Congress program

Discuss current challenges, strategies and developments at eye level with your colleagues from the management of the energy sector, industry and politics. The Leadership Meeting Energy is being held together by Süddeutscher Verlag Veranstaltungen GmbH and E-world energy & water for the eleventh time.

Bundled in one afternoon, the energy turnaround to date will be subjected to a critical review including an outlook for the future, and you will also have ample opportunity for expert discussions and networking. The Süddeutsche Zeitung accompanies the event as a media partner and once again provides the moderator of the congress: Benedikt Müller-Arnold from the business editorial department asks our high-ranking speakers critical questions that now move the industry.

Please note: The conference will be held in German.

NRWs neue Landesgesellschaft für Energie und Klimaschutz veranstaltet am 21. Juni 2022 ihren ersten Zukunftskongress. Als zentrale Impulsgeberin bündelt NRW.Energy4Climate alle Kräfte und Ressourcen in den vier am stärksten emittierenden Sektoren Energiewirtschaft, Industrie & Produktion, Wärme & Gebäude und Mobilität, die gemeinsam für mehr als 90 Prozent der Treibhausgasemissionen in NRW verantwortlich sind. Ziel ist, den Ausstoß von Treibhausgasen drastisch zu senken und dabei gleichzeitig den Industrie- und Dienstleistungsstandort NRW für die Zukunft zu stärken.

Mehr zu Mission und Zielen von NRW.Energy4Climate erfahren Sie auf dem Zukunftskongress. Er bietet Raum für Fach- und Impulsvorträge sowie eine Podiumsdiskussion zur Frage: Wie können wir Klimaschutz und Energiewende in NRW beschleunigen?

Weitere Infos finden Sie hier.

NRW.Energy4Climate ist auch auf dem NRW-Gemeinschaftsstand in Halle 3 vertreten.

"Nothing is as constant as change" (Heraclitus)

Climate targets will profoundly change the business models of municipal utilities and other energy suppliers and grid operators. Renewable electricity generation as well as heat supply must be massively expanded, and electricity grids must be extended to cope with a rising consumption. Gas sales based on fossil gas will have no future and the gas grids will have to be converted to hydrogen and other green gases or the gas grid infrastructure will have to be challenged in the long term. This will require other technologies, new business models and funding.

In this event, we would like to analyse the challenges and options related to the goal of climate neutrality by 2045. The electricity, gas and heat sectors with the value creation stages of generation, grids and distribution will be examined. Controversial topics such as the use of hydrogen for building heat and the possibilities and limits of grid expansion for electricity and heat will also be addressed.

Please note: The conference will be held in German.

The Federal Climate Protection Act (Klimaschutzgesetz (KSG)) has also set ambitious emission reduction targets for the building sector. Building owners can achieve these targets through a combination of three measures. First and foremost are the renovation of the building's energy envelope and the use of innovative technology, possibly in combination with a change of energy source. The first measure in particular is extremely cost-intensive. And: energy efficiency measures alone will not enable the building sector to achieve the sector target. Therefore, renewable energies must increasingly be used in the heat supply. A reliable green energy path for all energy sources (electricity, district and local heating and also gas) is the be-all and end-all.

The housing and energy sectors must therefore reflect on their long-standing partnership and renew it, because while the housing sector needs a reliable green energy path to achieve its goals, the energy sector is dependent on long-term and reliable supplier relationships with the housing sector. In order to hedge the quite high investment cost risks of the energy industry, the energy industry is interested in long-term and also dynamic contracts that enable variable pricing according to cost increases.

In order to create a win-win situation out of this constellation, a new edition of the partnership between the housing and energy industries is needed. The conference at E-world offers room for dialogue between the two sectors.

Please note: The conference will be held in German.

Please note: The conference will be held in German.

The enthusiasm for hydrogen is unbroken in the German, European and international energy industry. The possible applications and the associated potential for avoiding greenhouse gas emissions also for the neighbouring sectors of industry, transport and housing make the energy carrier interesting for many players. This is all the more true when it comes to green hydrogen from renewable energies.

Catalysed by hydrogen strategies and funding programmes at all political levels, an extensive panorama of feasibility studies, model projects and scaling-up projects has emerged over the past year and a half. But which of the expectations for the energy carrier are realistic? Which areas of application are not only theoretically but also practically feasible? What demand results from the hydrogen projects, and how can it be met?

The Hydrogen Forum at E-world 2022 sets out to answer these questions in discussion with important players in the developing European and German hydrogen economy.

Presentations will be held in German and English. We will provide you with a simultaneous translation for the respective other language.

Many municipalities and regions have developed hydrogen strategies and concepts in recent years. Inspired, among other things, by national funding, extensive climate protection projects for urban economies have emerged and are emerging across all sectors. The task now is to implement the plans and, if necessary, to coordinate them across city boundaries in order to exploit synergy effects. 

The Regional Forum Hydrogen at Europe's leading energy industry trade fair, E-world, is specifically targeting municipalities in order to promote the mutual exchange of experience and stimulate cooperation. How can as much of the added value as possible be generated locally? How can hydrogen be produced locally and distributed in the best possible way? And how can the implementation of ambitious projects be accelerated?

The conference is aimed at representatives of municipalities, regional administrations and economic development agencies, as well as project sponsors.

Please note that the conference will be held in German only.

Attendance is free of charge after registration in the E-world ticket shop.