Recently, the team has the pleasure of speaking with Frank Wouters, a true visionary in hydrogen as well as the untapped potential of deserts. Chris Jackson, Alicia Eastman, and Patrick Molloy delve into some timely topics including offsets and the Zero Emissions Trading Alliance (ZETA) as well as the newly funded EU MED-GEM Network.

About Frank Wouters:

Frank has been leading renewable energy projects, transactions, and technology development for more than thirty years and played a lead role in the development of renewable energy projects all over the world.

Frank was the Deputy Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) from 2012 to 2014 and has sat on the boards of energy companies in Europe, Asia, the US, and Africa. He currently serves as:

• Chairman of the MENA Hydrogen Alliance, Dubai

• Chairman of the Dii Advisory Board, Dubai

• Director of the EU MED-GEM Network, Brussels

• Fellow, Payne Institute, Colorado School of Mines, Denver

• Chairman of the Benelux Business Council Abu Dhabi

• Chairman of the HyET Group Advisory Board, The Netherlands

• Non-Executive Board Director of Gore Street Capital, London

Frank has authored several books on renewable energy and green hydrogen and lives in Abu Dhabi. He has a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Delft University.

About MENA Hydrogen Alliance:

The organization aims to create the Middle East North Africa hydrogen community with a regional focus and global scope to accelerate the deployment of li-carbon hydrogen. The Alliance provides a platform for partners to meet and discuss pathways forward, to formulates common studies and connect producers and off-takers.

About the EU MED-GEM Network:

The EU MED-GEM project, supporting the development of Green Electrons and Molecules (GEM) in the Southern Mediterranean area, is an initiative funded by the European Union that aims to create and operate a sustainable and self-sustaining network in the Southern Neighbourhood region. By convening dialogue and collaborative activities between key energy stakeholders, MED-GEM activities facilitate and promote the growth of the GEM industry, in particular Renewable & Green Hydrogen, at regional level. The Network also aims at raising awareness on the imperative need for an accelerated clean energy transition.

About ZETA:

The Zero Emissions Trade Alliance (ZETA) was founded nearly ten years ago by Jan Haizmann. As an impartial and technically neutral platform for actors in the market of clean/low/no emissions energy carriers, it is intended to encourage and facilitate standards, certification, data exchange, and any related technologies and rules.

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Links:

MENA Hydrogen Alliance - https://dii-desertenergy.org/mena-hydrogen-alliance/

EU MED-GEM Network - https://med-gem.eu/home-page

ZETA - https://www.zeta-global.org/