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                 North East and Yorkshire Section  Hydrogen powered construction site  Utilities for 15 years and has a wealth
                 Matthew Kluwe                    This innovative trial was put in place to   of experience from across the business.
                 H21 Project Coordinator,         help decarbonise Cadent’s construction   With a background in connections,
                 Northern Gas Networks            activities – in line with the network’s   customer service, gas quality and
                 Matthew joined the gas industry in  recently published 10-Point Hydrogen   process safety, Jodie has recently been
                 June 2020 as a Project Coordinator  Plan. The project has proven that   appointed as Network Controller for the
                 for the H21 project team.  Prior to   traditional diesel generators can be   Safe Control of Operations within Wales
                 this role Matthew worked in facilities   replaced with green alternatives in order   & West Utilities. She has a passion for
                 management after graduating from   to provide clean power to the welfare   keeping her colleagues and members of
                 the University of Hull in 2018 with a   cabins on off-grid sites, and highlighted   the public safe, while looking at new and
                 first class degree in Sport and Exercise   areas for further improvement. This   innovative ways to improve standards.
                 Science.                         application of a hydrogen fuel cell on a
                                                  construction site is the first of its kind   The human factor: managing
                 H21 pioneering a hydrogen network  for a UK gas distribution network.   safety critical tasks on the gas
                 H21 is a suite of projects addressing                             distribution network
                 the conversion of the UK’s gas network                            To safely operate and maintain the gas
                 to transport hydrogen, which produces   Scottish Section          network, a number of major accident
                 no carbon at the point of use. Hydrogen   Luke Macdonald          hazards (MAH) need to be managed.
                 can play a vital role in decarbonising   Engineering Manager, SGN  Operating and maintaining the gas
                 heat which is responsible for over a   Luke has worked with SGN for three   network involves numerous safety
                 third of carbon emissions and helping   years and is a Mechanical Engineering   critical tasks (SCTs), many of which
                 the UK meet its legal obligation of   graduate from Glasgow University. He   are reliant on individuals and teams
                 net zero carbon emissions by 2050.   has always possessed a keen interest   of people to complete. Jodie has
                 H21 includes assessing the viability   in the gas and energy industry and   chosen the topic of human factors, as
                 of a hydrogen conversion, public   currently works in SGN’s Scottish   it is widely recognised that human
                 perceptions, whether hydrogen can   independent undertakings department,   failures whilst carrying out SCTs has
                 be delivered as safely and reliably as   which operates five remote networks   contributed to major accidents in the
                 natural gas, plus the changes needed   in Scotland fuelled mainly by liquefied   past (such as the Chernobyl nuclear
                 to operate a gas network under 100 per   natural and petroleum gas.  accident, the Piper Alpha disaster, the
                 cent hydrogen conditions.                                         Texas City Refinery explosion and the
                                                  Stornoway odorant changeover     Deepwater Horizon oil spill). This paper
                                                  Gas is naturally odourless and must   explores the technique of safety critical
                 North West Section               be mixed with a strong chemical to   task analysis (SCTA), the positive and
                 Michael Sinclair                 allow for customers to detect leaks on   negative factors that influence humans
                 Graduate Engineer, Cadent Gas    the network. This project involved a   to fail and succeed, and what benefits
                 Michael graduated from the University   full change of odorant on a local gas   this would bring to the industry.
                 of Strathclyde in 2020 with a master’s   network as an engineering solution
                 degree in Chemical Engineering. He   and brought with it some challenging
                 went straight onto the graduate scheme   hurdles and operational difficulties.  Welsh Section
                 at Cadent in September 2020 with                                  Qikun Chen
                 his most notable projects so far being                            Cardiff University
                 pipeline gas leakage prevention and   South West Section          Qikun has a BSc in HVAC Engineering
                 accelerating the application of hydrogen  Jodie McEvoy            and an MSc in Civil Engineering from
                 in the heavy transport sector.   Network Controller, Wales & West Utilities  Southwest Petroleum University, China.
                                                  Jodie has been working at Wales & West   He is now undertaking a PhD at Cardiff


























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