1. Hydrogen Production and Distribution
Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) 2nd Stakeholders General Assembly
Hydrogen Production and Distribution
Professor Peter P. Edwards
UK Sustainable Hydrogen Energy Consortium (UK-SHEC)
Head of Inorganic Chemistry
University of Oxford
26th October 2009

2. Hydrogen: First on the Periodic Table

3. Metallic Hydrogen

4. Metallic Hydrogen

5. Hydrogen: The First Alkali Metal

6. The Hydrogen Economy
P.P.Edwards, V.L.Kuznetsov, W.I.F.David, N.P.Brandon, Energy Policy, 36, (2008), p.4356

7. The Innovation Landscape
Research
Applied Research and Development
Demonstration
Pre-competitive demonstration and deployment
Market deployment
Research Councils
Technology Strategy Board
Energy Technologies Institute
Carbon Trust
Environmental Transformation Fund
Market-based mechanisms
Ray Eaton, Assistant Director, Department of Energy & Climate Change

8. The UK Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Scene
Strong research base – universities
Relatively small number of potentially world-class companies
Regionally focused activities including infrastructure development
UK has been a good source of capital
Ray Eaton, Assistant Director, Department of Energy & Climate Change

9. Research Base
SUPERGEN directed programmes in Hydrogen (2) and Fuel Cells (1)
Socio-economics is integrated within the work of the UK Sustainable Hydrogen Consortium (UK-SHEC)
University spin-off companies
Ray Eaton, Assistant Director, Department of Energy & Climate Change

10. Some UK Fuel Cell Companies
Fuel cell developers
Intelligent Energy (PEM)
Ceres Power (SOFC)
Rolls Royce Fuel Cells Ltd (SOFC)
CMR Fuel Cells (DMFC)
Component suppliers / Other
Johnson Matthey (MEAs, catalysts)
ITM Power (electrolysers)
Acal (Liquid cathode technology)
Ray Eaton, Assistant Director, Department of Energy & Climate Change

11. Support for Industrial Research, Development and Demonstration
The Technology Strategy Board supports industrial research and development in a wide range of technologies through a series of competitions.
Ray Eaton, Assistant Director, Department of Energy & Climate Change

12. Regions / Devolved Administrations
North East – hydrogen and electric vehicle recharging
Midlands – British Midlands Hydrogen Ring
London – London Hydrogen Partnership, buses
Scotland – Aberdeen hydrogen highway
Wales – Renewable Hydrogen Centre
Ray Eaton, Assistant Director, Department of Energy & Climate Change

13. SUPERGEN Consortia 14 consortia £62m support since 2003
Delivery of Sustainable Hydrogen
14 consortia
£62m support since 2003
Over 40 institutions
Programme finishes

14. H&FC Research at UK Universities
University of Glamorgan
University of Leeds
Loughborough University
University of Sheffield
University of Nottingham
University of Birmingham
University of Oxford
Imperial College London
Rutherford Appleton
Laboratories
Newcastle University
Strathclyde University
University of Warwick
Swansea University
Cardiff University
University of Salford
University of Surrey
University of Reading
University of Southampton
University of St Andrews
University of Greenwich
University of Manchester
University of Ulster
University of Sussex
Kingston University
Heriot Watt University
Queen Mary, University of London
University of Cambridge
University of East Anglia
University of Bath
University College London
University of Glasgow
University of Edinburgh
University of Liverpool
University of Hertfordshire
UK-SHEC 14

15. The UK Sustainable Hydrogen Energy Consortium (UK-SHEC)
Vision
UK-SHEC considers that hydrogen ultimately derived from renewable sources and used as an energy vector must be considered as a major component of a sustainable energy future in the UK and internationally

16. Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Expo 2006
400 Exhibitors: 23,039 Professional Visitors
“There exists the necessity for an epoch-making advance in
new materials for hydrogen storage…. This is the hardest challenge”
Masatami Takimoto
Executive Vice President, Toyota Motor Corporation

17. Hydrogen Storage: The Options 17
R.Helmolt, U.Eberle (General Motors), J. Power Sources, 2007, 165, p.833 17

18. The Light Periodic Table

19. Hydrogen Utilization
P.P.Edwards, V.L.Kuznetsov, Turning Points in Solid-State, Materials and Surface Science, Chapter 4, 2008, RSC Publishing

20. Hydrogen Storage Utilization
J.Kilner, P.P.Edwards, V.L.Kuznetsov, Materials World, July 2009

21. Nature Materials, 7 (2), 138 - 141 (2008).

22. Metal-Organic Framework Materials
X.Lin et al., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2006, 45, 7358 –7364

23. Tuning Promising H2 Storage Materials Towards Automotive Applications
Hy StorM
Tuning Promising H2 Storage Materials Towards Automotive Applications
A Technology Strategy Board
Funded Project

24. High throughput materials discovery and characterisation
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxford University, Ilika, Johnson Matthey
In-situ bulk characterisation
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxford University
ISIS

25. Chemical control of decomposition temperature (LiK(BH4)2)
LiBH4
E. A. Nickels, M. O. Jones, W. I. F. David, S. R. Johnson, R. L. Lowton, M. Sommariva and P. P. EdwardsAngewandte Chemie Int. Ed., (2008)

26. Oxford Energy Cycle Renewable Energy (all Known Sources)
Electricity - then electrolysis of water
Hydrogen
Sequestered
CO H2 CO + H2O
2H2 + CO (CH2)n + H2O
Hydrocarbons
Store energy as hydrocarbons
Transport energy as hydrocarbons
Use hydrocarbons as liquid fuels
Hydrocarbons + air CO water
NET production of carbon dioxide in ZERO
Professor Malcolm L. H. Green, Professor Peter P. Edwards

27. Delivery of Sustainable Hydrogen
UK EPSRC Supergen Consortium XIV
1st October
Principle Investigator – Ian Metcalfe (Univ. Newcastle)
Research Director – John T.S. Irvine (Univ. St. Andrews)
Project Manager – Martin J. Smith (Univ. St. Andrews)

28. Delivery of Sustainable Hydrogen
Main focuses:
Conversion of electrons, hydrocarbons and biomass-derived fuel sources into hydrogen or indirect hydrogen carriers
Lower cost and improved efficiency
Socio-technical impacts
Technical elements:
Catalytic and electrocatalytic processes
Separation membranes – oxide, metal, polymer
Chemical cycling & CO2 re-use
Alternative H2 carriers – urea & NH3
Efficient small scale liquifaction

29. Oxford: A Chemical Grand Challenge
Turning CO2 into Fuel

30. The UK Sustainable Hydrogen Energy Consortium