Oct 04, 2024

A complete success - the Boysen-TU Dresden Autumn School 2024

Teilnehmende, Organisatorinnen und Organisatoren und das Boysen Graduiertenkolleg

From September 30 to October 2, 2024, the Boysen-TU Dresden Autumn School took place under the title "H2ype - Scientific Exploration of the Green Hydrogen Future". The event brought together participants from 15 different nations to discuss the importance of green hydrogen for the energy transition and the challenges of integrating it into a future energy system from different perspectives.

The conference focused on the technical, economic and social challenges surrounding the transformation of the energy system and the use of green hydrogen. Topics included the ramp-up of the hydrogen market, the development of large-scale electrolysis plants and the storage of hydrogen as a key task for the future. An excursion to the Dresden-Reick innovation power plant on day 1 of the event gave the participants an insight into the practice of energy conversion and storage. Participants also had the opportunity to engage with inter- and transdisciplinary research approaches in interactive workshops and develop innovative solutions for the use of hydrogen in various industries.

In a panel discussion with Dr. Gerd Lippold (State Secretary of the Saxon State Ministry for Energy, Climate Protection, Environment and Agriculture), Mr. Olaf Christoph (Linde Engineering), Dr. Christian Wunderlich (Fraunhofer IKTS) and Dr. Alexander Stubinitzky (Drees & Sommer) on the second day of the conference, the central challenges of the hydrogen economy were highlighted. The lack of production capacities, the scaling of the technology and the expansion of the infrastructure were discussed. Reducing the costs of green hydrogen and promoting social acceptance through fair CO₂-priceswere highlighted as key tasks.

As part of a hackathon, the Autumn School participants developed and presented various proposals for interdisciplinary projects with a focus on the hydrogen economy. The winner of this competition was the project entitled "Feasibility study on Decarbonizing Porcelain Production using Green Hydrogen". These project ideas once again emphasize how crucial transdisciplinary collaboration is to enable the transformation to a hydrogen-based energy system.

In addition to presentations and discussions, the international guests were offered a varied supporting program that combined professional exchange with cultural activities. A city tour of Dresden and a joint dinner rounded off the event. The Autumn School impressively demonstrated how important cooperation between science, industry and society is for the success of hydrogen technology.

We would like to thank all speakers, discussants, moderators, workshop leaders, the jury members of the hackathon, the committed participants, the sponsors VNG AG and Drees & Sommer SE, the international office of TU Dresden, and all supporters of the Autumn School, without whom a success would not have been possible!

Here are a few impressions from the three-day conference.

A complete success - the Boysen-TU Dresden Autumn School 2024

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