Equans is part of the Bouygues group and is a world leader in providing multi-technical services to support the energy, digital and industrial transitions. Equans is comprised of 90,000 people, across 20 core countries, and is rooted in a history of decentralised and sustainable energy, with engineering, design, construction and operational capabilities across industrial energy generation and efficiency, process engineering and safety management, embedded renewables, and low carbon infrastructure.
Equans provides multidisciplinary engineering and technical services for hydrogen projects, offering end-to-end project support including consultancy services, engineering & design, construction, and O&M. Equans works with local authorities, project developers and end-users to help realise their hydrogen ambitions and, as an established principal contractor, has experience in designing and building electrolytic hydrogen production systems, e-fuel projects, and an ammonia cracking facility.
Equans offers end-to-end technical services for hydrogen projects (consultancy, Pre-FEED, FEED, EPC & O&M) and is a pioneer in demonstrating the use of hydrogen as a fuel. Equans has successfully delivered over 20 hydrogen projects across Western Europe, including several live and completed projects in the UK.
Equans prides itself on combining its local presence with global expertise. As a major EPC contractor and O&M provider, Equans has 15,000 people in the UK and a strong network of sub-contractors. This is complemented by centralised specialist engineering expertise and a strong global supply chain.
Lee is currently CEO of Fuel Cell Systems Ltd (FCSL). Industry insiders often talk about Hydrogen’s Chicken and Egg problem: Vehicle manufacturers cannot sell hydrogen vehicles without a refuelling infrastructure; Infrastructure & fuel network providers cannot recoup their investment if there are not enough vehicles using hydrogen. The result is Gridlock! Our approach has been to redefine the Chicken and Egg problem as simply “Refuelling Infrastructure is too expensive”. Now that’s an engineering problem we can fix!
Prior to FCSL, Lee spent eight years at UK Fuel Cell manufacturer Intelligent Energy, completing his time there as Chief Sales Officer. Leading the global commercial team and launching Intelligent Energy’s low carbon hydrogen products in to three market sectors: automotive, power generation and aviation. Lee’s involvement with the hydrogen industry started back in 1995 when among other projects he supported the field trials of SOFC CHP.
