{"id":69409,"date":"2026-08-09T16:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/69409\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T16:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:40:10","slug":"thyssenkrupp-miguel-lopez-named-new-chair-of-hydrogen-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/69409\/","title":{"rendered":"thyssenkrupp Miguel L\u00f3pez named new Chair of Hydrogen Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">thyssenkrupp Miguel L\u00f3pez named new Chair of Hydrogen Europe<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Board of Hydrogen Europe today elected Miguel\u00a0L\u00f3pez, CEO of thyssenkrupp, to be the new Chair\u00a0of Hydrogen Europe.\u00a0Taking office at a pivotal moment for Europe\u2019s clean industrial transformation,\u00a0L\u00f3pez\u00a0will lead the Board as\u00a0the association\u00a0continues to champion hydrogen as a cornerstone of Europe\u2019s competitiveness, energy\u00a0resilience\u00a0and decarbonisation agenda.\u00a0L\u00f3pez, whose mandates\u00a0will last until June 2029,\u00a0succeeds Air Liquide\u2019s Sebastian Boden.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The appointment comes as Europe enters a decisive phase in building a hydrogen economy that supports industrial decarbonisation, strengthens energy\u00a0security\u00a0and drives sustainable economic growth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hydrogen-central.com\/media-kit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 370px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 370\/300;padding: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1-1.png\" alt=\"hydrogen central advertise\" class=\"lazyload\"\/> <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jorgo Chatzimarkakis,Chief Executive Officer of Hydrogen Europe, \u00a0said:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Europe has everything it needs to lead the global hydrogen economy: world-class technology, industrial expertise and ambitious climate objectives. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201dOur challenge now is execution. We must turn policy into projects, projects into investment, and investment into a competitive European market,\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Europe moves from ambition to implementation, the sector needs stable and predictable policy frameworks to unlock investment, strengthen domestic manufacturing,\u00a0accelerate infrastructure\u00a0deployment\u00a0and stimulate demand in hard-to-abate industries.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L\u00f3pez, said:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am convinced that hydrogen will play a key role in keeping Europe\u2019s energy-intensive industry both competitive and low-carbon \u2013 provided the right conditions are in place: a reliable regulatory framework, a faster ramp-up and affordable hydrogen,<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hydrogen Europe will continue serving as the united voice of the European hydrogen industry, bringing together businesses, national\u00a0associations\u00a0and regional stakeholders to help make hydrogen a cornerstone of Europe\u2019s industrial future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">READ the latest news shaping the hydrogen market at <a href=\"https:\/\/hydrogen-central.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Hydrogen Central<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">thyssenkrupp Miguel L\u00f3pez named new Chair of Hydrogen Europe, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilityplaza.com\/news\/thyssenkrupps-miguel-lpez-named-new-chair-of-hydrogen-europe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"thyssenkrupp Miguel L\u00f3pez named new Chair of Hydrogen Europe The Board of Hydrogen Europe today elected Miguel\u00a0L\u00f3pez, CEO&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69410,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21243],"tags":[41756,21276],"class_list":["post-69409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-thyssenkrupp","tag-management","tag-thyssenkrupp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}