CEO of Indeloop Appointed as New Clean Hydrogen Partnership Chair

Hydrogen Europe has announced that Dr Danica Maljković, CEO of Indeloop has been appointed Chair of the Clean Hydrogen Partnership Governing Board. She joined their Board of Directors in June.

The Clean Hydrogen Partnership is a public-private partnership between the European Commission, Hydrogen Europe, and Hydrogen Europe Research that supports research and innovation activities in hydrogen technologies in Europe.

Maljković believes in an important mission

With a total budget of over €2 billion, sourced from the EU and private members, it focuses on promoting clean hydrogen production and infrastructure, alongside hydrogen end-use technologies in transport, industry, buildings, and energy.

“I am grateful for the trust placed in me and believe in great initiatives ahead of us. Together, we have an important mission: to place hydrogen at the centre of Europe’s energy transition. With the new European Commission coming in, we have a unique opportunity and a great responsibility to seize this opportunity. Hydrogen plays a strategic role in shaping a competitive future for Europe and it is time for everyone to realise that.” said Dr Maljković after being appointed.

Role of hydrogen technologies

Clean Hydrogen Partnership believes fighting climate change will require a deep energy transition. The energy sector – using energy for power generation, transportation, heating and manufacturing – is responsible for more than 70% of the global GHG emissions.

Achieving the EU goal of climate neutrality would require us to substantially restrict the use of fossil fuels in the energy sector, replacing them with renewable energy sources and other climate-neutral or low-carbon fuels, as much as possible.

Hydrogen is an energy carrier that can be critical in energy transformation. It can be used as a feedstock, fuel, energy carrier, and energy storage medium, and thus has many possible applications across industry, transport, power, and building sectors.

Most importantly, when produced sustainably, it does not emit CO2 or pollute the air when used. It is an important part of the overall solution to meet the 2050 climate neutrality goal of the European Green Deal.

For hydrogen to claim this position in the energy mix, it will require improving its competitiveness against other energy carriers, research and innovation into breakthrough technologies, and an infrastructure network that can bring it to a geographically spread market.