Active projects include the cross-border mosaHYc, HydroHub Fence and the Hyland projects HyExpert ‘Hydrogen Model Region Saarland’ and HyStarter ‘Municipality Perl’.

Elena Yorgova (pictured), State Secretary Ministry of Economy, Innovation, Digital and Energy in Saarland, said, “For quite some time now, hydrogen has been considered an environmentally friendly and almost ‘infinitely’ available future energy carrier. We, in the Federal State, are also tackling this issue … and pursuing this progress in all possible directions.”

Belfast Met-led EU hydrogen project GenComm’s partner IZES is holding a Partner Meeting next week (December 15-16).

Michael Reinstadtler, Robert Bosch, will speak on the ‘Connected eH2 Cycle:Industrial Sector Coupling’ and Prof Dr Rolf Hempelmann will present on ‘Alte Schmelz from the historical ironworks via the present industrial monument to the future ‘CIPSA Innovation Campus’.

A number of GenComm Partners will give a presentation on the GenComm ‘Enabling Support Tool’ which will allow for the decarbonising of European bus fleets with green hydrogen along certain routes.

Partners will be taken on a tour of a Green Steel Processing plant. There willl also be an update of public transport and how an EST would benefit the process in Luxembourg by Branca Delmonte,  Doctoral researcher, Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine from GenComm Partner, University of Luxembourg. Dr. Bodo Groß from IZES will give an update on public transport in districts in the Saarland region.

GenComm Programme Manager, Paul McCormack said green hydrogen is a vital piece in the European Net Zero 2050 jigsaw

He said, “It is a key pillar of the global energy decarbonised system of the future. The GenComm micro hubs of wind to hydrogen in Northern Ireland, bio to hydrogen in Scotland and solar to hydrogen in Germany have been essential parts of stimulating the strong hydrogen demand growth. The hydrogen hubs have also created blueprints for energy secure communities.”

Named after the Saar River, a tributary of the Moselle, Saarland is considered part of the greater Moselle wine region.