Scottish Hydrogen Innovation: Making Hydrogen Count

A  Hydrogen Innovation Programme (HIP) Event

Scotland is on the brink of a transformative opportunity and will play a critical role in implementing the revised upcoming UK Hydrogen Strategy. Scotland’s emerging hydrogen sector has access to the right ingredients to become one of the global leaders for hydrogen products and services development, and export. Given its strong commitment to net zero, Scotland can draw upon a vibrant innovation community, a breadth of research expertise and facilities, and, of course, it’s diverse and expansive renewable energy generation resources, including a world-class off-shore wind capability.

However, ambition alone isn’t enough - hydrogen must stack up economically to be an investable proposition. The cost equation is critical, and innovation will play a decisive role in reducing friction points, driving down costs, and making hydrogen commercially viable.

Making Hydrogen Count is not just another event. It is a day of interactive discussion and debate designed to tackle these challenges head-on and build a consensus on the most viable pathways to implement our ambitious and shared goals.

SPEERI will bring together the key actors in Scotland who are jointly-responsible for taking forward the Scottish Hydrogen Action Plan. The day will provide a platform to explore who, and what, is needed to enable a sustainable hydrogen economy - because no single body can deliver Scotland’s hydrogen ambitions alone.

Our panel discussions sessions will discuss the challenges and opportunities for commercialisation and internationalisation, investment strategies, technical feasibility, and innovation, across the whole supply chain.

These interactive sessions will examine how Scotland can leverage its renewable energy advantage to attract investment, create robust markets, and prioritise the infrastructure needed to develop strategic, and commercially viable projects and demonstrations, to validate business cases, and deploy scaled solutions.
This is not just about technology—it’s about creating the conditions for success.

This event is for anyone working across the hydrogen value-chain, within the whole hydrogen sector, including industry, policy-makers, academia, innovation support organisations, R&D facilities, and especially innovators. Join us as we uncover clearer pathways towards a hydrogen economy that works—economically, technically, and sustainably.

This event is being delivered under the Scottish Government-funded Hydrogen Innovation Programme by the Energy Technology Partnership (ETP), the energy arm of the Scottish Partnership in Energy and Engineering Research and Innovation (SPEERI).

Confirmed speakers and panellists include

• Scottish Enterprise
• Innovate UK
• Royce Hydrogen Accelerator
• Flexergy
• Green Cat Hydrogen
• LH2 Europe
• TÜV SÜD
• Hydrogen Scotland
• PlusZero

Together, we can make hydrogen count.

Agenda

Time                         Activity

9:00 - 9:30          Registration & Networking (with Tea & Coffee)

9:30 - 9:45          Welcome & Introduction

• James Ruel (Project Manager, SHINe)
• Natasha Madeira, H2 Business Development Manager (ETP/SPEERI)

9:45 - 11:10         Plenary 1 - Sector Update, Innovation Support & Funding

• H2 Sector Update & Next Steps - Scottish Enterprise
• H2 Funding & Innovation Support Panel – Innovate UK
• Panel Discussion with Q&A – SE, Innovate UK & SoSE

11:00 - 11:20         Break

11:20 - 12:30         Plenary 2 - Investor Guidance & Top Tips

Panel Discussion & Q&A

• Royce Hydrogen Accelerator
• SHINe
• Longspur Capital

12:30 - 13:45         Lunch/Exhibition/Networking 

13:00 - 13:30         Lunchtime Support Drop-in: Investment & Funding Support Specialists:

• SHINe, RHA, Innovate UK, SEGEC, South of Scotland Enterprise, Scottish Enterprise, Longspur Capital

13:45 - 15:15         Parallel Sessions (3 focus topics):

• Session A: Transport & Storage: Innovation & Regulations

Chair: Professor Mamdud Hossain - SPEERI Hydrogen & Advanced Fuels Theme Champion, Robert Gordon University

Panel speakers: Flexergy, LH2 Europe, TÜV SÜD NEL, University of Strathclyde

 

• Session B: Hydrogen Products & Off-takers

Chair: David Hogg - Senior Consultant – Energy Systems, Arup

Panel Speakers: PlusZero, Scottish Enterprise, University of Glasgow, Hydrogen Scotland, Green Cat Hydrogen

 

• Session C: Supply Chain: Innovation Challenges & Support

Chair: Paul Wheelhouse - Net Zero Implementation Lead - Energy Transition, SOSE

Panel Speakers: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Hychor, Advanced Manufacturing Research Laboratory, Clyde Hydrogen, Scottish Enterprise

 

15:20 - 15:30         Closing Remarks (In Exhibition Zone)

15:30 - 16:30         Networking: Exhibition Zone

16:30                      Close

Please note: The agenda is subject to change.

 

Exhibitors