New Zealand draft standards

The review and adoption (by modification) of a suite of eleven international hydrogen related equipment standards by Standards New Zealand Committee P3652, serves to ensure we have in place standards that are fit-for-purpose for the safe reticulation, mobility and distribution of hydrogen from its point of production to bulk storage hubs.

Additionally, this project serves to extend New Zealand’s capability of producing hydrogen onsite and storing it, for the purposes of refuelling transport and as an industrial feedstock.

The adoption of these standards completes the suite of international hydrogen standards, necessary to underpin the equipment supply-chain. This provides greater industry certainty and investment confidence, that New Zealand has the necessary safety standards to support the rollout of hydrogen energy infrastructure across the motu.

The international standards for modified adoption in New Zealand are:

Standards that underpin production:

• ISO 16110-1:2007 Hydrogen generators using fuel processing technologies – Part 1: Safety
• ISO 16110-2:2010 Hydrogen generators using fuel processing technologies – Part 2: Test methods for performance
• ISO 22734:2019 Hydrogen generators using water electrolysis – Industrial, commercial, and residential applications. Expected to be replaced by ISO/DIS 22734-1 within the coming months.
• ISO TS 19883:2017 Safety of pressure swing adsorption systems for hydrogen separation and purification
Standards that underpin H2 refuelling stations and critical safety requirements:
• ISO 19880-1:2020 Gaseous hydrogen – Fuelling stations – Part 1: General requirements.
• ISO 19880-2 : 2025 Gaseous hydrogen – Fuelling stations – Part 2: Dispensers and dispensing systems.
• IEC 62282-2-100:2020 Fuel cell technologies – Part 2-100: Fuel cell modules – Safety
• IEC 62282-3-100:2019 Fuel cell technologies – Part 3-100: Stationary fuel cell power systems – Safety
• IEC 62282-3-200:2015 Fuel cell technologies – Part 3-200: Stationary fuel cell power systems – Performance test methods
• IEC 62282-3-201:2017 Fuel cell technologies – Part 3-201: Stationary fuel cell power systems – Performance test methods for small fuel cell power systems, incorporating Amendment 1
• IEC 62282-3-300:2012 Fuel cell technologies – Part 3-300: Stationary fuel cell power systems – Installation.