A Pipeline of Green Projects with Vattenfall Senior Partnership Manager Dr. Gökçe Mete Gascon

EAH co-hosts Christopher Jackson, Alicia Eastman and Patrick Molloy sat down with Dr. Gökçe Mete Gascon to learn more about Vattenfall activities in decarbonizing hard to abate sectors such as steel and transport including methanol and other alternative fuels. As Co-founder and Board Member of Women in Green Hydrogen, Dr. Mete is focused on steel, methanol, and infrastructure. About Dr. Gökçe Mete Gascon: Dr. Mete is Senior Partnership Manager at Vattenfall, building and maintaining strategic partnerships with industrial players, such as chemicals, steel, refineries, industrial gases and transport to jointly tackle the challenges and opportunities of decarbonization, green hydrogen and the electrification of industrial processes. Gökçe is Co-founder and Board Member of the Women in Green Hydrogen Network, Qualified lawyer, PhD, and author of 30 publications. She had over 14 years of business and strategy development, policy & regulatory analysis, leadership, project and stakeholder management experience focused on climate change, international development, carbon markets and green transformation of energy, heavy industry and minerals sectors. Prior to joining Vattenfall, she led South Pole’s heavy industry transition and renewable hydrogen portfolio as Global Head of Hydrogen, designing and developing business models and project investment cases for renewable hydrogen. Previously she was the Head of Secretariat of the UN Leadership Group for the Industry Transition hosted by the Stockholm Environment Institute which explores how policy, finance and business practices in hard-to-abate industry sectors such as steel, cement, heavy duty transport and chemicals can be aligned to achieve climate neutrality. About Vattenfall: Vattenfall is one of Europe’s largest producers and retailers of electricity and heat with approximately 19,000 employees. For more than 100 years, they have electrified industries, supplied energy to people's homes and modernised ways of living through innovation and cooperation. They are committed to building a future where everyone can choose fossil-free ways to move, make and live. Vattenfall seeks to become fossil free itself and looks beyond its own industry to really make a difference. Together with its partners, the Company is taking on the responsibility to find new and sustainable ways to electrify transportation, industries and heating. About Women in Green Hydrogen: Women in Green Hydrogen is a network of passionate women working in the green hydrogen sector. The vision is to increase the visibility and amplify the voices of women working in green hydrogen. The network provides a platform to connect, empower, and change. Diversity is essential for a sector that thrives on innovation and new ideas. The network works to promote the participation of women in conferences, expert talks, and relevant media to shape a more diverse and inclusive discourse in the world of green hydrogen. The goal is to build a community to foster knowledge exchange, connect women in green hydrogen, and create professional opportunities for members. WiGH organizes networking events and panels about relevant topics in green hydrogen, manage an international expert database, and offer a mentorship programme. They are also active on social media to increase visibility, promote activities and facilitate exchange. -- Links: Women in Green Hydrogen Vattenfall: Books by Dr. Mete: The Energy Transitions and Future of Gas in the EU: Subsidise or Decarbonise? (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020) The Palgrave Handbook of Social License to Operate and Energy Transitions (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022)

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This episode was published on Mar 4, 2025.

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