UK-SHEC Phase 1: April 2003 to July 2007
The first phase of the UK Sustainable Hydrogen Energy Consortium (UK-SHEC) was a four-year initiaitve established in April 2003 and provided with £3.42M funding by the EPSRC SUPERGEN programme. It's challenge was to target many of the fundamental scientific challenges in the sustainable production of hydrogen, its storage in solids, as well as key socio-economic issues in the ultimate utilisation of this new energy carrier.
The Consortium initially consisted of 11 research teams at 9 institutions across the UK.
The Consortium set out 6 original objectives. To:
- Advance our understanding of the complex processes of hydrogen storage mechanisms in materials;
- Search for new, effective hydrogen storage materials;
- Advance our understanding and development of the generation of hydrogen from biomass;
- Investigate the social and economic evaluations and implications of a transition to whole sustainable energy systems that involve hydrogen;
- Provide the basis for genuine multidisciplinary work; and
- Build capacity for the next generation of researchers in the filed of hydrogen energy.
To meet these objectives, UK-SHEC split the work into 5 themed areas of research:
- Theme 1: Hydrogen Production;
- Theme 2: Hydrogen Storage Materials;
- Theme 3: Social and Economic Implications;
- Theme 4: Interdisciplinary Research; and
- Theme 5: Capacity Building.
Please select the individual Theme links for further information on the work carried out during Phase 1.
These six original objectives now form the basis of UK-SHEC Phase 2, alongside additional developments to ensure the flow of new research ideas into the Consortium and to maintain a creative momentum across all facets of hydrogen energy.
