Kevin Schalk is working at the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems at its site in Bremerhaven since the start of 2020.

He is the manager of the team responsible for the Hydrogen Lab Bremerhaven which has been built as part of the EFRE-project “Hydrogen – Green Gas for Bremerhaven”.

His main responsibilities are the coordination of the research and validation activities in the testing facility as well as the efficient operation of the test field. One of the main research questions is how to integrate hydrogen into existing and new systems in the course of the energy transition. Key operational offerings are the independant validation and optimization of the dynamic performance of hydrogen technology units and their safe and reliable integration into existing and upcoming energy systems.

Especially for the purposes of validiation, he and his group are involved in several international activities for standardization of hydrogen technology units. This includes memberships in the ISO TC 197 Working Groups 32 and 34, the Ad-Hoc Group Hydrogen of the German Strategy Forum for Standardisation and the steering committee of the Normungsroadmap Wasserstoff.

Kevin Schalk is deputy chairman of the Bremerhaven local hydrogen network “H2BX – Wasserstoff für die Region Bremerhaven e.V.”.

The main emphasis here lies on networking activities especially regaring the technological and scientific players of the region as well as communication and transfer of knowledge for the general public. He has been active in the network since 2017.