Hydrogen Project Assurance
Your partner for hydrogen projects
Take control of your risk profile
As the global shift towards cleaner, more sustainable energy continues to gather pace, hydrogen is emerging as a key fossil fuel alternative in the race to Net Zero. However, manufacturing, procuring, operating, and maintaining robust hydrogen systems is not without its challenges. Managing risks throughout the entire lifecycle of a project, while ensuring optimal financial and operational performance, demands a comprehensive approach backed by an effective assurance programme. LRQA offers an extensive range of services, covering every phase of your hydrogen projects, from identifying applicable regulations and planning to production, installation and operation.
Our hydrogen services
Every hydrogen project carries its own unique risks and challenges, making it essential to identify the necessary technical expertise early in the process. That’s why our team of experts collaborates closely with you to understand the full scope of your plans. Based on your requirements we can build a tailored assurance programme that ensures your equipment, products, activities, and supply chain operate in line with legal requirements, global standards, and industry best practices.
Technical Advisory
Maximise the success of your hydrogen projects with specialised insight, regulatory advice, training, and support at every stage.
Equipment Inspection and Certification
Confirm that your equipment adheres to relevant regulations and international standards, regardless of your export or usage location.
Product Inspection and Certification
Ensure hydrogen products comply with standards, GHG reporting requirements, and best practices before market entry.
Project and Supply Chain Assurance
Maintain the integrity of your hydrogen supply chain to guarantee quality and safety throughout your projects.
Hydrogen project value chain
LRQA Provides services across all stages of a Hydrogen project value chain:
- Feasibility & Commercial
- Production
- Storage
- Transportation
- Usage
- Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) / EOR
- Regulatory Framework/HSE
Why work with us?
Track record in renewables
With over 40 years of experience, we’ve established an extensive track record in renewables – supporting some of the world’s leading energy producers, manufacturers and operators throughout their transition to cleaner forms of energy including hydrogen, nuclear, wind and solar.
Global reach, local expertise
LRQA offers specialist inspection and assurance services in over 80 countries. Whatever your sector, we can help you anticipate, mitigate and manage risk. Our team of over 1,000 inspectors and specialists use extensive local sector knowledge to help thousands of clients safely and sustainably establish best practices.
Full lifecycle expertise
We offer expert assurance throughout the entire lifecycle of your hydrogen facilities and assets. Our experts are registered to conduct reviews to global and industry standards, and we're accredited by international bodies to deliver a range of services that follow recognised best practices.
Actionable insights
Our expert team participates in sustainability committees, shapes industry agendas and stays current on key trends to help you seize opportunities and manage risks. This ensures that the insights and solutions we provide are grounded in real-world experience.
How LRQA supports the hydrogen and net zero ecosystem
LRQA works with developers, operators, manufacturers and investors around the globe to tackle the key challenges facing the industry including:
- Building technological readiness through standards, independent assurance and vendor assessments.
- Future-proofing existing schemes and standards for the hydrogen revolution
- Technological-economic assessments
- Meeting investor requirements through emissions verification
- Accelerating global best practice and regulatory alignment
- Supporting policy-makers to build public confidence
Key services
Technical Advisory
- Regulatory Research and Advisory
- Regulation Roadmap Development
- Development of Guidelines and Standards for Hydrogen Safety and Quality
- Supply Chain Risk
- Technology and Design Evaluation
- Technology Qualification
- Gas Transmission Analysis
- Gap Analysis for Standards and Design
- Design Appraisal for Regulatory Compliance
- Gas Connection Competency Assurance and Advisory services
- Approval in Principle / Technology Qualification
- Safety Studies and Risk Assessment
- QRA, SAFETI, HAZOP, HAZID, SIL Verification
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Owner’s Engineer Advisory
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Training
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Hydrogen Fundamentals (Regulations, Process Safety and Quality)
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Equipment Inspection and Certification
- Pressure Equipment
- Pressure Equipment Directive (PED)
- Transportable Pressure Equipment Directive (TPED)
- Other local directives and guidelines including: ASME, MOM, AS, DOSH
- Recertification of Pressure Equipment
- Other Equipment
- Advisory and Compliance reviews:
- ISO 22734 – Hydrogen Generators Using Water Electrolysis
- ISO 19880 – Gaseous Hydrogen Fuelling Stations
- Gas Connection Competency Assurance Certification
Product Inspection and Certification
- Certificate of Origin
- Carbon footprint/GHG verification –
- According to GHG Protocol
- ResponsibleSteel certification
Supply Chain and Vendor Inspections
- Independent Project Verification and Validation
- Site Inspections
- Client Sites
- Vendor Sites – Global Supply Chain
- Vendor Assessments
- Responsible Sourcing and Modern Slavery Auditing
- Development of Quality Assurance Plans (QAP) and Inspection Testing Plans (ITP)
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Training for Huadian Heavy Industries
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Putting the environment on a region’s daily agenda
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