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STANDARDS

SETTING THE STANDARD

FOR HYDROGEN

The IGEM/H/1 Reference standard for low pressure hydrogen by the relevant IGEM committees in
utilisation is available to download now May of 2020. The supplement will
be updated regularly following the
publication of new research into the
IGEM IS PROUD to announce the release McCluskey said: “This work, alongside application of hydrogen.
of new hydrogen standards as part of IGEM’s involvement in other GDN-led The reference standard aims to
the government’s £25 million Hy4Heat projects, is ensuring that the relevant identify and discuss the principles
research and innovation programme. standards for the future hydrogen required for the safety and integrity of
The Hy4Heat programme is a economy are being developed and hydrogen installation and utilisation in
feasibility study into the use of owned by the UK gas industry, ensuring premises, including the implications
hydrogen for heat in UK homes and the UK’s proud 200-year history of gas of using hydrogen as a distributed
businesses aimed at establishing safety is maintained. gas in properties, the characteristics
whether it is technically possible, safe “This will significantly contribute to of hydrogen, the different between
and convenient to replace methane our industry’s ambition to develop a hydrogen and natural gas and the safety
with hydrogen in residential and safe and secure low carbon gas network implications of using hydrogen.
commercial buildings. for the future.” This standard is intended to be a
As part of this project, IGEM has IGEM has delivered this project source of reference for any subsequent
been reviewing all relevant existing alongside industry experts from hydrogen trials and any related IGEM
standards and bringing together a Global Energy Associates and research documents.
group of technical specialists to identify scientists from the Health & Safety
knowledge gaps, both in the UK and Executive Science Division and DNV. Download the standard at IGEM’s
internationally. The result is a new This standard has been created Hydrogen Knowledge Centre, the
reference standard that will help the for the specific purposes of the world’s only digital repository bringing
government to proceed to a future Hy4Heat programme. The standard together hydrogen information from
community trial. was commissioned in 2018 and this research bodies around the globe.
IGEM Head of Technical & Policy Ian version was considered and approved www.h2knowledgecentre.com

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