conference programme – 18 November 2026

Hydrogen Horizons – Baltics Nordics CEE 2026 Agenda

Hydrogen Horizons 2026 – main topics to be discussed

Below you will find the list of topics we propose to be discussed at the 2026 edition of the event. The final agenda will be publish closer to the date of the conference.

H2 main infrastructure (pipelines and storages) – availability, development schedules, open season for capacity, access conditions, dialogue between operators/developers on potential users.

 Access to electricity grids and operation in electricity market  – connections, tariffs and other use conditions of power grid for H2 production, are current conditions good for such type of client, and what changes are planned and anticipated.

Flexibility in H2 production – to what degree it could be used in electricity market meeting renewables generation and ancillary market needs, what value could be retrieved from flexibility and what challenges are to unlock it, what is degree of flexibility depending on the type of facilities and concrete offering from OEMs.

H2 in mobility – what perspectives for the use for trucks (long-haul, short-haul and of special purpose), what competition landscape with other sustainable transport options (CBG, LBG, BEV) and for buses and for bunkering and aviation, perspectives for H2 refuelling network and legal requirements behind, what are choices for H2 fuel cell of internal combustion engine trucks and buses. What is overall timeline of development of H2 value chain for mobility, drivers and challenges behind.

H2 production – what project are developed, and what is the pathway from small-scale to large-scale in the region, what factors are key ones to move with the projects to FID, and what main challenges in place for the development.

Financing of H2 projects – what shall be financing structure and key sources, public instrument available from EU or nationally, what needs to be done to make projects bankable, de-risking strategies and needs.

Policy targets and legislation – how REDIII targets are implemented in the region and allover EU, what are EU and national priorities and concrete targets for production and use in specific sectors (industry, road transport, aviation, marine, energy), how firm or questionable do they look for the development of large-scale projects and moving towards FID.

H2 demand – in what industries and regions main use cases emerges, what are the drivers behind and how firm these use cases are, should H2 role for flexible energy production be counted for.

Technologies and equipment supply – how offerings from the market evolve, technology type (ALK, PEM, AEM, SOEC for electrolyses) and price-wise, how big is the role of China, what are choices and how mature are for e-fuels synthesis, how financing instruments prefer local/EU suppliers, what are main challenges in this market.

H2 market – how it functions, and how relations between suppliers and off takers are managed and facilitated, use of HPAs and specific instruments (like H2 Global in DE, or Hydrogen Mechanism under EU Energy and Raw Material Platform), how effective and needed they are.