System-Serving Electrolysis - From Grid Congestion to Storage Solutions

Jürgen Pfeiffer is a moderator, host, and master of ceremonies specializing in the energy transition, green hydrogen, and the fuel cell and hydrogen industry. He hosts and produces edutainment formats such as 'GREEN PLUS CLEAN' and 'PFEIFFER FRAGT,' and is the presenter of the podcast THE HYDROGEN ELEVATOR. As a sought-after conference host, he leads high-level panels at international trade fairs and congresses, including events organized by the European Commission and HYDROGEN EUROPE in Brussels, as well as leading conferences such as WINDENERGY HAMBURG, HYDROGEN EXPO, and the HYDROGEN DIALOGUE SUMMIT + EXPO. Jürgen Pfeiffer has more than 20 years of media experience, including as a Berlin correspondent for RTL Nachtjournal and as editor-in-chief of the program 'Forum der Europäer' at ARTE Television in Paris.

Dr. Nima Pegemanyfar has been working at Quest One since 2024. As Executive Vice President Customer Operations, he manages the company's customer business and is responsible for the areas of Sales, Project Execution, and Service. He earned his doctorate in aerospace engineering in Munich at the University of the Bundeswehr. He began his professional career as a development engineer at Rolls-Royce. This was followed by 15 years at Siemens Energy in various sales and business roles in the fields of power generation as well as oil and gas, including more than 10 years in leadership positions within the energy sector, among others in the electrolysis industry.

Jorgo Chatzimarkakis has been working at Hydrogen Europe since 2016. He currently holds the position of CEO of the association. He previously covered roles in the planning department of the Foreign Office of Germany, at Infineon Technologies and was Member of the European Parliament (2004-2014) inter alia in the ITRE Committee (Industry, Technology, Research and Energy) where he could contribute to lay the cornerstone for the first and the second Joint Undertaking on hydrogen and fuel cells. He was awarded Hydrogen Person of the Year at the World Hydrogen Awards 2022, 'as a major player promoting hydrogen in Europe and world-wide, accelerating collaboration and industry development'. Jorgo was born in Duisburg, Germany. He holds German and Greek nationality, and a degree in political science from the University of Bonn.

Michael Sterner conducts research and teaches at OTH Regensburg in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, focusing on energy storage, hydrogen and Power-to-X, renewable energy, and energy economics. He heads the Research Center for Energy Networks and Energy Storage (FENES). Previously, he held a leadership position at the Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy System Technology (Fraunhofer IEE) in Kassel, where he was responsible for system analysis and energy economics. He is one of the inventors of Power-to-Gas and co-author of the standard reference work 'Energy Storage', published by Springer in both German and English. In addition to numerous scientific publications, he has delivered over 1,200 lectures on the energy transition. The engineer is active on a voluntary basis in organizations such as VDI, VDE, Engineers Europe, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He chairs the VDI guideline committee 4635 on Power-to-X. Since his work as an advisor to the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) from 2007 to 2010, he has continued to advise the German federal government and has been a member of the Diesel Commission as well as the scientific advisory board on hydrogen (FCH JU) of the European Commission. He also chairs various conferences on hydrogen and Power-to-X. His bestselling book 'How We Save the Climate' offers well-founded solutions and clear pathways to tackling the climate crisis-from renewable energy to industrial transformation-making it an essential guide for active climate protection. Originally trained as an electrician, he has received multiple awards for his pioneering work in Power-to-X and energy storage. His expertise has been recognized through repeated inclusion in the list of the 40 most innovative scientists in Germany by Capital magazine. Alongside his scientific work, he is also artistically active as a musician and composer, is engaged in various voluntary activities, and is a father of three children.

Friederike Lassen was appointed Chairwoman of the German Hydrogen Association (DWV) by its Executive Board, effective November 1st 2024. In this role, she represents the interests of DWV members vis-à-vis the federal government and reports directly to the Executive Board. Prior to this, Friederike Lassen headed the Policy and Regulation Department at DWV, where she was responsible for analyzing national and European legislative processes in the field of renewable energies-particularly hydrogen and fuel cells. She also developed the association's positions on energy policy issues and coordinated them internally and externally. From 2011 to 2021, she worked as a Senior Policy Advisor in the German Bundestag, most recently focusing on budget policy within the field of economic and energy policy. She studied North American Studies with a focus on law and economics at the John F. Kennedy Institute of Freie Universität Berlin and the University of Potsdam, graduating with a Magistra Artium degree in 2011.