EnergySafe Magazine Winter 2019, issue 54 | Page 23

esv.vic.gov.au ESV is in an ideal position to participate and provide advice, given its participation in the Future Fuels CRC Research Programs, which explores the impact of hydrogen on pipelines and gas appliances. ESV is also represented on the recently formed Standards Australia Technical Committee, ME-093 Hydrogen Technologies, which enables Australia to be a participating member of the International Organisation for Standardisation committee for hydrogen technologies, ISO/TC197. The next milestone in the development of the National Hydrogen Strategy is the publication of a series of issues papers enabling further stakeholder engagement. An issues paper on the Hydrogen in the Gas Network stream will be published at the end of June. The Workplan for the strategy’s development outlines its major milestones. The National Hydrogen Strategy, which will have a profound impact on the gas industry if implemented over the course of the next decade, will be presented to the COAG Energy and Resources Ministers in December 2019. Read more on COAG at: chiefscientist.gov.au 23