H2Symposium 2024

The future offers good prospects for new industrial adventures

23 - 24 May

TYSSEDAL, ODDA

Hjem

Hydrogen – Sustainable energy balance for industry and transport

With its wealth of energy, Norway has great opportunities to become a global player in a growing hydrogen market. Both as a hydrogen producer and technology supplier. There is a lot of talk about hydrogen, but what actually happens?

The symposium wants to facilitate good and concrete discussions about the hydrogen possibilities in Norway with Vestland as a point of departure. We want to get to the bottom of opportunities and solutions that move in different sectors, such as sea transport, land transport, industry, export and technology.

This year's hydrogen symposium will focus on how we can think differently about sustainable industry and transport.

We look forward to meeting you at the power station in Tyssedal for insight and good discussions about where the hydrogen path is going.

About

Speakers

Jan Carsten Gjerløw

CEO, Evig Grønn AS

Jan Carsten is general manager of Evig Grønn AS and senior adviser at the Norwegian Hydrogen Forum. He has worked in various positions and projects to promote the development and use of hydrogen in Norway. Gjerløw is currently leading the H2 Truck project, which aims to bring the first hydrogen cars to the Oslo region. The project has partners from the entire value chain. Jan Carsten has extensive experience from management and participation in national and international projects. He has been managing director of Hynor Lillestrøm, a test center for hydrogen and fuel cell technology, and director of Oslo Renewable Energy and Environmental Cluster. He was Europe's first private owner of a hydrogen fuel cell car, the Hyundai iX35, in July 2015.

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Program

Speakers 2024

FEATURED INDUSTRY EXPERTS

Conferences and speeches

Lars Ole Bjørnsrud

Hardanger Hydrogen Hub

Lars Ole Bjørnsrud has more than 35 years of experience from the maritime and oil and gas industries. Since 2003, has held management positions in marketing and communications at TechnipFMC and has been involved in the company's renewable venture Deep Purple. Now works as an independent consultant and is chairman of Hardanger Hydrogen Hub

Before this, he worked at Kongsberg Maritime and was head of the company's Asia operations in Singapore. Lars Ole is a qualified computer engineer from Kongsberg University of Engineering.

Thor Henrik Hagen

Hydrogen Solutions AS

Thor Henrik is CEO of Hydrogen Solutions AS. The company's goal is to be a serious player in the Norwegian hydrogen market and deliver scalable locally produced green hydrogen.

The company develops, builds, owns and operates hydrogen plants. HYDS is the largest owner and operator of Stord Hydrogen and will open its second hydrogen plant in Egersund, Kaupanes Hydrogen, on 8 February this year. Here, in addition to being the owner, HYDS has been an EPCI supplier and will be the operating operator.

HYDS has several projects under development and is working, among other things, on the development of an overall control system for hydrogen plants that has been used in the company's first hydrogen plant, which ensures that they are automated and can be controlled remotely.

Thor Henrik is an economist and state authorized auditor and has previously worked at KPMG, as CFO at GK Elektro, head of control at Skanska Norge and was a business developer at renewable power supplier SKL.

HYDS

ENOVA

Sigmund Størset

Enova

Sylvi Høiland is head of research at Equinor ASA, Technology Digital & Innovation (TDI), Hydrogen Value Chain Technologies, with particular responsibility for hydrogen safety, production and underground storage. Equinor is an energy company that has committed to long-term value creation in a low-carbon future, and TDI has a role in closing technology and competence gaps in order to realize the company's ambitions for value creation, emission reduction and the development of low-carbon solutions.

The R&T portfolio for hydrogen includes activities along the entire value chain from production to end use. Sylvi started at the company in 2012 and worked with production and technical integrity for the company's O&G facilities before she moved to the company's venture within Renewables & Low Carbon in TDI in 2023. Sylvi has a PhD in Science from the University of Bergen, and has previously worked for UiB, Unifob Petroleum and SINTEF.

Arnt Helge Hauglid

Project manager – Senior advisor

A local life actor with main activity in Telemark.

Completed several assignments for business and the public sector towards the green shift, in the last 3-4 years.

Have and have had several assignments towards Hydrogen and Biogas as an energy carrier.

A large network both within private business, public administration and governance.

Is executing and project management on studies, development projects, consultancy, applications to the policy apparatus,

operation of the company, strategy work etc

THE HYDROGEN WAY

Velaug Myrseth Oltedal

Associate professor at the Department of Mechanical and Maritime Studies, at the University of Western Norway.

HVL

Oltedal works with research in green energy, and rents the hydrogen venture at HVL. HVL has a leading role in several major hydrogen projects, and Oltedal is deputy director of the research center for hydrogen HyValue. Ongoing research activities include hydrogen production from offshore wind, and new materials for electrolysis and fuel cells. HVL is also the regional coordinator in the recently approved EU project H2CoVE, which is a European investment in the development of hydrogen expertise. HVL both teaches, supervises student assignments and offers further and further education courses in hydrogen technology.

