IBS news: Dr. Beata Kviatek presenting at the European Consortium for Political Research

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This week Dr. Beata Kviatek, senior researcher at the Energy Transition Centre (EnTranCe) and lecturer at the International Business School, is giving a presentation on the development of regional hydrogen economy in the Northern Netherlands at the international conference of the European Consortium for
Political Research. The Consortium is the leading scholarly society concerned with the research and teaching in Europe. It unites over 300 institutional members in nearly 50 countries, which amounts to a global community of tens of thousands of
scholars.
Dr. Kviatek is presenting in section on energy policy, politics and governance, which addresses such issues as the interplay between integration and fragmentation in energy politics, trade-offs and synergies between energy policy goals, or legitimacy
and acceptance of disruptive policy and technological innovations. One of the panels in this section, in which Dr. Kviatek is presenting, is devoted to discuss the structures
of the emerging international hydrogen economy.
In her presentation on development of regional hydrogen economy in the Northern Netherlands, Dr. Kviatek is pointing to the importance of the social aspect in making the business case of the first European Hydrogen Valley successful. As reported by
the Province of Groningen, the agreed investments into development of regional hydrogen economy will amount to over 9 billion euro, which is believed will secure some 66,000 existing recurring jobs and help create between 25,000 (in 2030) and 41,000 (in 2050) new recurring jobs, and up to 104,000 new one-off jobs by 2050.
However, this positive effect in the social domain from the development of regional hydrogen economy will only be achieved if the social acceptance of technological innovations, e.g. hydrogen technology, including local acceptance of wind and sun parks installations on shore and off shore that are needed for the production of green hydrogen, will be ensured.
(For more information about EnTranCe, click here).