Fueling the Future: Developing skills for the hydrogen revolution

Hydrogen Europe is pleased to invite you to its next 'Hydrogen Talk' webinar covering the topic: “Fueling the Future: Developing skills for the hydrogen revolution” Join us on Thursday, 21 September, at 15:00 CEST for this 90-minute-long webinar.

The energy transition towards sustainable solutions has put the hydrogen economy in the spotlight. However, to be successful in delivering on its decarbonisation potential, the hydrogen sector needs a skilled workforce.

The REPowerEU's ambitious targets alongside the adoption of the key Fit for 55 files driving the demand for hydrogen, such as of Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation and the Renewable Energy Directive, present a significant boost for the production, transport, distribution, and use of renewable hydrogen. Adding on that the EU’s renewed focus on building up a domestic manufacturing capacity for strategic sectors, including hydrogen, expressed in the Neto Zero Industry Act and it becomes clear that the hydrogen sector will require substantial public and private investments in both physical infrastructure as well as skilled workers.

Even before these initiatives, the rapid development of the European hydrogen value chain was anticipated* to generate approximately 1 million highly skilled jobs by 2030 and up to 5.4 million by 2050.

Skills development in the hydrogen sector is essential for Europe’s energy transition and building a competitive and resilient economy. If not approached properly and urgently, it can act as a bottleneck to the scale up of the sector.

To address the current skills shortage and anticipate future needs, policymakers, industry stakeholders, and knowledge providers must collaborate to understand the scope of the issue and to develop effective education and training programmes to equip individuals with the expertise needed to support the widespread adoption and integration of hydrogen technologies in the economy.

* Hydrogen Roadmap Europe : A sustainable pathway for the European Energy Transition, 2019

Issues

The panellist will discuss the following issues:

• Aligning supply and demand of hydrogen workers and bridging the skills gap.
• Emphasizing diversity and inclusion in the hydrogen workforce.
• Raising awareness and attractiveness of hydrogen careers.
• Developing training programmes to meet the industry needs.
• Collaboration with EU, national and regional policymakers to support training, skilling and reskilling programmes.

Confirmed speakers:

Prof. Dr. Lorenzo Squintani, Hydrogen Valley Campus Europe, HVCE, Director of the Wubbo Ockels School for Energy and Climate

More information

Find more information on the Hydrogen Europe website.