On April 28, a roundtable titled “Technologies for Hydrogen Energy” took place, bringing together key representatives from industry, science, and government administration. The moderator was Alexey Kaplun, CEO of H2 Clean Energy.
Here is the English translation of the updated participant list. Participants in the discussion included: Matvey Airapetov, Deputy Director of the Department of Mechanical Engineering for the Fuel and Energy Complex of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade; Yuri Dobrovolsky, CEO of the Hydrogen Energy Center; Yuri Vasiliev, head of H2 Engineering; Konstantin Romanov, Deputy Head of the Directorate of PJSC Gazprom and General Director of Gazprom Hydrogen LLC; Evgeny Grigoriev, Director of the Hydrogen Energy Division at the private institution Rosatom — Technological Development; Alexey Levchenko, Head of the Competence Center of the National Technology Initiative (NTI) for "New and Mobile Energy Sources" at the Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Roman Malkin, Director of the Center for State and Integrated Programs at FSUE NAMI; Alexey Melnikov, Director of the Hydrogen Electrical Technologies Department at InEnergy LLC / H2 Invest.
Key topics of discussion included:
- Development of hydrogen technologies and hydrogen transport;
- Ongoing projects in this field;
- Creation of domestic materials and components;
- Development of a line of hydrogen power plants using Russian-made parts.
Speakers shared their experiences, named the main barriers that need to be overcome, and discussed plans for the further development of hydrogen energy in Russia.