Governments, businesses, and consumers around the world are navigating the complexities of the energy transition, surrounded by a flood of new products, technologies, and commodities—all promising to drive a sustainable, green economy. However, amid these numerous offerings and ambitious claims, the challenge remains: how can we ensure that these emerging solutions genuinely contribute to a transparent, reliable, and robust energy transition?
This white paper explores clean hydrogen as a key enabler of global decarbonization efforts, with diverse applications across sectors like steel production, ammonia-based fertilizers, fuel cell electricity generation, synthetic fuels, and industries such as cement, glass, and food.
The paper also examines the hydrogen value chain, covering production methods, environmental impacts, and transportation challenges across various modes such as pipelines, liquefied hydrogen, ammonia, methanol, and solid storage. Additionally, it highlights the importance of hydrogen quantity and quality standards, reviewing the analytical methods used for testing hydrogen and its derivatives.
As clean hydrogen gains momentum, the Testing, Inspection, and Certification (TIC) industry plays a critical role in ensuring the safety, quality, and regulatory compliance of hydrogen projects. From production to transportation, TIC companies provide essential services, including certifying production assets, testing pipelines and transport systems, and verifying the carbon footprint and purity of hydrogen fuels. The involvement of TIC firms helps operators meet evolving global standards, giving stakeholders confidence in the sustainability, safety, and efficiency of hydrogen projects.
Read the full paper here.