Prof. Janusz Kotowicz, Vice-President of the Management Board of the Silesian-Lesser Poland Hydrogen Valley Association
Vice-Rector for Cooperation with Civic and Economic Environment, prof. Janusz Kotowicz was again elected Vice-President of the Management Board of the Silesian-Lesser Poland Hydrogen Valley Association. The elections were held on March 20th in Katowice.
On March 20th, 2024, at the Institute of Innovative Technologies EMAG in Katowice, the Annual General Meeting of the members of the Silesian-Lesser Poland Hydrogen Valley Association was held, during which the Association’s strategy and the information exchange portal were presented.
In addition, due to the expiry of the first term of office, elections to the Management Board and the Audit Committee were held. Professor Janusz Kotowicz, Vice-Rector for Cooperation with Civic and Economic Environment was elected for the second time as Vice-President of the Management Board of the Silesian-Lesser Poland Hydrogen Valley Association.
Apart from the Vice-Rector, the Board, chaired by the President Mirosław Skibski, also includes: prof. dr hab. Eng. Konrad Świerczek (AGH), Mariusz Świąder (Marshal's Office), dr hab. Eng. Paweł Pichniarczyk (ICiMB Institute), Emilia Makarewicz (POLENERGIA S.A.), Grzegorz Semerjak (ORLEN Południe S.A.).
We would like to remind you that the Silesian-Lesser Poland Hydrogen Valley was established by natural persons associated with local government, universities, fuel, and energy companies. Currently, it consists of 18 Founding Members and 25 supporting Members.
The economic mission of the WMDW (Silesian-Lesser Poland Hydrogen Valley) Association is to support the development of the hydrogen economy and to strive to build a branch of the Silesian-Lesser Poland hydrogen industry, including the production of hydrogen in the process of electrolysis using energy produced from RES installations and its use in the energy sector, including heat, transport and infrastructure and industry.
The social mission of the Silesian-Lesser Poland Hydrogen Valley Association is to raise awareness, educate and involve stakeholders, including the broadly understood society and representatives of the education sector, the scientific sector, the research and development sector, the economic and public sector in processes related to the construction of the hydrogen economy and the pursuit of social consensus on the role of hydrogen in the just energy transformation of the Silesian and Lesser Poland voivodeships, toward achieving emission neutrality by 2050.
