Solar & Hydrogen Project Session Fokus EU II - Next Steps

After completing his studies in Energy and Environmental Management in Flensburg, Henning Uck spent several years working as a corporate advisor in the area of strategy and business model development, for example with companies in the energy sector. He has been working at GP JOULE HYDROGEN as a Strategic Project Manager since December 2022, focusing on future business areas in the hydrogen sector. As part of his duties, he works on identifying new hydrogen customers, the storage of hydrogen in salt caverns and the necessary regulatory condition

Maximilian von Stauffenberg is a Senior Consultant at Roland Berger's Munich Office. Since joining Roland Berger, he has been actively involved in strategic topics on clean hydrogen as part of the company's global team in this field. Maximilian has consulted clients from both the public and private sectors on strategic questions along the whole hydrogen value chain. This includes developing comprehensive clean hydrogen investment projects, facilitating the entry of new market participants, and shaping regulatory and public support frameworks. Maximilian has co-authored multiple hydrogen-related studies for Roland Berger and public clients. His academic background is in business administration (University of St. Gallen) and Risk & Finance (London School of Economics).

Max works as an Associate in Aurora's Research team. His expertise is the long-term outlook on the German power market, economics of renewables, and energy policy & support schemes, with 6 years of experience in energy modelling and 4+ years in power market consulting. Prior to joining Aurora, Max worked for the Institute of Energy Economics at the University of Stuttgart.

Before becoming independent, he worked for more than 20 years in the European Commission. In 1999 he joined DG Enterprise and Industry in the sector for technical harmonisation in the Common Market and EN standardisation. In 2003 he was appointed Head of Unit dealing with Entrepreneurship and SME Policy and later Advisor in the same area. In 2016 he became Senior Adviser for Macroregional Strategies the Danube Region, working from Vienna. After returning to Brussels in 2018 he was named Senior Adviser for Advanced Industrial Technologies and Hydrogen Coordinator in DG GROW. Before joining the European Commission, Christian Weinberger worked in the private sector, for 10 years with a large multinational corporation in Marketing, Sales, Finance and Special Business Operations in various countries and at European HQ and then founded an international SME in Information Technology and was its CEO for 10 years. Being a European born in Austria, Christian Weinberger holds a Master of Physics in Engineering, an MBA and a Ph.D. in Economics.