H2FlowTrace will organise a workshop next Wednesday, 29 April 2026, in the headquarters of the French National Laboratory of Metrology and Testing in Paris (France). Our project will organise this workshop together with the MetHyTrucks project, to complete a day focused on how hydrogen adoption across Europe is accelerating and the metrology tools being developed for its uptake. The joint workshop will bring together researchers, metrology institutes, and industry representatives to share the latest progress on both projects.
The leaders of the H2FlowTrace’s work packages will present their work during the session. The presentations will focus on the transfer skids (small and large scale) for hydrogen flow traceability and the bootstrapping method. Attendees will also learn about the first step of traceability, the calibration of nozzles and master meters, as well as the test campaign with domestic and industrial gas meters.
The workshop will start with a welcome and project overview delivered by Rémy Maury, the CEO of Cesame-Exadébit, who will introduce the objectives of H2FlowTrace and highlight the importance of reliable hydrogen flow measurement for the future hydrogen economy.
The first technical session will focus on the presentation of the skids and the bootstrapping method by Menne Schakel, Chief Scientist Flow at the Dutch National Metrological Institute. This talk will explain the development of the design and assembly of transfer skids to deliver traceability for hydrogen and hydrogen blends, and the methodology used to establish traceable calibration systems for hydrogen flow.
The following block will address the first steps of traceability taken at H2FlowTrace by Marc de Huu, Head of Laboratory at the Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology (METAS), together with Rémy Maury. Both will discuss the progress made in establishing metrological infrastructure for the traceability of pure hydrogen flow and natural gas enriched with hydrogen (HENG) flow for small industrial gas meters.
After, Hans Benjamin Böckler, Senior Researcher at German National Metrology Institute, will take the floor. His presentation will explain the current situation of the project regarding the traceability for hydrogen flows at higher rates.
The final technical presentation will focus on describing the updates of the testing campaign on different domestic and industrial gas meters. Marc MacDonald, Head of Hydrogen Metrology at TÜV SÜD, will report on the current selection and the forecasted steps to define good practice for calibration.
The workshop will conclude with closing remarks by Miguel Ballesteros, Programme Delivery Manager at the European Gas Research Group (GERG), summarising the progress made and outlining the next steps of the H2FlowTrace project.
If you would like to find out more about this work, please visit the workshop registration page by clicking here, and you can also check the agenda here.
