Seminar at the Senate in Paris on Green Hydrogen
A very successful Green Hydrogen Symposium was organized by the French-Icelandic Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with the French Senate Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group North and the Icelandic Embassy in Paris.
It took place in the premises of the French Senate: the Palais du Luxembourg in Paris, in the presence of the Icelandic President, as well as the ambassadors of the two respective countries.
After a brief introduction from French Senator Ms. Gatel, from the President of Iceland, Mr. Gudni Th. Johannesson continued to set the tone by asking in his opening speech: “Is hydrogen our energy vector for the future ? Can it be produced in Iceland? Can it then be shipped to users in other countries? And can we do all this in a sustainable and environmentally friendly way? Can we produce energy and protect nature at the same time? Yes we can. And yes, we must.
Mr. Philippe Boucly, President of FRANCE HYDROGEN concluded the opening section with a brief introduction of the overall perspectives of French hydrogen, highlighting the main axes of the French 7.2 billion euro program decided by French President Emmanuel Macron for the development and applications of hydrogen, until 2030.
The following two sessions of the seminar allowed the main players in this field from both countries to give the public (more than 120 public participants) a complete state of their affairs, R&D, achievements and developments in this field. The following entities/companies were on stage:
It took place in the premises of the French Senate: the Palais du Luxembourg in Paris, in the presence of the Icelandic President, as well as the ambassadors of the two respective countries.
After a brief introduction from French Senator Ms. Gatel, from the President of Iceland, Mr. Gudni Th. Johannesson continued to set the tone by asking in his opening speech: “Is hydrogen our energy vector for the future ? Can it be produced in Iceland? Can it then be shipped to users in other countries? And can we do all this in a sustainable and environmentally friendly way? Can we produce energy and protect nature at the same time? Yes we can. And yes, we must.
Mr. Philippe Boucly, President of FRANCE HYDROGEN concluded the opening section with a brief introduction of the overall perspectives of French hydrogen, highlighting the main axes of the French 7.2 billion euro program decided by French President Emmanuel Macron for the development and applications of hydrogen, until 2030.
The following two sessions of the seminar allowed the main players in this field from both countries to give the public (more than 120 public participants) a complete state of their affairs, R&D, achievements and developments in this field. The following entities/companies were on stage:
- LANDSVIRKJUN: CEO Hordur Arnason;
- ENGIE: Olivier Lhote-Native H2 Project Dir. ;
- GREEN by ICELAND: Dir. E. Benedikt Gudmundsson ;
- CEA/LITEN: Laurent Antoni (Coord. H2 EU prog;
- HS ORKA: CEO Tomas Mar Sigurdsson;
- ACADEMY of TECHNOLOGIES: Dr. Isabelle Moretti;
- IDUNNH2: Mrs. Auður Nanna Baldvinsdottir ;
- AIR LIQUIDE: Peter Mackey H2 VP Strategy;
- QAIR: Lucien Mallet (Managing Director Carbon Neutrality) & Tryggvi HERBERTSSON (Pdt. QAIR Iceland) ;
- AIRBUS: Lionel Cousseins VP Zero Emission (H2) Developments;
- ENERGY OBSERVER: Victorien Erussard – Captain and founder of Energy Observer.
Two panels moderated by our talented moderator Paul LUCCHESE (Task force H2 MEDEF International) allowed all these actors to exchange, debate and pave the way for possible subsequent exchanges and cooperation.
The two ambassadors (SE Unnur ORRADOTTIR RAMETTE for IS and SE Sophie LASZLO for FR), as well as our president of CCFRIS Baldvin Bjorn HARALDSSON, underlined in their final remarks the need to ensure follow-up of actions from 2022. We can count on our excellent relations and help from MEDEF International to secure the settlement of these next steps, for the benefit of effective IS-FR cooperation in this very promising field of H2 and renewable energies!
