Hamburg, 07 July 2022. In order to slow down the effects of climate change as quickly as possible, greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced worldwide across all sectors. Along with this, the dwindling fossil fuels and dramatic increase in their prices is now leading to ever growing demand for renewable energies. Amongst these, green hydrogen is seen as a key energy source to enable a reliable energy supply in the future. With the H2EXPO & CONFERENCE as the face of WindEnergy Hamburg, the world’s largest get together for the wind industry, Hamburg is engaging experts from the energy sector in dialogue with political decision–makers and is setting the course towards climate neutrality.
Interwoven value creation networks and new alliances are now emerging the world over when it comes to renewable or green hydrogen. From generation to transport to consumption, from direct use of the energy source to storage in pipeline–transportable derivatives (PtL – Power–to–Liquid), one thing is becoming more obvious: The urgently needed measures to achieve the ambitious climate goals can only be implemented with cross–sector national and international cooperation. The H2EXPO & CONFERENCE is the perfect platform for this. Bernd Aufderheide, CEO of Hamburg Messe und Congress, stressed the need for such a forum to exchange knowledge about renewable energies: “In order to conquer the current economic and ecological challenges in the energy market and to achieve our climate goals, we will have to act quickly. Germany is viewed internationally as one of the leading business locations for technological innovation. Here in Hamburg, at the H2EXPO & CONFERENCE, we will empower key players and developers to engage in cross–sector exchange and enable the associated development and presentation of their projects.”
The largest emitters of greenhouse gases
To allow advanced energy solutions to be developed for different sales markets, the energy consumption and emissions patterns typical for the sector are analysed and categorised. On 15 June 2022, the European Parliament updated the addressed infographic “Emissions from planes and ships: facts and figures” from 2019. According to this, the “Transport” sector is responsible for 28.5% of European greenhouse gas emissions. Broken down, road traffic covering cars and trucks is the largest emitter at 20.5%, followed by European merchant shipping at around 4%, and international air traffic at 3.8%.
The remaining 71.5% of emissions are attributable to electricity and heat generation, industry and commerce, as well as agriculture and forestry. The need for action exists in basically all areas of our daily life. However, a key focus is on the largest industrial consumers and emitters: globally, production of iron and steel accounts for 7.2% and the chemical and petrochemical industry for 3.6% of climate–relevant emissions, according to the head of research at Our World In Data, Hannah Ritchie, in the report “Sector by sector: where do global greenhouse gas emissions come from?”
