Together for a strong hydrogen economy in eastern Germany

Hosted by Germany Trade & Invest and, together with the economic development agencies of the IWO member states, we held an exchange yesterday on developments in the hydrogen economy in eastern Germany.
State Minister and Federal Government Commissioner for Eastern Germany Elisabeth Kaiser and Julia Braune, Managing Director of Germany Trade & Invest, welcomed the participants. The Commissioner for Eastern Germany emphasized the importance of cross-state cooperation for the hydrogen economy in eastern Germany.
The focus of our H2 workshop, co-led by our Managing Director Dominik Härle together with Alexander Spieß, was on positive developments across the states, shared challenges, and future hydrogen infrastructure.

Many thanks for the contributions and the lively discussion from the workshop participants:
👉 Berlin – Robert Viebig (Berlin Partner für Wirtschaft und Technologie GmbH)
👉 Brandenburg – Klaus Henschke, Philipp Ruta (Wirtschaftsförderung Land Brandenburg GmbH (WFBB)
👉 Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania – Ulf Riedel, Romy-Noelle Asmus (Invest in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
👉 Saxony – Alexandra Gering, Matthieu Warzecha (Wirtschaftsförderung Sachsen GmbH)
👉 Saxony-Anhalt – Gotz Schule (invited) (Investitions- und Marketinggesellschaft Sachsen-Anhalt mbH)
👉 Thuringia – Axel Wipprecht (LEG Thüringen)
👉 GTAI – Raphael (Winkler-)Goldstein and Florian Lauterbach
We look forward to the next exchange in January.
A special thank you to GTAI for their hospitality and to Stephan Sasse for coordinating the meeting.