Global Alliance Powerfuels

Cooperation with partners from industry was at the heart of the project. They were involved in defining the strategic agenda and key topics in the steering committee. They contributed their real-world experiences to the working groups. The project provided them with insights and strategic orientation with regard to the business areas currently being developed along the hydrogen value chain.

The alliance...

• acted as a think tank, network and information platform,
• identified challenges that jeopardise potential business models,
• developed solutions and contributed them to politics, business and civil society via publications and events,
• worked together with other initiatives that are committed to ambitious sustainability requirements for hydrogen,
• promoted international cooperation,
• accompanied legislative processes and
• created an extensive knowledge base.

• 2018–2024: more than 50 working group meetings were conducted with member companies focussing on EU regulatory developments.
• 2018–2024: development of a network that was regularly informed about updates, with more than 2,000 subscribers
• 2018–2024: organisation of more than 15 webinars (‘Powerfuels Briefs’) and other types of events (regional conferences and face-to-face workshops, for example) as well as numerous collaborations with renowned conferences focussing on hydrogen
• 2019–2024: publication of background analyses and discussion papers; for example, on the topics of electricity procurement from electrolysers, carbon dioxide sources, water management, risk analysis/derisking 
• 2019–2024: publication of more than 20 position papers and statements
• 2022 and 2023: development of and updates to a global database on public funding instruments (Public Funding Monitor) and publication of two reports to analyse and process the results
• 2021 and 2022: two full-day virtual conferences were conducted, each on a focal topic of the hydrogen market ramp-up, with international partner organisations and several hundred participants
• 2018–2020: publication of seven fact sheets on applications for hydrogen and hydrogen derivatives
• 2020: publication of a modelling study on the role of power fuels in the global energy transition