DNV is launching a new Joint Industry Project (JIP) with 18 industry partners to improve standardization for reliable, safe, and cost-effective hydrogen production systems that use renewable energy-powered electrolysis to produce green hydrogen.
Electrolysers are hydrogen-producing devices that use electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen in a chemical process known as electrolysis.
Hydrogen can play a significant role in decarbonizing the world’s energy supply, unlocking more renewable energy potential, and is receiving increased attention as the energy transition accelerates.
Kim Sandgaard-Mørk, Executive Vice President for Renewables Certification at DNV said. “DNV predicts that hydrogen will move from approximately 1.9% of the mix of energy carriers in 2040 to 5.0% in 2050, a trend that DNV anticipates will continue into the second half of the century. Especially decarbonizing hard-to-abate sectors like aviation, maritime or long-haul trucking requires far greater scaling of green hydrogen.”
“To grow confidence in the market, electrolysers need further standardization to reduce uncertainties and risks in industrializing large hydrogen projects,” adds Axel Dombrowski, Director Innovation & Digitalisation for Renewables Certification at DNV. “We are tackling this challenge by joining forces with major industry partners to work towards a new certification scheme and industry best practice for electrolysers which will facilitate successful water electrolysis projects. We undertook a similar approach for the wind energy industry about 30 years ago which proved to be very successful. Now, we will take the learnings and implement these for the hydrogen technology on an accelerated path.”
DNV collaborates with the industry on a continuous basis to develop up-to-date standards and recommended practices that are tailored to the needs of the evolving renewables market. DNV is working with more than 18 partners from various industrial sectors, including Electrolyser and Wind Turbine Manufacturers, Developers of Renewable Assets, Energy, Chemistry, and Engineering Companies, to develop a certification scheme applicable for electrolyser projects, including the interface with renewable energy, on the topics of safety, performance, and regulation.
BP, Clean Power Hydrogen, EDP, Elogen, Equinor, Frauenhofer-Gesellschaft, Green Hydrogen Systems, Industrie De Nora, ITM Linde Electrolysis, McPhy, NextChem, Nordex, Schaeffler Technologies, Shell, Siemens Gamesa, Siemens Energy, Sunfire, and thyssenkrupp nucera are currently partners in the JIP.
