HySchool Days 2025 in Porsgrunn
HySchool Days are the annual networking events organized by HySchool 鈥� the Norwegian Research School on Hydrogen and Hydrogen-Based Fuels. HySchool Days 2025 was held in Porsgrunn, bringing together over 100 participants from industry, academia and research institutes.
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On 1-2 April, the culture house 脝lvespeilet welcomed a wave of local and international guests as it hosted HySchool Days 2025鈥攖he flagship networking event of HySchool - the Norwegian Research School for Hydrogen and Hydrogen-Based Fuels.
Over the course of two days, 23 speakers and 27 PhD poster presentations covered a wide range of topics across the hydrogen value chain.
HySchool Days is a recurring event hosted in various locations across Norway鈥攑reviously in Bergen (2023) and Trondheim (2024). This year鈥檚 event was held in Porsgrunn, organized by Professor Knut V氓gs忙ther and his team at USN.
Opportunity to connect
Each HySchool Days brings a distinct local flavor while maintaining the event鈥檚 core spirit: providing a platform for networking. A total of 42 HySchool PhD students from seven different institutions came together to connect with one another and engage with representatives from academia, research institutions, hydrogen industry, including Equinor, DNV and GreenH, and more.
This year, there was an extra focus on helping PhD students get to know each other through internal activities held the day before the conference. These included social events, excursion to explosion lab at USN, and a group dinner aimed at fostering a welcoming and low-threshold community 鈥� something that was well received by the students.
- HySchool Days 2025 was a great meeting place where we, as PhD students, could exchange ideas and experiences related to hydrogen research, says Ingrid Marie Stuen, a PhD student from 幸运飞艇计划.
HySchool Days 2025 also brought together attendees from various national and international hydrogen networks, including HYDROGENi, HySET, HyValue, the Norwegian Hydrogen Forum, and the Hardanger Hydrogen Hub. Ingvald Torbl氓, CEO of the latter and Managing Director of Odda Technology, expressed his inspiration from the research conducted by the PhD students:
As a long-time industrialist passionate about development鈥攆rom fossil technologies to renewables鈥攊t's truly encouraging to see so many talented individuals, of all ages, working with such cutting-edge technologies. It gives me real hope that the progress we're making in industry will be both supported and enhanced by the work happening within university communities.
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Excursion to Yara Clean Ammonia
On 3 April, the internal members of HySchool had the opportunity to visit Yara Clean Ammonia's renewable hydrogen plant at Her酶ya Industry Park in Porsgrunn, thanks to the coordination of Professor Knut V氓gs忙ther. The group included PhD students admitted to HySchool, supervisors and guests.听
Senior Engineer Geir Thorson Solvi听gave an insightful and technical presentation of the hydrogen plant while HES Manager P氓l Klavenes听gave a physical tour. Both activities sparked great enthusiasm among professors and PhD-students alike, who asked many questions along the way.
Many thanks to everyone involved for an engaging and educational experience!听
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HySchool Days 2026 in Oslo
Next year, HySchool Days 2026 will be hosted in Oslo on 14-15 April by UiO.
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