Utrecht University Hydrogen Initiative

Rethink Hydrogen

PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH · SYSTEMS REPRESENTATION · TRANSITION JUSTICE

Rethink Hydrogen

Rethink Hydrogen explores how participatory representations support dialogue about hydrogen transitions. Utrecht University and HKU developed a North Sea dialogue-lab prototype.

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Conceptual integration of renewable electricity, electrolysis, hydrogen storage and fuel-cell power.
Integrated hydrogen energy system · conceptual illustration, not an installed UU facility.

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Utrecht’s contribution.

Presented in December 2024, the prototype makes relationships between infrastructure, resources and stakeholder priorities tangible.

  • Explore transition choices through government, industry, community and nature roles.
  • Use physical representations to discuss technical, ecological, economic and social relationships.
  • Refine the dialogue tool through participant feedback and interdisciplinary exchange.

The scenarios support exploratory discussion. They are not forecasts of hydrogen deployment or representative measurements of public opinion.

UTRECHT RESEARCHERS

Udeke Huiskamp ›

Utrecht project contact

Hamed Aslannejad ›

Project team member

Vinzenz Koning ›

Project team member

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