Bart Biebuyck is the founder and CEO of Hybart BV

Green Energy Park Global

Since mid 2023, he is also CEO and founding member of the Green Energy Park Global, a group of companies, implementing one of the largest climate impact undertakings in the world.

Toyota Motor Europe

Before that, Bart was at the Fuel Cell department of Toyota Motor Europe where he held the position of Technical Senior Manager. His expertise in the automotive industry includes extensive knowledge related to the deployment of new technologies in the European market. It is as part of the Clean Energy Partnership (CEP) programme in Berlin that Bart worked at reinforcing European trials for the Toyota Fuel Cell Vehicle. He also had the opportunity to develop and expand his expertise in Japan, where he worked for two years.

Vice President of the City Council

In addition to his industrial experience, Bart has been politically active in his local town since 2006. In 2013 he became the vice president of the City Council, responsible, among others, for the local economy and education.

Clean Hydrogen Partnership

In 2016, he was appointed Executive Director of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking, now called the Clean Hydrogen Partnership, a public-private partnership between the European Commission, industry, and the research community, serving in that role for a seven-year term.

The hydrogen economy isn't just a goal.
It's the next step in transforming global energy for generations to come.
Bart Biebuyck
Founder and CEO of Hybart BV - Leading the global hydrogen transition

Education

Bart graduated in 1998 from the Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen (HAN) in the Netherlands with a bachelor’s degree in Automotive Engineering.

Awards

• Person of the Year award at the World Hydrogen Awards 2025
• Benelux Hydrogen Personality Award 2020

Bart van Hybart met World Hydrogen 2025 Award

Global Impact Through Dialogue

Bart has shared his expertise and vision on hydrogen across the world, speaking at conferences, forums, and industry events on every continent. Explore the map to discover where Bart’s insights have made an impact.

2022 - Brussels - European Hydrogen Week

2018, 2019 - Tokyo - Hydrogen Energy Ministerial Meeting

2025 - Barcelona - Future Steel Forum

2023 - Madrid - Enagás Hydrogen Day

2024 - Baku - COP29

2024 - Santiago - Hydrogen Congress for Latin America and the Caribbean (H2LAC)

2024 - Teresina - International Conference on Renewable Energy Technologies

2024 - Nürnberg - Hydrogen Dialogue

2023 - Portorož - Kick-off Project Meeting for the North Adriatic Hydrogen Valley (NAHV)

2023 - Dubai - Hydrogen Transition Summit alongside COP28

2023 - Monaco - Monaco Hydrogen Forum

2022 - Lisbon - Transport Research Arena

2022 - Pittsburgh - Global Clean Energy Action Forum

2022 - Tel Aviv - 5th Israeli Fuel Cells Consortium Workshop

2022 - New Delhi - First EU-India Green Hydrogen Forum

2022 - Dublin - Hydrogen Ireland Conference

2020 - Addis Ababa - AHP's African Hydrogen Conference

2022 - Sharm El-Sheikh - Hydrogen Transition Summit alongside COP27

2019 - Bucharest - Set Plan & ENVE Conference

2019 - Adelaide - International Conference on Hydrogen Safety

2019 - Phoenix - Spring Meeting of the Materials Research Society

2016 - Gwanju - Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Market Development Forum

2018 - Kyiv - EU-Ukraine Renewable Energy Investment Forum

Bart at hydrogen events

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