Bart Biebuyck is CEO and founding member of the Green Energy Park Global, a vertically integrated, renewable energy franchise dedicated to developing, financing, constructing, and operating renewable energy facilities under a unified brand. Emphasizing collaboration and shared values, Green Energy Park aims to unite upstream, midstream, and downstream facilities in pursuit of a common mission. Green Energy Park is spearheading monumental projects like the 10.8GW green hydrogen production facility in Piaui, Brazil, and the groundbreaking Krk midstream facility in Croatia, poised to import and distribute 10 million tons of renewable ammonia annually.
Before that, Bart Biebuyck 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.
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.
In 2016, he was appointed as the Executive director of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking, now called the Clean Hydrogen Partnership – a public-private partnership between the European Commission, the industry and the research community. During his seven-year term, a strong emphasis on cooperation with cities and regions led to the creation of the European Hydrogen Valleys Partnership with around 40 European regions. Bart introduced innovative concepts such as Hydrogen Valleys, European Hydrogen Week, and the European Hydrogen Bank. He successfully negotiated the 2.0 billion Euro European “Clean Hydrogen Partnership” which was launched by the President of the European Commission in November 2021.