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EVENTS

TAKING CONTROL

OF THE FUTURE

By Gemma Bailey, IGEM Head of Marketing & Events of a plausible potential pathway to help
meet heat decarbonisation targets.
PHIL JENKINS, CHAIR OF IGEM’s insights gained from their work. Heidi was followed by IGEM
Industrial Affiliate Section, joined IGEM It should come as no surprise that Technical Officer Joanne Bone, who
CEO Neil Atkinson to welcome over 100 the number one consideration across took to the stage to update members
delegates from fellow IAs for an event all hydrogen projects is safety. With all on the progress of a new technical
dedicated exclusively to hydrogen. parties united in their belief that the UK standard for hydrogen (as part of the
In June, representatives from three needs to move forward with hydrogen, Hy4Heat programme) and the work of
of the UK’s gas distribution networks, the focus is on collecting data to form the IGEM Gas Quality Working Group.
Cadent, SGN and Northern Gas an evidence base that demonstrates A Q&A session gave delegates the
Networks (NGN), came to IGEM House hydrogen poses no increased risk in opportunity delegates to meet with
to give members and invited guests an comparison to natural gas. each of our speakers and discuss the
update on their respective hydrogen This evidence base is essential as it specifics of their work. Thanks to all
projects: HyDeploy, HyNet, H21, Project will underpin the safety case allowing those involved in this excellent event.
Cavendish and H100. conversion to take place. The role of the Afterwards, delegates said they
This was complemented by a round- consumer as an enabler of this change found the event “insightful” and
up of National Grid’s current efforts to was also recognised. were excited to learn more about
consider the use of hydrogen within the Hy4Heat Programme Manager Heidi the projects. “It was great to see the
national transmission system. Genoni provided an overview of her links between the projects and to get
Given that each of the projects programme, commissioned by the an update on all the projects at one
currently being undertaken considers Department for Business, Energy & event,” said one delegate.
the use of hydrogen from a different Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to explore
perspective, each speaker acknowledged whether replacing natural gas with A webinar of the day is available
the importance of coming together at hydrogen for domestic heating and at www.gotostage.com/channel/
events such as this one to share the cooking is feasible. This could be part igemhydrogen

EXPLORING NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN SHANGHAI

By Peter Chak, Secretary of Far East District Section (FEDS) equipment at Zhenghua Heavy
Industries Co Ltd, and viewed gas supply
AS HONG KONG INCREASINGLY HK Branch and the Hong Kong distribution facilities such as the NB-IoT
utilises natural gas to reduce its CO₂ Institution of Engineers Gas and Smart Meter Production and Distributed
emissions, the province is becoming Energy Division. Energy Workshop, at Shanghai
ever more reliant on high efficiency The visit provided the joint delegation Fiorentini Gas Equipment Co Ltd.
combined cycle gas turbines (CCGT) with an appreciation of the technologies The delegates were impressed by the
and offshore LNG terminals. of the LNG supply chain. They were able latest technology and manufacturing
Shanghai is helping to complete the to see the design and construction of establishments in China. Furthermore,
supply chain for natural gas power 176,000m³ LNG floating storage/carrier discussions among the delegates
generation, offering good links to Hong at Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding, during the visit presented a good
Kong and access to floating LNG storage to learn about the various types of opportunity to interact and learn from
equipped with regasification units. LNG regasification equipment and one another.
To build their understanding of propulsion engines at Wartsila China,
emerging gas technologies, delegates and to understand the manufacturing
from IGEM’s Far East District Section and assembly of advance gas/steam
(FEDS) enjoyed a technical visit to turbines and generators at Shanghai
Shanghai, taking place between 2 Electric/Ensaldo.
and 6 June. While in Shanghai, the delegation also
This was held jointly with the visited the world’s largest production
Institution of Mechanical Engineers facility for automated port container

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