Prof. Dr. Harry Hoster, Scientific Director of ZBT, has another idea: “In order to reduce the ecological footprint of the cement industry in Bhutan, a combination of production with electrolysis would be a good idea. With the oxygen generated on site, cement production could be made more efficient, and the hydrogen could be used, for example, to reduce natural gas consumption in the country.”
“We are CO2 neutral. We want to stay that way and at the same time we want to grow economically,” Tshering pointed out the way forward for Bhutan. The prime minister therefore sees further need for development in the area of training skilled workers. “We want to learn technical things. For this, we want to set up a vocational training institute based on the German model.”
Harry Hoster and ZBT Managing Director Dr Peter Beckhaus gave a comprehensive overview of the topic of Green Hydrogen, presented the Institute’s work and led the delegation through the laboratories and onto the hydrogen test field. Beckhaus: “We are very pleased about the Prime Minister’s visit and his interest in the topic of hydrogen and our Institute. We hope that we were able to give him useful information and some food-for-thought for the way home.”
