The Readiness Gap
CEng · CMgr · ChCSP · PMP
Principal Consultant, FID Readiness and Delivery Assurance
Most hydrogen projects that stall before a final investment decision do not fail on the engineering. They fail on readiness. I help developers, investors and lenders see where a project really stands before capital is committed.
The Readiness Gap is my independent practice. It works on one question: is this project ready for the decision in front of it?
The gaps are rarely hidden. Offtake still at heads of terms, permitting behind the programme, a safety case that has not caught up with the design, an execution plan nobody has tested. They show early if the right questions are asked in the right order, and they are far cheaper to close before the investment decision than after it.
I have no OEM, EPC or developer affiliation, so the view you get is independent.
A fixed-fee review of whether a project is ready for its next investment gate.
Book
A structured way to screen a green hydrogen project before money and time are committed. It sets out five scoring domains and nineteen assessment templates, and runs a fictional project from concept to a red gate.
Writing
Essays and field notes on why hydrogen projects stall before FID, and what ready looks like in practice.
I am a Chartered Engineer with more than fifteen years in safety-critical energy infrastructure, the last four of them in green hydrogen. My background is functional safety and industrial control systems, most recently as Head of Engineering at a UK green hydrogen developer.
My qualifications are CEng, CFSE, ChCSP, CMgr and PMP, with an MPhil (Cambridge) in Engineering for Sustainable Development. I have also undertaken executive and strategic leadership studies at Harvard Business School, and I assess and mentor engineers working towards professional registration.
Email is the quickest way to reach me. I am based in the United Kingdom.
muhammad@thereadinessgap.co.ukLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/muhammadahsen