Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, CEO of Hydrogen Europe: “Spain is a perfect country for renewable energies” – El Pais
Jorgo Chatzimarkakis (58 years old, Duisburg, Germany) believes that the same thing will happen with green hydrogen as with solar panels.
Twenty years ago, photovoltaic panels were extremely expensive and everyone said that we would never reach a suitable market price.
“The same will happen with green hydrogen, because it is abundant, it is everywhere and it is easy to obtain once you change the system.”
The CEO of Hydrogen Europe, an organisation representing companies in the hydrogen sector in Europe, believes that changes to the system require costs. In the case of green hydrogen , he talks about investment.
Spain is one of the countries that could do without importing natural gas, coal, oil and replace all these imports with production using existing renewable energies. But the financing barrier must be overcome; money must be invested in this.
According to the former European parliamentarian, it is vital to invest in infrastructure [gas pipelines, ports, storage] in order to move forward.
Natalia Latorre, general manager of energy transition at Enagás (sponsor of this interview), points out that renewable hydrogen is a
She adds that it will contribute to,
Vector that will play a transformative role as a solution to decarbonise sectors that cannot be electrified.
“improving the competitiveness of the industry”.
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