On 2nd November, the H2FC Supergen team and the Towards Net Zero (TNZ) group at Imperial College London welcomed the recent winners of the British Consulate-General in Montreal’s student competition: Greening the Maritime Industry with Hydrogen. In a hybrid session, they presented and answered questions on their proposed solution: Aluminium-water reactions for carbon-free marine transport. …
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Moving Ahead with Hydrogen
In our last ever annual assembly, before we hand the hydrogen energy baton over to two new £25m successor programmes – UK HyRES and UK HiACT – the UK Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Supergen Hub will bring together leading lights and rising stars for a fully cross-sector focus on Moving AH2ead with Hydrogen.
H2FC Supergen Research Conference – in review
On 8 & 9 June 2022, over 120 delegates from the length and breadth of the UK’s hydrogen fuel cell research community descended on the University of St Andrews for our first in-person research gathering since 2020. Hosted at the impressive Gateway building – opposite the famous Old Course – attendees enjoyed 2 days packed…
H2FC Supergen Research Conference – Digital Delegate Pack
Delegate list Download the delegate list H2FC Supergen ResConf – published delegate list 23 – 06 – 2022 (currently includes delegates who have so far given permission to list their details – this list will be updated daily). Programme Wednesday 8 June Registration and coffee – from 0900hrs 1100hrs – Break 1250hrs – Lunch 1520hrs…
H2FC Research Conference – Programme
The H2FC Supergen Research Conference in St Andrews is less than two weeks away. We’ve got a cracking set of speakers, research presentations and poster exhibition lined up, so if you haven’t booked yet: BOOK NOW DAY 1 – WEDNESDAY 8 JUNE 2022 1000 – 1715hrs (registration/coffee from 0900) Welcome and opening address Prof. John…
UK government announces UK hydrogen strategy
The UK hydrogen strategy, published yesterday, sets out the Government’s ambition to kick-start a “hydrogen revolution” that, it says, will support over 9,000 jobs and unlock £4bn investment by the end of this decade. The government plans to deliver 5GW of hydrogen production capacity by 2030, estimating that the industry could be worth £900m. The potential…
Decarbonised Gas Alliance – BEIS funding announcements
BEIS has announced new funding for hydrogen and low carbon steel production (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/hydrogen-powered-distillery-to-produce-sustainable-gin) 1. £100 million Low Carbon Hydrogen Production Fund (new funding): The Fund aims to: • Deploy low carbon hydrogen production capacity to enable greater use of hydrogen as a decarbonisation option across the energy system; • Encourage future private sector investment in…
Opportunity – Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking Call for Proposals
CALL DEADLINE: THURSDAY 20TH APRIL 2017 The FCH Joint Undertaking have issued a Call for proposals providing up to €116 million funding, across 24 topics. This includes 7 transport topics, 12 energy topics, and 5 topics for cross-cutting. More information on the call and the 24 topics can be found on the page of Call…
Solid metal hydrogen announcement makes global headlines
Have a pair of Harvard scientists created the most powerful form of energy storage known to humanity? Hydrogen hit the headlines this weekend, as Harvard researchers Ranga Dias and Isaac Silvera published a paper in Science claiming to have transmuted hydrogen into a solid metal (Observation of the Wigner-Huntington transition to metallic hydrogen). The pair…
BEIS contract opportunity: ‘Hydrogen supply chain technical evidence and modelling tool’
Closing date: Monday 13th February 2017, 3:00pm Estimated total value: £250,000, divided into 2 lots. The UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) are seeking tenders for work on Hydrogen supply chain technical evidence and modelling tool. The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access at: http://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Research-services./62B97ZCU8C. The main aim…