These developments and goals place significant demands on consumers and producers who develop innovative products such as heat pumps or hydrogen vehicles. What is wise and feasible? Kiwa makes this clear with tailored advice, testing, certification, and training.
Our experts receive an ever growing number of questions about developing innovative products that use renewable energy sources and carriers. Examples include equipment suitable for hydrogen, hydrogen-powered vehicles and industrial burners.
We also see a clear trend in the combined use of renewable energy sources and carriers as replacements for conventional fuels in production processes and heating of homes and buildings.
The energy performance of a heat pump can be determined according to the NTA 8800, which is based on the European standards EN 16147 and EN 14825/EN 14511. The efficiency of the heat pump will be expressed in terms of the coefficient of performance (COP).
Kiwa is an Empowered Certification Body and Recognized Test Center for Heat Pump KEYMARK. This means Kiwa’s heat pump experts can test equipment and components against applicable standards and provide manufacturers with the HP KEYMARK certificate.
Heat pumps intended for the EU market must comply with the requirements of the applicable European legislation and regulations. One of these requirements concerns the sound power, which is assessed based on the standard EN 12102-1 and -2.
Pressure Equipment Directive Quality certification with Kiwa: prove the safety and conformity of your pressure equipment, be ready for ISO 9001 and be competitive in the European market.
Is your company ready to act? The Energy Scan provides insight into opportunities to streamline your energy consumption and transition to sustainable energy sources, helping your business achieve its climate goals.
Pressure Equipment Directive Quality certification with Kiwa: prove the safety and conformity of your pressure equipment, be ready for ISO 9001 and be competitive in the European market.
Our cutting-edge laboratory facilities are equipped with state-of-the-art technology and staffed by a team of experts who are passionate about advancing hydrogen solutions.
If your organization works with gases, it may be important to know their calorific value or Wobbe Index. In addition, it's crucial that the gas does not contain harmful trace components. At Kiwa, you can rely on expert analysis of a wide range of gas properties: volume, quality, (main) components, higher hydrocarbons, aromatic hydrocarbons, halogenated hydrocarbons, sulfur compounds (such as H₂S), siloxanes and THT odorization.
Hydrogen will play an important role in the automotive sector as an alternative fuel for vehicles. Hydrogen cars produce no CO₂ emissions, only water vapor, have a long range and can be refueled quickly. Manufacturers of hydrogen tanks and components are currently setting up mass production. For this purpose metallic materials have to be tested to demonstrate safe use with hydrogen.
Natural gas, hydrogen gas and many other gases are naturally odorless. This can cause dangerous situations, for example if a leak or other incident occurs. Gases that are distributed via the Dutch gas network must therefore be scented with a so-called odorant.
Kiwa offers testing and development services of automotive components for LPG, CNG, LNG and hydrogen, as well as cyclic and climatic tests. We mainly test pressurized components and electronics.
Kiwa Technology carries out feasibility studies to support gas traders, fleet owners and governments; to facilitate investment, safety, and provide an overview on the possibilities of alternative fuels CNG, LNG, H2 and CH2. To serve this objective, the study covers various aspects of the business concept development.
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Kiwa, together with Alliander, DEP and Stedin, has won the IGU Global Gas Award during the 29th World Gas Conference (WGC2025) in Beijing. The award was granted for the paper ‘OGMP 2.0 Methane Emissions Reporting: The Dutch Approach’.
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