GHD to Design Testing Facilities for Unprecedented Hydrogen Project Leading to Decarbonizing Natural Gas Pipelines

GHD, a global professional services company, has been chosen by Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), the nation’s largest dual fuel company in the nation, as its design engineer and consultant for testing facilities that will explore the feasibility of blending hydrogen for use in existing pipelines. 

The ambitious initiative, Hydrogen to Infinity (H2∞), is the first of its kind facility and is part of PG&E’s commitment to reach a net zero energy system by 2040, five years ahead of California’s current carbon neutrality goal.  

The facility will allow for a controlled safe study of hydrogen injection, storage, and combustion of different hydrogen blends in a variety of end uses.  

“The global energy transition is here, and this project is a big part of it. We were retained by PG&E to develop PG&E’s full-scale, real-world study of safe, low-cost production, transmission, storage and use of hydrogen and we’re putting our global experience and expertise with hydrogen to work for their project,” said Ryan Doyle, GHD’s Engineering Project Manager/ Service Line Leader - Hydrogen & Hydrocarbons: Americas. “This project will help California in its net zero goals and assist PG&E in its transition to cleaner energy supply by decarbonizing their existing natural gas pipelines.” 

The testing will include three major components: 

1. A full-scale pipeline loop – Built and operated as real-world natural gas transmission pipelines are, but completely standalone so that tests can be run safely. 

2. Full-scale destructive testing facilities – Constructing facilities to enable equipment compatibility and leak, materials and integrity testing, pushed to the point of destruction to help identify safety limitations. 

3. Laboratory testing – Advanced research and testing facility control center and digital infrastructure for monitoring and controlling the pipeline and testing equipment.

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About GHD

GHD is a leading professional services company operating in the global markets of water, energy and resources, environment, property and buildings, and transportation. Committed to a vision to make water, energy, and communities sustainable for generations to come, GHD delivers advisory, digital, engineering, architecture, environmental and construction solutions to public and private sector clients. Established in 1928 and privately owned by its people, GHD’s network of 12,000+ professionals is connected across 165 offices located on five continents.