This was the title of this year's Energy Policy Dialogue at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin on 12 October. The main focus was on the (partly missing) speed of the H₂ core grid & H₂ ramp-up.

In his opening statement, Jörg Bergmann emphasised the great importance of accelerating the H₂ ramp-up and the H₂ core grid: "From my point of view, we need a racing car to accelerate to the appropriate speed, which is indispensable for the successful hydrogen ramp-up. Let's get to work now and together - the energy sector with politics, authorities, business, industry and society - create the right conditions for us to succeed in the green transformation."

This year, we were once again able to attract exciting experts from the energy industry as panelists for the subsequent panel discussion: Lars Baumgürtel (CEO, ZINQ), Dr Christine Falken-Großer (Head of the Hydrogen Policy Unit, BMWK), Simon Müller (Director Germany, Agora Energiewende) and Dr Sopna Sury (COO Hydrogen, RWE Generation SE). Among other things, they discussed the question of what else is needed for the H₂ ramp-up in addition to the H₂ core network. There was agreement that the H₂ core network is a milestone on the way to the H₂ era. But more speed is now needed for the H₂ ramp-up so that small and medium-sized enterprises - just like large-scale industry - can start decarbonising. This is the only way we can achieve the goal of climate neutrality by 2045 and regain pole position in the international competition of national economies.