Bio and Chemical Energy Group          

• Production systems (blue and green H2, PtL, SAF, Biodiesels)
• Delivery systems and safety - land, sea, air
• Storage systems
• Derivatives: Ammonia / Methanol / ++
• Fuel Cell applications

Power Technologies Group 

• Large Scale Stationary / Renewable and domestic energy storage systems for grid and off grid
  • Low-cost, sustainable battery systems based on Na-ion chemistry (NIB)
• Low and high temperature fuel cells and electrolyser development
  • Anion exchange membranes (AEME), Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell (SOEC), Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
• Electrification – Automotive and man portable
  • High energy dense Li-on batteries and next generation including quasi solid-state, Li-metal enabled anode and excess Li cathode technologies
  • All Solid-State Batteries (ASSBs)
• Step changes in battery, fuel cell, electrolyser and performance through novel material design and engineering
  • Unique GDL, MEA, PTL and membrane designs for fuel cells and electrolysers
  • Improved voltage efficiency via novel electrode design and engineering
• Research on next generation chemistries such as Al-air , Mg-ion and Li-air
• Novel electrode manufacturing such as dry, solvent-free electrode coatings
  • Improved cell energy density, reduced manufacturing costs, lower C-footprint environmental impact and better recycling components
• Recycling and Upcycling projects

 Renewable Energy Group        

• Next generation substrates: Multi-Junction and Perovskites
• Low/zero water cleaning systems
• Thermal energy capture from panels
• Floating solar: cooling and evaporation reduction
• Low energy tracking systems (>by 25-40%)
• Solar project modelling and prediction
• Low speed wind and vertical axis wind technologies

 Energy Modelling Group        

• Climate change impact – CO2, NOx, CH4
• System / Grid Design and Optimization
  • Decision frameworks, Scenario modelling, Optimisation
  • Generative design
  • Prediction & Control (Traditional and AI based - minute, hour, day, month)
  • Building Management Systems
• Technology modelling
  • Core Performance
  • Site specific performance
  • Specification testing / setting

 Production

• Renewable powered desalination – thermal and Reverse Osmosis
• Improved membrane technologies
• Filtration pretreatments – e.g. Ceramic Nanofiltration

 Distribution

• Network leak detection and remediation technologies

 Utilization

• Technologies to deliver exactly the right amount of water to exactly the right place

 Treatment

• Technologies to remove valuable metals from brine
• Crystallization technologies to reduce / eliminate brine
• Alternative uses for brine (Solids additives, Steel industry)
• Value generating uses of sewage sludge – Waste to energy

 Sustainable, Optimized Agri/Aquaculture   

• Vertical and controlled environment farming
• Water delivery systems
• Optimizing water quantity per crop and soil
• Agri-photovoltaics
• Soil enhancements for reduced water
• Delivery systems for soil fertility enhancement
• Aquaculture systems