Date: 17 April 2024

Time: 16:30 - 22:00 (CET)

Venue: Hybrid-Event: c/o Osborne Clarke, Innere Kanalstr. 15, Köln and virtual event via Teams

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Programme

16:30 Come together

17:00 The virtual meeting room opens, Welcome & Moderation

Daniel Kochs, Kochs & Partner mbB Steuerberater/Finish-German Trade Guild NRW

17:10 An update on the hydrogen market in the Far North of Europe. What are the current developments, investment priorities and what funding are available to become a leader in the European market.

Hannele Halmetoja is a senior advisor in the field of renewable energies for Business Finland and an expert on the battery and hydrogen market. She is in close contact with the Head of Hydrogen and Batteries Program from Finland and regularly speaks about this market segment in the Northern European network

Business Finland is the government organization for innovation funding and trade, travel and investment promotion.

17:30 Everfuel®: Green Hydrogen from Denmark – The HySynergy Project of Everfuel

Jens Conrad is the long-time business development manager for Germany and is also an absolute expert on the Northern European hydrogen market. With his extensive ex-perience in the field of renewable energies, we look forward to an update from Everfuel, as well as a presentation about the new 20 MW electrolyzer plant for green hydrogen in Denmark.

Everfuel is a Northern European pioneer in the production and marketing of green hy-drogen for zero-emission mobility, industry and the energy sector. They own green hy-drogen production plants, H2 trailers for distribution and H2 filling stations. The Danish parent company Everfuel A/S is listed on the Euronext stock exchange in Oslo.

18:00 SFC Energy Worldleader in mobile and off-grid energy solutions

SFC Energy AG is a leading provider of hydrogen and direct methanol fuel cells for stationary and mobile hybrid power solutions. With the Clean Energy and Clean Power Management business segments, SFC Energy is a sustainably profitable fuel cell pro-ducer. The Company distributes its award-winning products worldwide and has sold more than 65,000 fuel cells to date. SFC Energy AG is listed on the Deutsche Boerse Prime Standard and has been part of the selection index SDAX since 2022.

Mr. Stephan Laistner is Business Development Manager Hydrogen at SFC and, in ad-dition to introducing the company, he will also introduce us to his experiences in the Finnish market. He studied industrial engineering at the Technical University of Munich and, due to his long experience, is an expert in off-grid power solutions and is looking forward to great partnerships with Finnish companies.

18:45 Opportunities of methane splitting in hydrogen transition

Hycamite produces clean hydrogen and industrial-quality solid carbon by splitting me-thane using proprietary zero-emission technology. It is based on the thermo-catalytic decomposition (TCD) of methane molecules. In other words, Hycamite breaks the me-thane with catalysts and heat. Hycamite’s novel methane-splitting technology requires only 13% of the energy needed to produce hydrogen by electrolysis. As a cutting-edge carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technology, Hycamite’s solution enables the rapid decarbonization of the industry and the creation of carbon sinks, providing cli-ents with industrial-quality carbon fit for demanding applications, such as Li-ion batteries, composite materials and filter purifiers.

Matti Malkamäki, a hydrogen business specialist and cleantech entrepreneur of over 20 years, is dedicated to decarbonizing the industry through his role as Founder and Chair-man of Hycamite TCD Technologies Ltd. Committed to sustainability, Matti has played a key role in adopting clean energy technologies and holds positions in influential groups such as ECH2A and the BotH2nia initiative. He served for three years as a steering group member of the Finnish Hydrogen Cluster. He is a sought-after speaker on hydro-gen opportunities and has written numerous articles on the topic. With extensive expe-rience in power generation and cleantech, Matti drives the transition to a low-carbon, high-energy-efficient economy through Hycamite's revolutionary methane-splitting technology.

18:45 Networking & Fingerfood

22:00 End of event

Some of the Presentations marked might be held in English.

Your Host: Board of the NRW

Esko Ilmonen, Head of Sales, Crush + Size Technology

Dr. Timo Karsten, Partner, Osborne Clarke, Vors. der FDHG

Yrjö Kemppi, Pekka Stuckert Consulting, Unternehmensberatung

Daniel Kochs, Kochs & Partner mbB Steuerberater

Olli Oksanen, Senior Advisor, Oktimi Advisors

Pekka Stuckert, Pekka Stuckert Consulting, Unternehmensberatung

Thim Werner, Managing Director, bdg Consulting GmbH

In cooperation with Business Finland