The 2025 HyValue Days

Join us for two insightful days to advance HyValue activities and collaboration!

While the programme is still being finalized, the event will feature sessions on key research topics, a poster session, talks and presentations with discussion time, and ample networking opportunities with user partners and researchers.

Event Details

Dates: May 7-8, 2025
Location: Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL), Room M003, Campus Kronstad, Inndalsveien 28, Bergen. How to get there.
Registration: The 2025 HyValue Days is open to members of the consortium. Sign up here.
Accommodation: We have reserved a limited number of rooms at Scandic Ørnen Bergen. Rooms can be booked by 27 April at scandichotels.no with the booking code BBOR060525. More information here.
Practical information: Practical information can be found here.

Programme overview

Wednesday, May 7
- 11:30 - 12:30 – Registration and lunch
- 12:30 - 16:45 – Plenary session
- 16:45 - 17:45 – Posters and pints
- 20:00 - 23:00 – Conference dinner

Thursday, May 8
- 09:00 - 12:30 – Plenary session
- 12:30 – 13:30 – Lunch

Other meetings:

May 7: 09:30 - 11:00 – Executive Board meeting. Room M160, building K2 (by separate invitation only).
May 8: 13:30 - 14:30 – General Assembly meeting. Room M003, building K2 (by separate invitation only).
May 8: 14:00-17:00 - H2CoVE Regional Ecosystem Talk – Competence Needs in the Norwegian Hydrogen Industry. Room TBA, on campus Kronstad. Open to all, separate registration here: Register for side event.

Programme

(subject to change)

Wednesday, May 7

11:30 - 12:30 Registration and lunch

12:30 - 13:40 Opening Remarks and Keynote

Moderators: Velaug Myrseth Oltedal (HVL) and Ellen Ingeborg Hætta (NORCE).

Welcome to the 2025 HyValue Days. Velaug Myrseth Oltedal, HyValue Deputy Director, HVL, and Ellen Ingeborg Hætta, HyValue Centre Coordinator, NORCE.

Welcome address. Jens Kristian Fosse, Dean at Faculty of Technology, Environmental and Social Sciences, HVL.

Overview of HyValue. Arvid Nøttveit, HyValue Centre Director, NORCE.

Keynote talk: The Future of Hydrogen - from a European Perspective. Kamila Waciega, Director Energy and Infrastructure, Hydrogen Europe.

13:40 – 14:00 Coffee break and networking

14:00 – 15:10 Session 1: Advances in Hydrogen Production, Storage and Distribution

Moderator: Kristine Spildo (UiB).

Talk 1: Innovative Approach to Silicon Production using Hydrogen. Anne Gry Messenlien, Elkem.

Talk 2: Title TBA. Moritz Siegfred, Endress+Hauser SICK.

Talk 3: Underground Hydrogen Storage: Main Results from Core Flooding Studies. Morten Aarra, Behruz Shaker Shiran, NORCE.

Talk 4: Progress in Materials for H2 Purification and Catalysis. Pascal Dietzel, UiB.

Talk 5: Photocatalytic H2. Dhayalan Velauthapillai, HVL

15:10 - 15:40 Coffee break and networking + photo session

15:40 - 16:45 Session 2: The Hydrogen Shift: Balancing Safety, Risk, and Societal Impact

Moderator: Per Ove Eikeland (FNI).

Talk 1: Title TBA. Dr. Ernst-Arndt Reinecke, Institute of Energy Technologies, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH.

Talk 2: Title TBA. Dr. Jon Kåre Skiple, NORCE.

Talk 3: Title TBA. Dr. Kari Kjestveit, NORCE.

Talk 4: Title and speaker TBA, Ocean HyWay Cluster.

Talk 5: Title TBA. Kees van Wingerden, VP Industrial Risk, Senior Principal Consultant, Vysus Group, also member of HyValue Scientific Advisory Committee.

