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1st
Business Summit
GO NET ZERO ENERGY – CENTRAL ASIA & CASPIAN
8 September 2026, Astana, Kazakhstan
Language
The webinar will run in both languages.
GreenHyRECA is a research project focused on using geospatial cost optimisation to plan and develop efficient and cost-effective green hydrogen infrastructure across regions. It helps identify the best locations for production, transport, and storage based on economic and geographic factors.
The presentation highlights the role of regional cooperation in Central Asia for the development of green hydrogen and green value chains. Key topics include hydrogen certification, the development of green supply chains, infrastructure needs, political cooperation, and human capital development. The report draws on international experiences, including Latin America and the Caribbean, the Gulf countries, and Southeast Asia, while considering the deep historical ties between the region’s countries, including their history of energy cooperation. The presentation will serve as a strong foundation for an expanded discussion on the role of regional cooperation in Central Asia in the context of advancing green hydrogen.
The UNECE Hydrogen Task Force is a group established by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe to promote the development and deployment of clean hydrogen. It focuses on facilitating policy dialogue, expanding initiatives to new countries, and exploring the application of UN frameworks to hydrogen projects.
Manuel Andresh born in Karlsruhe, Germany, is the Head of Hydrogen Diplomacy Office Astana, leading the H2-diplo – Decarbonization Diplomacy activities of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in Kazakhstan / Central Asia, as well as managing the H2-Project Development Programme Activities in Kazakhstan.
Before that, he worked as advisor at GIZ for the International Power-to-X Hub and the Climate Action Programme for the Chemical Industry (CAPCI) in Bonn. His first experiences in the topic of green hydrogen Manuel collected during his work as researcher and PhD candidate at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), where he conducted techno-economic, ecological and social sustainability assessments of different green hydrogen and Power-to-X technologies.
