The Energy Republic February - March Edition 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS
Catena-X to Showcase Industry Wide Data Show
Room at Hannover Messe 2023
F
rom April 17 to April 21, 2023 in
Hall 8 at Stand D24 of the
Hannover Messe, Catena-X will
demonstrate data exchange with
r e p r e s e n t a v e s o f w e l l - k n o w n
c o r p o ra o n s a n d m e d i u m - s i ze d
companies in the automo ve industry for
the first me.
“As an industry, we have proven that
together we can create and operate an
open and interoperable product and
service por olio. Users and suppliers of
large and medium-sized companies can
now collabora vely generate real added
value for themselves and their partners in
the Catena-X data room. We are very
pleased to present this at the Hanover
Fair using real tes monials," says Oliver
Ganser, CEO and consor um leader of the
Catena-X Automo ve Network.
In addi on to these tes monials, the
central themes of the stand will be an
insight into the top Catena-X use cases
and their benefits for companies . In
addi on, we offer developers a simple
and powerful entry point to par cipate in
the Catena-X vision.
Oliver Ganser, CEO and consor um leader of
the Catena-X Automo ve Network
This is done via a wide range of open source
offerings for our use cases, which we call KITs.
The Hanover Fair, which takes place this year
under the mo o "Making The Difference", is
the most important interna onal pla orm for
all technologies related to industrial
transforma on. Catena-X will make a
difference with the first Gaia-X compliant,
industry-wide and global data room make.
Catena-X Automo ve Network eV is the world's
first collabora ve and open data ecosystem.
U s i n g s t a n d a r d i z a o n a p p r o a c h e s ,
interoperability and data room governance, it
connects global players in the automo ve
industry via data-based value chains. The
associa on was founded in 2021 and is based in
Berlin. The founders of the partner network
include BMW AG, Deutsche Telekom AG,
Mercedes Benz AG, BASF SE, Henkel AG,
Volkswagen AG, Robert Bosch GmbH, SAP SE,
Siemens AG and ZF Friedrichshafen AG. Other
companies have joined the ini a ve including
Stellan s, Ford, Valeo, Renault, Volvo,
Con nental, Magna, Denso and many others .
H2EXPO & Conference to hold in June 2023 in Hamburg
About hundred days un l the doors
of Hamburg will once again become a hub for the
of the H2EXPO & CONFERENCE will
latest findings on various processes and
open and the interna onal
applica ons that shall accelerate the market
community of the hydrogen industry will
ramp-up of the hydrogen economy.
meet again in Hamburg. Prepara ons for
the event are in full swing, and the event
will feature some prominent industry
partners for the H2EXPO & CONFERENCE,
including Deutscher Wasserstoffverband
(DWV), Cluster Erneuerbare Energien
Hamburg (EEHH), H2Global S
DN Media Group.
ung and
The conference programme will feature
top-flight experts panel sessions. Two
sessions of the Hydrogen Summit 2023 on
the first conference day will address “The
i m p a c t o f s u b s i d i e s ” a n d “ T h e
i n t e r n a o n a l h y d r o g e n t r a d e ”
respec vely.
“What was once ini ated as a collec on
of ambi ous research projects must now
be rapidly developed into market-ready
technologies and applica ons. H2EXPO &
CONFERENCE is the right pla orm to exchange
concepts and solu ons for crea ng a
func oning hydrogen value chain through
interna onal and cross-sector interac on”,
says Andreas Arnheim, Project Manager of
H2EXPO & CONFERENCE at Hamburg Messe
und Congress (HMC).
With the H2EXPO & CONFERENCE, the
exhibi on grounds of the hydrogen metropolis
“Offshore wind energy is a key resource for the
produc on of green hydrogen in Germany and
Europe. Electrolysis at sea allows us to connect
wind farms, especially those in remote offshore
loca ons, to the shore in a cost-efficient and
environmentally feasible manner using hydrogen
pipelines. Offshore wind-powered hydrogen
power sta ons will play a key role in ensuring a
secure, sustainable and economical supply of
energy from domes c renewable sources in
future. The H2 EXPO & CONFERENCE provides an
ideal environment for building networks
between stakeholders from the wind energy
sector and along the en re hydrogen value chain,
encouraging knowledge-sharing, networking and
joint ini a ves to create tomorrow’s carbonneutral
energy systems,” says Werner Diwald,
CEO DWV
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