in NRW. The H2Herten Application Center and ZBT Duisburg, both network members, were on his visit list. <\/p>\n\n In addition, delegations with local politicians from various cities in the Ruhr area were received, and presentations on the network’s work were given to municipal committees.<\/p>\n\n Naturally, educational work<\/strong> suffered most from COVID-19. A new concept was developed with the team led by Julian Klug from HYCON<\/a>, which is expected to be fully implemented starting in 2022. The educational work of h2-netzwerk-ruhr is primarily aimed at students in upper secondary schools and vocational colleges. <\/p>\n\n Already in 2020, h2-netzwerk-ruhr, WiN Emscher Lippe<\/a>, and the IHK Nord-Westfalen<\/a> commissioned the consulting firm Steinbeis 2i to conduct a feasibility study in the area of project work<\/strong>. This study was intended to determine under what conditions and with what prospects a “Hydrogen Laboratory Ruhr” could be established as a demonstration and operational research center for building large-scale production of electrolyzers in the Ruhr area. The results of the study were presented to the clients in May 2021. It sees great opportunities for implementing the project idea. However, a prerequisite is that a consortium of industrial companies currently and prospectively involved in the production of electrolyzers and components in electrolysis systems be formed. Work is underway on such a consortium structure. <\/p>\n\n What else happened? At the end of February, Dr. Michael Weber left the Energy Agency and thus also h2-netzwerk-ruhr, for which he had been seconded by the Energy Agency NRW for ten hours per week. His duties were initially taken over by Dr. Frank Koch and Tayhan \u00d6zer. Since November 1, 2021, the network has been strengthened by Dr. D\u00e9sir\u00e9e Schulte. D\u00e9sir\u00e9e Schulte has many years of experience in energy plant construction and consulting for industrial companies, which she will bring to enrich the network’s work in the future. <\/p>\n\n For 2022, an intensification of contacts with members is planned \u2013 accompanied by interviews. In addition, the network’s work is to be more digitalized \u2013 including a virtual “bulletin board” to promote exchange among members. <\/p>\n\n vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv<\/p>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/h2-netzwerk-ruhr.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot_Mitgliederabend-e1643032548471-1024x594.png\")
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