A growing portfolio of innovation and investment initiatives in the field of renewable hydrogen opens new opportunities in a growing period of intensive exchange of competences and technology transfer, and consequently the development and growth of new businesses across the Ecosystem. For this purpose, the Northern Adriatic Hydrogen Ecosystem Conference, in its fourth edition, is becoming an investment platform to stimulate new investments in emerging technology initiatives, projects and start-ups.
The vision of this international meeting is long-term as a focal point for the Hydrogen Ecosystem North Adriatic. It offers a space for inspiration, dialogue and collaboration with the aim to support the development of the Ecosystem and to connect available resources with motivation and talent, all based on a strong foresight of the role of renewable hydrogen for a sustainable future.
Key pilot projects of the multiple innovation initiative of the Hydrogen Ecosystem North Adriatic expose diverse applications, such as waste gasification for hydrogen production, wave-powered hydrogen generation, efficient hydrogen storage and transport solutions, and the development of liquid organic hydrogen carriers.
Pilot projects include ETRA’s renewable energy and hydrogen-based urban energy solution in Velenje, Faber Italia’s development of affordable hydrogen transport vessel, and Serichim’s technology for hydrogen storage, transmission based on fast release feature. CTS H2, a tech startup from Gemona del Friuli develops a next generation refilling stations and Patria Composite’s hydrogen storage tank. The city of Cres has presented two hydrogen initiatives developing under the NAHV which aim for multiple applications for urban and maritime transport and heating across the entire Cress-Lošinj archipelago.
Andrej Bernard Horvat of Pipistrel, a lightweight aircraft producer, presented their endeavours at the forefront of developing hydrogen-powered aviation solutions, with three significant initiatives that aim to advance sustainable air travel by the use of hydrogen-powered small passenger aircraft, which may soon allow for short-distance, “hop on, hop off” connections.