Pål Kårbø

General manager Hydrogenvegen AS

Pål Kårbø has since 1 . February 2020 was general manager of the driving company E134 Haukelivegen AS. This company is owned by 4 county councils, 34 municipalities and 8 companies from west to east on the E134. From February 2024, through his job in E134, he is also general manager of the company Hydrogenvegen AS, this company is owned by the municipalities of Notodden, Ullensvang and Kvinnhera. The purpose of Hydrogenvegen AS is to work for the development of filling stations for Hydrogen at strategic locations on the E134. As part of the future strategy, the company is working to bring in more owners and partners - both municipalities and city councils.

THE HYDROGEN WAY

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Tor Martin Misund

Senior advisor renewable energy

Green region Vestland

Tor Martin Misund is senior advisor for renewable energy in Vestland County Municipality, and is responsible for energy and grid connection in the Green Region Vestland project.

He has been project manager for the Regional plan for renewable energy in Vestland county, which is the political plan for increased production of renewable energy in the county. This plan also includes energy carriers and energy efficiency through the interaction of the renewable energy sources in our power system.

Tor Martin has a Master of Energy Management from BI Business School.

Charlotte Berge

Hyhdro Havrand

Charlotte Berge works as Chief Project Officer in Hydro Havrand with responsibility for all projects. Hydro Havrand is focused on decarbonisation of Hydro's industry with a special focus on "high heat processes". Last year we had the world's first full-scale industrial test in a smelter in Navarra, Spain, as well as working on maturing projects at several Hydro sites.

Before Havrand, Charlotte worked as field development director at Lundin Norway. Before this, she has several years' experience from Equinor, Aker and the USA. Charlotte has an M. Sc. from NTNU and the University of Texas at Austin.

HYDRO HAVRAND

ULLENSVANG MUNICIPALITY

Roald Aga Haug

Mayor of Ullensvang municipality

Mayor Roald Aga Haug (Ap), Ullensvang municipality 2020-2023. Odda municipality 2015-2020. Haug has been a politician since 2003 and has been active in the areas of business and transport. Graduated Cand.Mag, (association/law) and Family therapist.

Ullensvang has 11,000 inhabitants and is the largest in Norway in terms of power production. The municipality is "Norway's Fruit Garden". In Ullensvang you will find a varied business community with high value creation. The largest industries are power, industry, agriculture, the fruit industry, aquaculture and tourism.

Together with the mayors of Kvinnherad and Notodden, Haug has helped start up the Hydrogen Road.

WEBSITE

HYDROGEN IN THE FISHING INDUSTRY

Hans Kleivdal

Norce Research

Experienced research director with a background in both academic research and demonstrated history from industrial R&D. Skilled in research, biotechnology, protein chemistry, life sciences, product development and implementation, research/industry and EU project development and management. Strong researcher with Dr. scientist/PhD focused in molecular biology from the University of Bergen (UiB), and leadership/leadership training and experience from research, industry and the Norwegian armed forces.

Ingvald Torblå

Hardanger Industry

Hardanger Industri will work to contribute to increased value creation and development capacity for the affiliated companies.

By putting interaction and development of the whole of Hardanger at the centre, all residents and society will benefit.

HARDANGER INDUSTRY

TECHNIPFMC

Lars Kristian Åtland Skårberg

TechnipFMC

Lars Kristian Åtland Skårberg is a senior project manager at TechnipFMC, and involved in the Green Platform project "Subsea Hydrogen Storage Qualification Project", a consortium working towards the goal of qualifying a technical solution for underwater hydrogen storage. The consortium consists of TechnipFMC, Statkraft, Wilhelmsen, UMOE, Nymo, Odda Technology, the University of South-Eastern Norway and Kongsberg Innovation.

Lars Kristian is a civil engineer from NTNU, and since 2007 has worked at TechnipFMC, with various roles within the oil industry, with the main emphasis on project implementation and management of subsea system deliveries to Norwegian and international customers.

Owe Hagesæther

GCE Ocean Technology

Owe Hagesæther has more than 35 years of varied experience from Technology Management, Change and Project Management, Top Management and Board positions, International Networking and Business Development, Marketing and Sales Management.

He has his experience from branches like Oil & Gas and Energy, Banking & Finance, IT & Telecom, Management Consulting and Maritime Technology. Hagesæther is an entrepreneur and former Founding Partner of Nordic Integrator Group.

Mr Hagesæther holds a M.Sc. degree in Computer Science from University of Bergen and a MBA degree in Strategic Management from Norwegian School of Economics.

Awards: EY and NHH award - Rising Star Company with Sea Hawk, Awarded Global Centres of Expertise with GCE Subsea in 2015 and Awarded Ocean Innovation Norwegian Test and Simulation senter in 2018

GCE OCEAN TECHNOLOGY

ULLENSVANG MUNICIPALITY

LH2 SHIPPING

ENOVA

GRZ TEHNOLOGIES

TECHNIPFMC

WORLEY

Kristian Bondhus -Jensen

Ullenvang Municipality

Hydrogen storage at the bottom of Sørfjorden is pioneering work in Norway. Ullensvang municipality is a driving force in the project, but the process towards realization also requires the municipality to do things that have never been done before. Particularly central is how the municipality plays out its role in the exercise of authority against various regulations.

