Low-carbon hydrogen is enjoying unprecedented commercial and political momentum with over $300bln announced or projected to be spent on hydrogen projects globally through to 2030.
Commercial route forward
To enable bringing our hydrogen research Brunel into application by carring out the post-research prototyping, trials, and early-scale-up activity required, we aim to be innovative and commercialise alongside our research. This may be through traditional spinouts, or other routes such as an appropriate commercial vehicle, a community interest company, or a formal Brunel fund.
Our Business Development Professionals are commited to working on the business development alongside research carried out by our academic experts. This helps us progress faster, achive clearer routes to market, and allow opportunities to pivot if industry benefit is low.
Our goal is the creation of an incubator for potential spin outs and start-ups in the hydrogen space.
There may be overlap between the parallel commercialisation approach and the whole system integration demonstrator and these could also play the role of an incubator.
Most recent hydrogen research applications
- Hydrogen and ammonia in existing combustion engines as sole/dual/multi fuel light duty and heavy-duty vehicles, stationary generators, & marine vessels. TRL 1-2 ,
- Hydrogen in existing IC engines as dual fuel and combustion improver as well as enhancer of exhaust after-treatment efficiency. Hydrogen flames under engine like conditions. TRL 2-3 and
- Modelling of hydrogen combustion and mobile fuel cells TRL 1-4
- Hydrogen as energy carrying and storage medium in heating & cooling. TRL 2
- Solar hydrogen as a renewable clean cooking fuel for African households and communities in both urban and rural contexts TRL 5 Prof Maria Kolokotroni