CNH2 Hosts the 6th SPERTUS Seminar Focused on Hydrogen and the Energy Transition

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Last updated on 02 June, 2025

The Spanish National Hydrogen Centre (CNH2) recently hosted the 6th Permanent Seminar on Energy Transition and Industrial Competitiveness (SPERTUS), a high-level meeting that brought together representatives from the scientific, business, and institutional spheres to reflect on the role of hydrogen in the evolving energy model.

Jointly organised by CNH2 and the University of Santiago de Compostela, the seminar served as a platform for addressing the key challenges currently facing the energy sector, with a particular focus on industry and its decarbonisation process. Discussions explored the real potential of hydrogen as an energy vector, and its implications for sustainability, industrial competitiveness, and regional development.

A central theme of the seminar was the active role that technological research centres must play in this transformation. Speakers agreed that these institutions are not only drivers of innovation, but also crucial agents in raising awareness among policymakers and society at large about current energy demands and the urgent need to implement viable and sustainable solutions.

In this regard, Emiliano López Atxurra, President of Petronor, delivered a compelling reflection, stressing that “we need a plausible common strategy for the short to medium term,” and underlined the importance of a coordinated roadmap that blends technological vision, political commitment, and business action.

The event was also attended by Alipio García Rodríguez, Director General for Energy Transition at the Regional Government of Castilla-La Mancha, who highlighted the importance of collaboration between public administrations and technology centres in advancing the region’s energy transition.

At CNH2, we are grateful to all speakers, participants, and institutions that made this new edition of the SPERTUS Seminar possible. We reaffirm our strong commitment to outreach, knowledge transfer, and the promotion of hydrogen technologies as a cornerstone for building a sustainable energy future.