Bondhus-Jensen has overall administrative responsibility for both business development and regulations such as the Planning and Building Act in Ullensvang municipality.

Stian Jean Opedal Davies

Vestland county municipality

Stian Jean Opedal Davies (Ap) is county deputy mayor in Vestland county municipality. Born in 1995 and educated as a lawyer at the University of Bergen. Has been in Askøy municipal council for a period from 2015-2019, and has been a representative in Vestland County Council since 2019. From Askøy.

Vestland is the most important export county in Norway and has a world-leading industry within several sectors. Vestland has the biggest emissions, but also the biggest opportunities. If Westland does not close, Norway does not close. Business policy and energy policy are decisive for maintaining welfare, cutting emissions and creating jobs in Vestland and Norway.

Vestland County Council has major targets for cutting emissions, and Grøn Region Vestland is one of the county council's most important industry-oriented instruments.

Ivan Østvik

CEO LH2 Shipping

Since 2015, Østvik has been developing “green” ship projects in the Norwegian maritime cluster with a strong focus on implementing sustainable, safe, reliable zero-emission energy technology. He has been project manager for developing, building, certifying and setting world’s first LH2-driven ship, Norled’s M/F Hydra, into operation (2017-2023).

From 2023, he is focusing on developing and building various LH2-fuelled ship types for operation in North Europe as CEO/Founder of LH2 Shipping as well as coordinating the development of LH2 fuel supply chains in liaison with energy companies to secure LH2 as fuel towards future projects, incl. bunkering systems in ports. Previously he worked for NorWind 2006-2015 developing, building and installing jacket foundations for offshore wind turbines and LMG Marin 1995-2006 designing car ferries, fast ferries and offshore vessels. He graduated naval architect at University of Strathclyde (1995) where he also has a PhD in risk-based design (2000).

COUNTY DEPUTY MAYOR

Ola B. Hoen

Kongsberg Technology Cluster

Head of The Kongsberg Technology Cluster. With more than +20 years of experience in Manufacturing and Systems Engineering working with high Tech Industry companies.

Hoen holds a master’s degree in engineering from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU).

KONGSBERG TECHNOLOGY CLUSTER

Sigmund Størset

Enova

Sigmund Ø. Størset is a senior advisor at Enova where he primarily works on the topic of hydrogen and CCS. He has a degree in civil engineering from NTNU, and also has a master's in technology management from NTNU and the Norwegian School of Economics. Størset previously worked for almost ten years at SINTEF as a researcher and research leader with a main focus on hydrogen and carbon capture technology, before he joined Enova in 2020.

Vidar Sten- Halvorsen

CEO Applied Hydrogen AS

30 years experience in oil and gas industries with a background in flow metering, control systems, process systems and well intervention systems. Business Development and establishing new services business segments both in Norway and internationally. Established a joint venture (JV) and was Director in the JV for the first two years out of Houston, Texas. A proven technology leader with multiple patents.

- M.Sc, in Mechanical Engineering and Economy from NTNU.

APPLIED HYDROGEN AS

Henrik Steen Pedersen

CCO at GRZ Technologies Ltd.

GRZ’s pioneering technology is the result of several decades of R&D in the field of hydrogen. One of GRZ’s core competencies is the design and application of metal hydrides, where the company is the world leader in commercially available metal hydrides solutions. GRZ uses these materials to manufacture hydrogen-based electricity storage systems (MWh size), hydrogen storages (kg. to tons), and thermal hydrogen compressors without any moving parts (worlds biggest in operation). The latest offering is a methanation reaktor with the worlds highest efficiecy, to effectively capture CO2.

To be more present in the fast-growing hydrogen market in Norway, GRZ recently partnered with Liquiline.

Henrik is a globally acclaimed professional with a long record of global sales and driving international hydrogen business.

Knut Vågsæther

Universitetet i Sør-Norge

Knut has over 20 years' experience with research into hydrogen safety, linked to physical phenomena in hydrogen systems and consequences of incidents at e.g. emission of hydrogen. He leads the research group for Process Safety, Combustion and Explosions at USN, which is a partner in several EU and NFR-supported research projects in hydrogen safety. The research activities in the research group are within the safe design of hydrogen systems, pre-normative research and basic research on physical phenomena.

USN

Anders Lundquist

TechnipFMC

Anders Lundquist has +10 years experience from the Oil&Gas industry and has since 2016 been involved in the Deep Purple Power-to-X program within TechnipFMC.

Deep Purple is a development program aimed at creating an off-grid energy system based on renewable intermittent sources and hydrogen as an energy carrier.

He holds an MBA in strategic leadership and is currently leading business development for the TechnipFMC hydrogen program.

Lars Kristian Åtland Skårberg

Worley

Graeme Wilson is the Regional Director of the Nordics for Worley. He is responsible for the delivery of services across Denmark, Sweden and Finland and also responsible for the growth of Worley in the Nordics.