Offgrid Café
By off-grid we mean solutions where hydrogen production relies primarily on dedicated renewable energy sources—such as wind or solar—while the electricity grid is used only as a backup or supplementary power option, rather than the main supply.
Offgrid Café is a webinar series designed to support knowledge sharing, dialogue and impact creation around renewable hydrogen production systems. The series responds to a growing need to translate research results into practically usable insights for industry, investors, policymakers and other stakeholders working with renewable-based hydrogen solutions.
The focus is on system-level understanding and real-world applicability rather than isolated technologies. Each Offgrid Café is a one-hour online session combining expert presentations and moderated discussion, connecting research findings with practical questions related to system design, performance, economics and implementation contexts.
Offgrid is often understood narrowly as energy production that operates fully disconnected from the electricity grid. In practice, the concept can be understood in a broader context. Many hydrogen production systems rely primarily on locally produced renewable energy and are technically grid-connected, yet they operate under conditions that resemble offgrid systems.
In such contexts, the electricity grid no longer functions as a source of constant, fixed-price baseload power. Instead, system design, flexibility and optimization play a central role in managing variability, costs and operational constraints. As renewable deployment expands and industrial demand for hydrogen grows, this broader understanding of offgrid hydrogen is becoming increasingly relevant for future energy systems.
Offgrid Café provides a structured space to:
- Share research-based insights in an accessible and industry-relevant format
- Support two-way engagement between researchers and practitioners
- Improve understanding of when and why offgrid hydrogen solutions can be viable and why research on the topic is important
- Strengthen collaboration and uptake of results beyond research communities
The series supports open and proactive dissemination of results whenever possible and contributes to building long-term credibility and visibility in offgrid hydrogen research and development.
Offgrid Café 1
Date: January 28, 2026
Time: 8:30–9:30 (EET)
Register here: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/EP/BA689BF3C2987FDE
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