Emilio Nieto

Biography

Dr. Emilio Nieto, General Manager of CNH2 has a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Autónoma University of Madrid (1995). In addition, he holds a master’s in PRLs (3 specialties) and an internal MBA from IE. He is an EOI professor for the Master on Management of Eco-innovative industries and a master professor of Expert in Promotion and Management of R&D&I international projects of UPM. He has more than 20 years of experience in R&D, quality, and business development management in multinational enterprises in different industrial sectors. Dr. Nieto is co-author of 2 patents and 20 peer-review articles. Dr. Nieto is an expert evaluator of the European Commission for Horizon 2020, ERAMIN, KAVA EIT RM projects; serves on the advisory board of several EU projects, as well as Monitor for FP7 and Horizon 2020 projects related to raw materials and industrial technological development processes. Dr. Nieto is president of the regional hydrogen cluster and a member of the board of the Spanish Hydrogen Association. He is an ExCo Spanish delegate in Advance Fuel Cell Technical Collaboration Platform AFC TCP, a member of the Hydrogen Europe Research and EERA, as well as a member of Gasnam and Sedigas (Spanish experts group on gases).

The Spanish National Hydrogen Centre (CNH2) http://www.cnh2.es is a National Research Centre devoted to research and development of hydrogen technologies covering the whole value chain: hydrogen production, hydrogen storage, and purification, and hydrogen conversion into energy using fuel cells. The CNH2 is also devoted to testing processes, characterization, standardization, certification or validation of technological developments achieved by the productive sector to improve the competitiveness of enterprises and to promote the implementation of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. For carrying out the daily activities, the CNH2 has 13 laboratories and 5 auxiliary facilities focused in all areas related to H2 and fuel cells, allowing to develop and scale up processes, prototypes, and equipment. Since 2008, the CNH2 has been involved in more than 40 R&D projects related to hydrogen and fuel cells funded by international, national and regional programs taking part as partner or project coordinator. On the other hand, the CNH2 carries out other types of projects intended to develop new technologies or processes, and/or to transfer technology to the industry.