Exploring cooperation and investment potentials for a greener future

Date: 12th May 2022

The global energy transition is the backbone of increased climate protection in line with the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Therefore, many countries committed to scale up their ambitions towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing the share of climate-neutral energy resources. The prospected global demand shift towards clean and renewable energy sources will have major economic implications for fossil fuel exporting economies. Yet, considering that many countries with ambitious climate targets seek for alternative clean fuels while lacking production capacities, the production and export of green hydrogen becomes an economic business case particularly for countries with the geographic advantage for renewable energies but also with existing oil and gas infrastructure. To ensure their future economic stability and climate neutrality, traditionally fossil fuel exporting countries can use the changing demand patterns as a momentum to switch towards sustainable energy industries producing green hydrogen and its derivates.

Under the umbrella of the German-Angolan Energy Partnership, Germany and Angola will foster their cooperation in the field of green hydrogen. The first German-Angolan Symposium on Green Hydrogen will kickstart this new cooperation. The symposium provides an overview of the prospects for green hydrogen and its implications for global energy trade and the cooperation potentials between Germany and Angola.

Our experts will discuss the following questions:

• Which implications and opportunities could the global demand for green hydrogen have for Angola?
• What are application fields for green hydrogen in Angola and what economic advantages could lay ahead?
• Could Angola take a role as an exporting country for green hydrogen? What is needed to move towards that role?
• What are the priorities for green hydrogen development in Germany?
• What are priority areas in which Germany and Angola can collaborate to explore the potentials for green hydrogen production in Angola?

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Dr.Jan Frederik Braun, Senior Expert International Hydrogen Economy, Fraunhofer CINES, Germany

Kai Ulrich, Senior Executive, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Germany

Dr.Nuno Antunes, Miranda & Associados, Angola

Marino Flávio de Lemos Bulle, Head of Technical-Legal Department at
Instituto Regulador dos Serviços de Electricidade e de Água – IRSEA, Angola

Vandré Spellmeier, Delegate of German Industry and Commerce in Angola /
Head of the German-Angolan Hydrogen Office – H2 diplo