| A comprehensive list of the capabilities of UK academic and contract research organisations active in the fuel cell and hydrogen arena. To put your organisation on this list, or to update your organisation's entry, please contact us: info@fuelcellsuk.org. |
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 | Cardiff University Centre for Research in the Built Environment, Welsh School of Architecture | Areas of Interest: Design of buildings and their systems, with particular emphasis on energy use in buildings, for over 40 years. Its current interest in this area is in the integration of fuel cells and other Cogeneration Systems with buildings.
| www.cf.ac.uk/archi | Yes | | Loughborough Univ, Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST) | CREST researches into the integration of hydrogen energy storage with renewable energy sources. This includes the production of hydrogen via electrolysis driven by intermittent power sources, plus overall system design and power electronic control of autonomous energy systems of this type.
| CREST | Yes | | Qinetiq Ltd Electrochemical Power | QinetiQ has an interest in most areas of fuel cell research. It has programmes developing materials for fuel cells (PEMs, DMFCs & SOFCs), novel stack designs, systems integration, diesel processing and small-scale hydrogen generators. QinetiQ also has programmes to assess commercial fuel cells for end users such as the UK military.
| Qinetiq Energy | Yes | | Univ of Strathclyde, Centre for Economic Renewable Power Delivery | Core activities include development of fuel cell systems for electric vehicles (via the Scottish Fuel Cell Consortium), a demonstration project on the island of Islay, a similar study producing 'organic' electricity from local waste streams on Mull, CERPD has a dedicated fuel cell laboratory capable of testing systems up to 15kWe, including CHP mode of operation. Also an associated electric vehicle laboratory allows ongoing testing and study of vehicular fuel cell systems.
| Centre for Economic Renewable Power Delivery | Yes | | Univ of Warwick, Process Technology Gp | The group researches the development of new materials for fuel cell applications, including electrolyte materials, and the preparation and manipulation of nano-crystalline oxides, novel compositions for electrode components with coating technology for component manufacture, the development of modular, small-scale gas processing systems for hydrogen, and biomass conversion and integration with fuel cells.
| Technology Research | Yes |
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