Full program

MONDAY, 12 JUNE

08:00 – 09:00

Setting up posters, roll-ups, etc. at Speaker's Corners

09:00 – 10:00

Registration & Coffee

10.00 – 10.05

Welcome

By professor and head of department, Lars Ditlev Mørck Ottosen,
Aarhus University, Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering

10.05 – 10.30

Opening talk - Setting the stage

By Maria Stradesen, Director, Head of Future Fuels at A.P. Moller - Maersk

10.30 - 12.00

SESSION 1: SCALING UP AND INDUSTRIALIZING THE PTX VALUE CHAIN

Moderated by Eoghan Rattigan, Industrial Sustainability Scientist, Green Lab Skive

10.35 – 10.55

PtX from a Renewables Perspective – What will it take to scale and make green hydrogen a reality?

By Anders Tuxen, P2X Concept Lead, Vestas Wind Systems A/S

10.55 – 11.15

The Stiesdal Approach to Industrial Alkaline Electrolysis

By Niels Vinter Voigt, Special Climate Technology Generalist, Stiesdal Hydrogen

11.15 – 11.35

Advancing efficient industrial PtX solutions at speed

By Kurt Agerbæk Christensen, Vice President, Chemicals Technology, R&D at Haldor Topsoe

11.35 – 11.55

First hands-on experience with development of a green hydrogen plant and the world’s first commercial/largest E-methanol plant in 2023

By Rene Alcaraz Frederiksen, Head of PtX, Economics & Optimization, European Energy Partner

12.00 - 13.00

Lunch, networking, poster sessions & discussions at Speakers Corners

13.00 - 14.30

SESSION 2: STATE OF HYDROGEN - TECHNOLOGIES, FUTURE COST & PERFORMANCE TARGETS

Moderated by Anders Bentien, Aarhus University

13.05 - 13.30

An update on Advanced Surface Plating and an introduction to the R&D activities in some of our projects

By Lars Pleth Nielsen, CEO, Advanced Surface Plating, HydrogenPro Denmark

13.30 – 13.55

Carbon negative hydrogen from pyrolysis of biogas

By Patrick Biller, Associate Professor, Aarhus University

14.00 – 14.25

Low-temperature water electrolysers (LT-WE): Technical challenges, performance targets and future cost

By Prof. Bruno G. Pollet, Deputy Director of the Hydrogen Research Institute, President of the International Assoc. for Hydrogen Energy (IAHE)

14.30 - 15.30

Coffee, networking, poster sessions & discussions at Speakers Corners

15.30 - 17.00

SESSION 3: SCALING UP AND INDUSTRIALIZING THE PTX VALUE CHAIN (part 2)

Moderated by Jim Høeg Lozinski, Aarhus University

15.35 – 16.00

From Wind to Molecule

By Finn D. Madsen, Innovation Manager PtX, Siemens Gamesa

16.00 – 16.25

How to handle dynamics and flexibility under scaling of power-to-x systems

By Gunnar Rohde, Research And Development Specialist, Danish Technological Institute

16.25 – 16.50

COWI Perspectives on Power-to-X: Sustainable Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable Future for All

By Hazel Reardon, Head of Section, Green Fuels & Energy, COWI

17.00 – 18.00

Drinks, networking, poster sessions & discussions at Speakers Corners

18.00 – 21.00

Conference dinner

Stakladen, Fredrik Nielsens Vej 2, 8000 Aarhus C

TUESDAY, 13 JUNE

09:00 – 09.30

Registration & Coffee

09.30– 10.00

Opening talk Day 2 - Knowledge spillover throughout the supply chain: What can we learn from the wind industry?

By Prof. Chris Ellegaard, Aarhus University

10.00 - 11.30

SESSION 4: POWER-TO-X AND X-TO-POWER TECHNOLOGIES

Moderated by Emil Drazevic, Aarhus University

10.05 – 10.30

Technical and Market Challenges for Generation of e-fuels

By Dr. Randy D. Cortright, Senior Research Advisor, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), USA

10.30 - 10.55

Topsoe and potential pathways for eFuels of the future

By Rasmus Munksgård Nielsen, R&D Director, Haldor Topsøe

10.55 - 11.20

Biomethanation for combined PtX and CCU– aspects of upscaling and control

By Michael Vedel Kofoed, Associate Professor, Aarhus University

11.30 - 12.30

Lunch, networking, poster sessions & discussions at Speakers Corners

12.30 - 14.00

SESSION 5: GRID INTEGRATION, DIGITAL TWINS & OPERATION CHALLENGES

Moderated by Björn Andresen, Professor (Docent) and Section Manager, Aarhus University

12.35 - 12.55

Connection requirements in relation to large PtX systems to transmission networks

By Jannick Stokholm, Operations Engineer, Energinet.dk

12.55 - 13.15

Requirements for grid integration tests of electrolysers, what can we learn from the wind turbine testing

By Torben Jersch, Head of System Technology,IWES - Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology

13.15 – 13.35

Power Supply - Challenges on implementation of H2 power converters

By Ruben Bak Sørensen, System Architect Manager, Siemens

13.35 - 13.55

Use of Digital Twins to optimize processes, operations and monitoring for interesting properties

By Peter Gorm Larsen, Professor, Aarhus University

14.00 - 15.00

Coffee, networking, poster sessions & discussions at Speakers Corners

15.00 - 16.30

SESSION 6: PRODUCING GREEN FUELS IN A GREY SYSTEM

Moderated by Gorm Bruun Andresen, Aarhus University

15.05 – 15.35

Power-to-X and Reversible Electrochemical Systems for Pipeline and Electric Grid Integration

By Robert Braun, University Distinguished Professor, Colorado School of Mines

15.35 – 16.00

Green synergies in eco-industrial clusters: GreenLab Skive project

By Alberto Alamia, Postdoc, Aarhus University

16.00 - 16.25

Decarbonization scenarios coupling bioresources and cascade utilization with renewable energy systems and PtX

By Morten Ambye-Jensen, Associate Professor, Aarhus University

16.30 – 16.45

Closing speech

By professor Lars Ditlev Mørck Ottosen, Arrhus University

Revised 12.06.2023

Morten Lund Højer