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Royce Hydrogen Blueprints
The Royce Hydrogen Blueprints provide a comprehensive view of testing and electrolysis capabilities in the UK, with a clear gap analysis and recommendations to inform future investment which will support critical materials innovation and qualification
Wide-scale hydrogen deployment demands materials compatible with its production, storage, and distribution; with this in mind Royce commissioned a Materials for end-to-end Hydrogen landscape report last year, to explore the next steps required in the development of advanced materials for a new hydrogen economy.
The landscaping programme set out to identify the most valuable materials research areas to accelerate this energy transition and took on board many different perspectives from across over one hundred companies and universities.
This work was the precursor to the development of two, important newly developed Hydrogen Blueprints which together provide a clear gap analysis and recommendations for next steps in relation to both UK hydrogen testing capability and UK Electrolysis Needs.
Royce UK Hydrogen Testing Blueprint
The Royce Hydrogen Testing Blueprint provides, for the first time, a comprehensive view of the UK’s testing capabilities and is designed to inform future spending plans in this area. It sets out how the UK’s hydrogen testing needs can be broadly divided into a series of temperature and pressure domains aligned to industry and academic needs in each area.
The Blueprint demonstrates that while the UK has core capabilities in hydrogen testing, we also need to invest further to strengthen the testing base to provide resilience and develop the future talent pool.
Click here to view the UK Hydrogen Testing Blueprint
Royce UK Electrolysis Needs Blueprint
This second Royce UK Electrolysis Blueprint provides for the first time a comprehensive view of the UK’s electrolysis capabilities and, once again, is designed to inform future spending plans in this area. It sets out how the UK’s electrolysis needs for hydrogen can be broadly divided into a series of scale up, electrolysis type and monitoring domains, again with the aligned industry and academic needs identified for each.
Once again, while it is clear that the UK has core capabilities in electrolysis, this analysis highlighted areas in which we need to invest further to strengthen the base, to again provide resilience and develop a skills pipeline.
Click here to view the UK Hydrogen Production: Electrolysis Blueprint
The Royce Hydrogen Materials Test Capabilities Survey
Over the last year, Royce has been working with academic and industrial communities to identify key needs for materials research in end-to-end applications for hydrogen, as part of a programme of roadmapping and landscaping. In order to get a better understanding of the current materials test facilities in the UK, Royce, together with KTN, undertook a survey of RTOs, businesses, universities, and commercial test houses. Members of the materials community were able to report on capabilities available in the UK. The submissions reflect different groups of facilities, and set out both existing and plans for new capabilities.
Here you can access the results of the survey on UK hydrogen testing capabilities in the form of a spreadsheet.
Further information, the gap analysis and recommendation for next steps in this area can be found in the Royce UK Testing Blueprint.