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IGEM welcomed as hydrogen standards developer

Published: 19-10-2018

• The Institution of Gas Engineers & Managers (IGEM) has been appointed to develop hydrogen standards for ‘Hy4Heat’.
• IGEM will lead a review into existing industry standards.
• We welcome IGEM’s industry expertise in generating requirements for the installation of hydrogen products.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has appointed IGEM to develop hydrogen standards for ‘Hy4Heat’.

‘Hy4Heat’ is a range of inter-related work packages that will form a feasibility study to establish whether it is safe, practical and technically possible to employ hydrogen as a zero-carbon replacement for the natural gas that we currently use.

Martyn Bridges, our Director of Technical Communication and Product Management, says that IGEM’s appointment is just the beginning for hydrogen as an alternative fuel source.

Martyn comments: “We welcome the appointment of IGEM to lead this feasibility study, not least because the task ahead looks increasingly difficult to undertake so it will need to be expertly handled. Current gas safety standards are quite mature and so, any shortfalls or oversights in the legislation have long since been remedied.

As such, here at Worcester we’ll be eagerly awaiting the new standards from IGEM and are prepared to respond accordingly when initial drafts are put out for comment.

Martyn concludes: “The £25 million ‘Hy4Heat’ project marks just the beginning on the road-map to decarbonising our economy. The government’s appointment of IGEM is a tangible step towards ensuring that the UK’s history of pioneering gas safety is preserved and developed.

“It’s essential that we continue to evolve and develop how we source our energy infrastructure.”

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