16:45 - 17:45 Posters and pints

Moderator: Ellen Ingeborg Hætta (NORCE).
Poster pitches: 1 minute per poster.
Posters (working titles):

Gamage, Ashika Dilshani Wackwella, PhD candidate, University of Stavanger: “Hydrogen Purification by Pressure Swing Adsorption."
Glette-Iversen, Ingrid, Postdoc, University of Stavanger: “Risk assessment of hydrogen systems: A review and comparison of frameworks and guidelines from Norwegian regulators.”
Hertwig, Leif Eric, PhD candidate, University of Bergen: “Activity-Determining Factors in Molybdenum-Catalyzed Ammonia Synthesis - A Computational Study.”
Jetmundsen, Tobias Alexander Slettemyr, MSc student, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences: "Simulation of a Methanol-Fueled SOFC System for Maritime Propulsion Using Aspen HYSYS."
Karunarathne, Buddhika, PhD candidate, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences: “Oxynitride-based photocatalytic water splitting.”
Sangolt, Liina, PhD candidate, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences: “Hydrogen production from fluctuating power.”
Sivagowri, S., PhD candidate, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences : “NiCo2S4/TiO2 nanocomposite for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction over simulated solar irradiation.”
Skjelanger, Kristoffer, PhD candidate, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences: “Diffusion of supersaturated gas in a rotating electrolyser system.”
Strandos Karine, MSc student, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences: “A techno-economical study of hydrogen production from trapped hydro power.”
Stuen, Ingrid Marie, PhD candidate, University of Bergen: “Monitoring of Hydrogen Gas Grids: Losses and Uncertainty.”
Valøen, Tina, MSc student, University of Bergen: “Sustainable Silicon-based Catalysts for the Synthesis of Green Ammonia.”
Venugopalavanithasan, Kobika, MSc student, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences: “Synthesis and characterization of samarium tungstate as electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction.”
Yri, Kjartan, MSc student, University of Bergen: “Detecting Impurities in hydrogen using a microwave resonator.”
More titles to be added.

20:00 - 23:00 Conference dinner at Scandic Ørnen

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Thursday, May 8

09:00 - 10:30 Session 3: Hydrogen Applications Across Sectors

Moderator: Crina Ilea (Equinor).

Key note talk: Stephen Taylor, Strategic Coordinator, North Adriatic Hydrogen Valley

Talk 1: Efficient Operation of Hydrogen Powered Vessels by Next Minutes Wave Prediction. Svein Olav Halstensen, NORCE.

Talk 2. Title TBA. Jonathan Økland Torstensen, HVL.

Talk 3: The Role of Hydrogen in Industrial Symbiosis in Vestland. Tor Martin Misund, Vestland County Municipality.

Talk 4: Life Cycle Assessment of Zero-Emission High-Speed Passenger Vessels. Rebecca Thorne, TØI.

10:30- 11:00 Coffee break and networking

11:00 - 12:15 Session 4: The Future of Hydrogen- Challenges and Opportunities Ahead

Moderator: Silje Sivertsen (Maritime CleanTech).

Talk 1: Title TBA. Dr. Falko Ueckerdt, Senior Lead - Hydrogen, electrification and industry transformation, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).

Talk 2: Title TBA. Ingebjørg Telnes Wilhelmsen, Norsk Hydrogenforum.

Talk 3: The Apollo Project. Emilie Dorgeville, Maritime CleanTech.

Talk 4: EU Regulation of Hydrogen: Unnecessary Legal Complications. Kim Talus, University of Helsinki, also member of HyValue Scientific Advisory Committee.

Panel discussion:

Per Ove Eikeland, FNI
Ingebjørg Telnes Wilhelmsen, Norsk Hydrogenforum
Kamila Waciega, Hydrogen Europe
Emilie Dorgeville, Maritime CleanTech

12:15 - 12:30 Closing remarks

Summing up and future outlook. Arvid Nøttveit, HyValue Centre Director, NORCE.

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

Programme committee

Velaug Myrseth Oltedal, HVL
Silje Sivertsen, Maritime Cleantech
Per Ove Eikeland, FNI
Kristine Spildo, UiB
Crina Ilea, Equinor
Ellen Ingeborg Hætta, NORCE

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