The Government of Slovenia supported the establishment of a consortium of 18 companies, organizations and municipalities for an ecosystem for hydrogen from low-carbon sources. The group said it has 6,500 experts available from various fields and decades of experience in industrial engineering.

Hydrogen technology is emerging with its potential for storing energy from renewables and nuclear power plants, to be converted back to energy, including for transportation, or used in industrial processes. The Slovenia-Japan Business Council, the Slovenian Academy of Engineering (IAS or SAE) and ELES, the country’s electricity transmission and distribution system operator, formed a consortium of stakeholders.

Eighteen companies, organizations and municipalities vowed to engage in cross-sector integration to develop the value chain for hydrogen from low-carbon sources. The group said it has 6,500 experts available from various fields and decades of experience in industrial engineering.

The remaining partners are Holding Slovenske elektrarne (HSE), GEN Group, Elektro Gorenjska, Elektro Ljubljana, Plinovodi, Petrol, Energetika Ljubljana, Talum, Slovenske železnice Group (Slovenian Railways), TPV Automotive, Solvera Lynx, BTC, the City of Ljubljana, City of Kranj and the Municipality of Ajdovščina. Four ministries expressed support for the effort.