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be on your case if you get it wrong Grid Gas Transmission, then took to the University, with her presentation on
actively contributing to this panel”, virtual stage to give his presentation on CO in small communities. Referring to
referring to HSE and Gas Safe Register. updating the safety case for hydrogen various studies, Julie told how she and
He gave attendees a brief history in gas transmission. Antony began her team are working with hard-to-
of why G/11 exists, the legislation by discussing the safety case review reach and hard-to-help communities
behind it, and how it has evolved. He for hydrogen, also emphasising the that can be very vulnerable to CO. She
emphasised that G/11 is a guidance importance of collaboration here, and provided an interesting look into her
document, not what he described as then gave an overview of the HyNTS work and said she will hopefully have
a “paint by numbers” guide. Covering Future Grid project and its phases. He results to share soon.
the new updates, including those to also spoke about building the evidence Finally, closing the carbon
RIDDOR, he added: “This is an aid to base, who would be involved in this monoxide stream, Stephanie Trotter
complying with legislation you should work and the anticipated timeline for OBE, President & Director of CO-Gas
already be aware of.” informing the safety case. Safety, gave a detailed presentation
Session Two was split into two streams: Then, concluding the session, looking at why testing for CO matters.
one focusing on gas network safety and attendees heard from Heidi Genoni, Stephanie gave an overview of her
the other focused on carbon monoxide. Hy4Heat Programme and Project career background, telling the story of
The former was chaired by Manager, and Arup Associate Albert how she got into CO. She then explored
Peter Close, Director of Safety and Law. The pair gave an update on the the various elements of the subject of
Sustainability at Cadent and Board government-funded programme to CO testing, including ways to prevent
Director of GISG. He began by saying establish the potential for hydrogen deaths and injuries.
that he was proud of the industry, but to safety and conveniently replace The third and final session of the day,
that it was imperative that we “continue natural gas in residential and chaired by IGEM’s Head of Development
to deliver the highest levels of safety”. commercial buildings. In this, Heidi and Knowledge Delivery Simon Trollope,
Kicking off the session was Stuart and Albert discussed the challenge focused on best practice.
Hawksworth, of HSE, who spoke about of UK energy demand and the safety Speaking first in this session was
hydrogen safety for UK gas networks. assessment objectives and scopes, also Dr Stuart Hill, CoMAH & Assurance
In his presentation, Stuart covered the informing delegates where the project Manager at National Grid Grain LNG,
context and background of hydrogen is currently at. who spoke about breaking safety
and how the industry can anticipate The dedicated carbon monoxide records and the ‘chronic unease’ that
change and challenges in future – by stream was chaired by Chris Bielby, drives improvement. His presentation
looking at what has been done and Chair of Gas Safety Trust and GISG. was based on the work that won the
what will be done, creating an evidence During this session, delegates heard Safety Award at the Gas Industry
base and controlling risks. from Laura Fatah, Policy Manager for Awards two years ago.
The programme then moved to Carbon Monoxide at Policy Connect, Next up was Richard
focus on the gas networks. Speaking who gave an update on the CO Alarms Broome, Managing Director of
first was Sikander Mahmood, Future Enquiry, the progress made so far, how LinesearchbeforeUdig, who presented
Networks Project Manager at Cadent, today’s position has been achieved and on redirecting damages to the gas
who provided insight into the HyDeploy what is next for both the enquiry and network through collaboration.
project. Sikander offered an overview the All-Party Parliamentary Carbon Emphasising the recurring theme of the
of the project, a look at the timeline Monoxide Group (APPCOG). day – collaboration – Richard used his
and safety case and concluded with an Hilary Wareing, Director of presentation slot to offer an overview
insight into what is next for the project. Improving Performance in Practice of the LinesearchbeforeUdig service,
Attendees then heard from Mark (iPiP), then gave an insightful explaining who they are and how the
Danter, Senior Project Manager of the presentation about CO exposure in service works, the benefits of knowing
H21 project at Northern Gas Networks. pregnant women and its effects on the exactly where pipelines lie under the
Mark gave an overview of the NGN unborn child. In this presentation, ground and leaning on case studies to
safety evidence and covered each phase Hilary discussed what is currently support his arguments. He also took
of the H21 project in the timeline. Plans known about CO exposure, why there the opportunity to refer to the service’s
for Phase 3 and a village trial by 2024 is cause for concern and the scale of collaboration with SGN.
are next on the agenda, he said. In his the problem. She finished with a call The final speaker of the day was
presentation, Mark also emphasised to action, saying we need a better Rob Graham, Chief Executive Officer
the importance of collaboration in understanding of this issue. of QEM Solutions, who closed the
delivering a project of this scale. Beth Cheshire, a PhD student at conference with a presentation looking
Speaking next were SGN’s Nancy the Faculty of Health and Medicine’s at digitalising the safe control of
Thomson, Energy Futures Project Centre4Ageing at Lancaster operations process. Rob began by noting
Manager, and Stephen Tomlinson, University, then presented on the that he is personally “very excited about
Energy Futures Project Manager neuropsychological effect of chronic what’s happening in the industry”
with their presentation: ‘Hydrogen low-level carbon monoxide exposure in regarding digitalisation and discussed
Transition: How we are transforming older adults. Her presentation provided the current challenges in this area. He
the safety case’. Focusing on the H100 the background to the research and also emphasised that, although safety
Fife and LTS project futures, Nancy and then went on to discuss the critique always trumps cost, digitalisation both
Stephen provided overviews of each and initial findings from the study and, improves safety and reduces costs.
project and gave an insight into what finally, what the next steps are.
the future could look like for each one. Taking to the stage next was Dr Julie If you missed the Safety Conference,
Antony Green, Project Director for Connolly, Senior Lecturer at the Faculty recordings of all the sessions, including the
Hydrogen Transportation at National of Health at Liverpool John Moore’s Q&As, are now available to view on IGEMtv.

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