Oscar Mene Castiñeiras

Oscar Mene Castiñeiras is a dynamic and international cross cultural professional with extensive experience in the power generation sector with track record of R&D, support to Senior Management and 16+ years in Sales & Business Development with a passion for pioneering projects.

As Director of Renewable Energy at Linde Group his current role includes:

• Developing the strategy and defining priorities for the production and/or sourcing of renewables as part of to Linde Gas’ investment projects in Clean Hydrogen and derivatives.
• Developing investment projects for Linde Gas in the area of Clean Energy; focus on large scale projects including strong renewable energy components in relation to the production by Linde Gas of Clean Hydrogen and derivatives.
• Developing and managing partnerships with key players in the field of renewable energies to support Linde’s successful development, investment and implementation of Clean Hydrogen and derivatives.
• Managing the origination, development and approval of Linde’s large scale Capex project in the field of Clean Energy.
• Managing the development of partnerships in the field of renewable production in relation to Clean Energy investment projects, including assessment of market opportunities, key players and projects.

GE Renewable Energy

Nov 2018 – Dec 2022: Senior Commercial Manager – GE Offshore Wind

Jul 2011 – Oct 2018: Head of Regional Sales EMEA – Solar, Biomass and Geothermal

Alstom

Sep 2008 – Jun 2011: Regional Sales Director – Environmental Control Systems

Sep 2005 – Aug 2008: Sales Project Manager – Gas & Steam Turbines

Sep 2001 – Sep 2003: Asistant to Senior Vice President

Sep 2000 – Aug 2001: Project Engineer for the Combined Cycle Power Plants in Spain

Nov 1998 – Aug 2000: Manager Digitalization O&M Documentation

Accelleron

Nov 1997 – Sep 1998: R&D Engineer

Panel 2: Technological, regulatory and economical challenges in the hydrogen value chain

Wednesday, January 17th
15:40 – 17:00   HG F 30 | Audi Max

Panelists: Christer Björkqvist (ETN Global), John Gulen (Bechtel), Francis Bainier (GTRgaz), Oscar Mene Castiñeiras (Linde)
Chair: Renaud Le Pierres (Meggitt)

Panel Abstract:

Hydrogen is one of the most spoken topic of late when considering Net Zero and how to decarbonize existing and future energy systems and propulsion: only in 2023 tens of events directly related to Hydrogen took place around the worlds between workshops, conferences and exhibitions covering these topics.

However Hydrogen use is not new given Jules Verne described it as an inexhaustible source of fuel in his 1894 novel “Mysterious Island”, or more recently when John Bockris first coined the term “Hydrogen Economy” in 1972 to describe a future in which we use hydrogen as an alternative to fossil fuel and to date these visions did not fully realise.

This panel will cover many challenges be it technical, regulatory and economical that need to be addressed to properly deploy a hydrogen economy as an ultimate replacement for the current fossil fuel energy model which we know is incompatible with the global warming threat while fuelling geopolitical and associated economical instabilities.