At Norway's joint stand, selected companies will demonstrate the country's strong commitment to a low-carbon society. They underline Norway's central role in developing essential solutions for industrial transformation and achieving net zero emissions. "Norway is committed to being an important partner in the green transition and is pleased to present Norwegian solutions and showcase what Norway has to offer as a partner country at Hannover Messe," says Gunnhild Brumm from the Norwegian business development organization Innovation Norway.

Energy and Industry 4.0

Norway will be represented with a national pavilion in Hall 12 (Energy Solutions) and with a pavilion specifically on the topic of hydrogen in Hall 13. The national pavilion will focus on clean energy and Industry 4.0. Key players here are Statkraft, Equinor, Yara and Siemens.
"Norway and Germany are important trading partners and we have entered into strategic industrial partnerships in the field of renewable energy and green industry. We hope that the Norwegian presence at Hannover Messe will strengthen this close cooperation. German companies should use this opportunity to get in touch with some of Norway's strongest pioneers in the energy and industry sector," Brumm continues.

On the opening day of the Hannover Messe, the Norwegian pavilion will be visited by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Minister of Trade and Industry Jan Christian Vestre. Energy Minister Terje Aasland will also be present.

Clean energy: container ship powered by ammonia

27 of the 40 Norwegian exhibitors at the trade fair are represented at the joint stand in Hall 12, many of which are presenting clean energy solutions. These are of crucial importance for the transport sector. The Norwegian company Yara, for example, is enabling the world's first environmentally friendly shipping route between Norway and Germany with the Yara Eyde - an ammonia-powered container ship.

Norway is the country with the highest penetration of electric vehicles (EVs) in the world and has a high level of expertise in the application of batteries, both for shipping and land transportation. Siemens partner Morrow Batteries, whose production is 100 percent powered by renewable energy, is building the world's first large-scale LMNO (lithium manganese nickel oxide) battery.
Hydropower is still the backbone of the Norwegian energy system. The Norwegian company Statkraft has 130 years of experience in the energy sector and is Europe's largest supplier of renewable energy. In Germany, Statkraft develops, builds and operates plants for hydropower, wind power, solar power, gas power and green hydrogen.

Norway is an important energy supplier for Europe. The country supplies the continent with natural gas and is pursuing the goal of supplying low-carbon and green hydrogen in the future. Equinor, one of the main players in the Norwegian offshore sector, is increasingly investing in renewable energy such as offshore wind power, hydrogen and solar energy to increase energy production and enhance energy security.

Dates, events, lectures

• On Monday, April 22, Norwegian Energy Minister Terje Aasland will give a presentation on how Norway can be a secure, sustainable and cost-efficient energy supplier in the short and long term.
• On the topic of investment needs and potential for cooperation between the EU and Norway in raw materials and battery value chains, there will be an event with Trade and Industry Minister Jan Christian Vestre and Jean-Christophe Laloux from the European Investment Bank.
• On Monday, April 22, an event with Minister of Trade Jan Christian Vestre and Nils Klippenberg, CEO Siemens Norway, will show, among other things, how Norway is leading the green industrial transformation.
• On Tuesday, April 23, the major energy conference "Renewable Dialogue - North Sea Energy Hub" will take place. This will discuss how the German-Norwegian partnership can drive the transition to a green industry by using renewable energy to power manufacturing processes.
• The following days of the fair will feature events on Norway as a test environment for innovative solutions, investment opportunities in Norway and in Norwegian companies, as well as pitching sessions from AI and smart industry companies.

The entire program of the Norwegian pavilion can be found here.