DNV, a leading certification and benchmarking organization for the global energy sector, started the JIP in response to the growing number of projects related to hydrogen infrastructure. The first phase of the project will focus on developing a guideline and the second phase will include experimental testing.
 
“With new hydrogen projects seeing the light of day all around the world, it is imperative that manufacturers and operators can rely on a common understanding of safe and efficient designs — this is the reason behind the development of such standards,” Harold Evin, R&D director, project line pipe at Vallourec, said. “Our participation in the H2Pipe JIP allows us to both gain new insights and share our own experience in premium steel development as well as technical results on hydrogen transportation with other strong technical partners in order to establish common key guidelines for the pipeline industry.
 
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