Hydrogen PPAs

As decarbonisation continues to reshape energy markets across Europe, hydrogen and electricity are set to become two of the most important energy sources for the future.

Designed to help you gather useful insights and develop new skills, our respected topic experts are here to teach you all you need to know about the rise of PPAs and green hydrogen.

Sign up to this course to learn what regulations must be met for hydrogen to be considered renewable, why PPAs are playing a key role for businesses looking to buy green power and how to optimise the procurement of green electricity of electrolysers.

This training course will teach you how to:

Classify different PPA prices and purchase structures

Apply current regulatory requirements to your project

Develop green electricity procurement strategies for electrolysers

Understand the factors affecting future hydrogen prices

Agenda Hydrogen PPAs in Germany and Europe

Session 1: Overview of PPAs - markets, prices and processes

Pricing mechanism on the spot and futures market
PPAs at a glance: Types, volumes and market data
How to evaluate a wind and solar profile?
PPA structures: baseload, pay-as-produced, pay-as-nominated

Session 2: Regulatory framework for “green” hydrogen

EU regulation according to the Delegated Act for Renewable Fuels of Non-Biological Origin (RFNBO): When electrolysis hydrogen is considered renewable
System and value of Guarantees of Origin (GO)

Session 3: Importance of regulation across Europe

Examples of electricity procurement in Germany: PPA and redispatch
Examples of electricity procurement in France, Scandinavia and Spain
The EU ETS: potential for linking electricity procurement to CO2 prices

Session 4: On-site vs. off-site PPA: how do I optimise my overall electricity procurement costs?

Hydrogen generation costs as a function of full load hours
Case studies: Optimisation of green electricity procurement with on-site and off-site PPA solutions (PPA portfolio)

Session 5: Model of a hydrogen price index

Phases of market development for hydrogen in Europe
Explanation of the assumptions and model for Energy Brainpool’s hydrogen price index
Presentation of selected results of the hydrogen price index

Session 6: Optimisation between future vs. spot market - using the flexibility of an electrolyser correctly

The value of flexibility: an electrolyser as a real option
Case studies of PPA procurement and spot market optimisation: operation at times of low hourly prices on the day-ahead market
Discussion and outlook: further optimisation options on the short-term markets (including intraday and balancing)

Speakers

Huangluolun Zhou

Expert

Huangluolun Zhou studied industrial engineering (B. Sc. and M. Sc.) with focus on electrical power engineering at the RWTH Aachen University. In his master thesis, he dealt with sensitivity analyses of the flexibility of cogeneration and power-to-heat in the European energy market. He has also worked as a business analyst in a technology and management consulting company and is founder and energy market consultant of a software company for energy market simulations. Since May 2021, Huangluolun Zhou has been working at Energy Brainpool GmbH & Co. KG focusing on fundamental analysis. He works on analysis and consulting projects. He also regularly conducts trainings on the electricity and energy industry and is an expert in scenario development and storage technologies.

Target group

Operators or suppliers of electrolysers
Specialists and managers from the energy industry with responsibility for products or business field development
Employees in strategic management or purchasing in the industry
Specialist consultants from interest groups

Useful for "procurement professionals and hydrogen beginners"

As a pioneer of the energy transition, you are already involved in initial projects for the production of green hydrogen using electrolysis and have gained relevant experience. In view of the current regulatory requirements, you are wondering how these are to be implemented in practice so that the hydrogen is considered “green” or “renewable”.

You are interested in how you can keep electricity procurement costs low and would like to use case studies to see what different solutions for electricity procurement mean for your project. But you also want to know what the market value of the hydrogen will be so that you can check the economic viability of your projects.