The H2East project is intended to connect hydrogen production sites with industrial demand centers in South Humberside and Nottinghamshire. By providing the first sections of transmission capacity for hydrogen, the pipeline is expected to help decarbonize heavy industry and enable low-carbon dispatchable power in the area.
As Owner’s Engineer, DNV will review and assure the FEED contractor’s work so that the design is technically robust, buildable, and aligned with hydrogen-specific safety and performance requirements. The company will draw on insights from its hydrogen testing facilities and research programs, including material performance studies, repurposing studies, and safety modeling, to address uncertainties at an early stage. This is intended to reduce project risk, avoid costly redesigns, and ensure that the design can withstand regulatory, financial, and operational scrutiny.
“This project matters especially because hydrogen infrastructure must be engineered for a system that does not yet fully exist,” said Hari Vamadevan, Senior Vice-President and Regional Director for the UK & Ireland, Energy Systems at DNV. “Our role is to challenge assumptions, test design decisions against real-world behaviour, and bring evidence from global hydrogen research into the earliest stages of planning. It relies on our proven capability to combine deep gas industry expertise with specialized hydrogen competency and major project risk management. If the foundational engineering is right, the UK can scale hydrogen production and transport safely, efficiently, and at lower cost.”
