In the Netherlands, Offshore Energy reported that a new international research initiative has been launched to measure hydrogen emissions from operating infrastructure in North America and Europe.
Industry players Air Products, Air Liquide, Shell, and TotalEnergies, a not-for-profit Environmental Defense Fund, academic scientists from Utrecht University, the University of Rhode Island, West Virginia University, and Cornell University, as well as applied research and technology development firms Aerodyne Research, TNO, and Transport Energy Strategies, joined forces to support producers, regulators, investors, and others in understanding potential emission sources and how to address them, according to the report.
The report noted that the study seeks to quantify hydrogen emission rates from facilities in the hydrogen value chain, including steam methane reformers, pipelines and compressors, liquefaction facilities, oil refineries, fueling stations, hydrogen-powered vehicles, and other hydrogen infrastructure. Researchers are reportedly using hydrogen analyzers and mobile/portable sensing platforms to detect and characterize site-level and component-level hydrogen emissions.
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