The University of Aberdeen is overseeing a project set to aid the establishment of a sustainable distribution network of hydrogen in Scotland and across the wider UK.
The New Materials and Methods for Hydrogen Transportation and Storage: Repurposing the Economic Future of the North Sea (MHYSTIC) project is set to see existing energy asset and skills used to develop a suite of innovations that can boost the UK’s hydrogen distribution network.
The project, which is one of 10 selected by the UK-HyRES Flexible Fund, has support from international collaborators at the Lithuanian Energy Institute, as well as partners from industry such as the Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group, ABL Group, European Marine Energy Centre, Net Zero Technology Centre, John Lawrie Group, Statera Energy and Dräger.
On the project, Dr Alfonoso Martinez-Felipe from the University’s School of Engineering said: “The characterisation methods and models will reveal detailed mechanisms of H2 adsorption and material failure at a granular level, which will result in stepwise advances in knowledge with high academic impact and will help implement hydrogen economies in Scotland and the UK.”
