ABOUT US
About The Hub
UK-HyRES is the UK hub for research challenges in hydrogen and alternative liquid fuels, bringing together researchers and partners to tackle barriers to low-carbon fuel use and support the UK’s Net Zero objectives.
What is UK-HyRES?
The UK-HyRES Research Hub
UK-HyRES is a UK-wide research hub focused on identifying and tackling the research challenges that currently prevent the wider use of hydrogen and hydrogen-based alternative liquid fuels (H&ALFs) across the UK.
The hub provides a national platform for fundamental research and serves as a focal point for industry, policy, and wider stakeholder communities working on the hydrogen transition, both here in the UK and internationally.
It is funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) through the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
What does UK-HyRES do?
UK-HyRES in Action
UK-HyRES supports progress in hydrogen and alternative liquid fuels by:
- Developing and coordinating research to tackle key barriers to adoption.
- Building collaboration across academia, industry and stakeholders.
- Providing a national network for research, engagement, and knowledge exchange.
- Supporting innovation across the hydrogen value chain from production through to end use.
Hub Structure
UK-HyRES is structured around eight themes, four technical themes and four cross-cutting themes, all designed to deliver maximum impact.
Our technical themes, Production, Storage & Distribution, End Use and Alternative Liquid Fuels, address the key technological challenges of a hydrogen-based energy system and span the full value chain.
While our Economic, Environmental, Social and Safety cross-cutting themes explore the wider factors that shape the hydrogen transition and ensure hydrogen solutions are sustainable, inclusive and aligned with net zero goals.
Diagram Key:
F = Flexi-Fund
What makes UK-HyRES distinctive?
Our Research Approach
UK-HyRES is not only focused on technological development, but it also integrates cross-cutting themes that address policy, economics, environmental impacts, social equity, and safety, ensuring that hydrogen solutions are robust, sustainable and deliver real-world value.
Discover our Partners
UK-HyRES works with a broad partnership network, including Anchor Partners and Project Partners, who contribute to the aims and objectives of the hub. This network is growing as new projects join via the Hub’s flexible fund.
Who is UK-HyRES for?
Meet the UK-HyRES Team
UK-HyRES supports and connects:
- Researchers working on hydrogen and alternative liquid fuels across the UK.
- Industry, policy, and stakeholder communities seeking evidence-based progress.
- Organisations looking to engage with research that underpins future hydrogen adoption.
Get to know the teams helping the Hub to define and tackle the research challenges blocking the wider use of low-carbon fuels across the UK.
From our experts
“Research into how we make, store, distribute and use hydrogen and other alternative liquid fuels to power the energy, heating and mobility systems in our society is absolutely essential if we are to achieve our national targets of reaching Net Zero by 2050. At Bath we have the expertise and ambition to deliver this important work, and this major funding from UKRI is crucial for us to develop the UK-HyRES hub into a research centre of national strategic importance and global impact.”
Prof. Tim Mays
university of bath
“Hydrogen and low-carbon liquid fuels, such as ammonia, are important energy vectors for the low-carbon economy. We are privileged to be selected as one of the hydrogen researcher coordinators.”
Prof. Shanwen Tao
university of warwick
“Hydrogen will be a hugely important part of the future as we move towards net zero and it’s important to work out where, when and how it makes sense to produce, transport and use it. I am very excited to co-Direct the UK-HyRES Hub and lead on the environmental theme. We will be analysing process and technology alternatives to ensure their implementation really will reduce carbon and other environmental emissions. This helps to find truly sustainable solutions and avoid unintended consequences.”
Prof. Rachael Rothman
university of sheffield
“A thriving, low carbon hydrogen sector is essential for the government’s plans to build back better, with a cleaner, greener energy system.”
Prof. Tim Mays
university of bath
Reaching our net zero targets is a big challenge requiring interdisciplinary research and collaboration across the energy supply chain.
Prof. Rachael Rothman
university of sheffield
Early Career Researcher Network
Developing Early Career Researchers
UK-HyRES supports early career researchers through its Early Careers Research Network (ECRN), providing a platform for networking, collaboration and skills development. The ECRN offers a regular webinar series, an annual forum bringing together researchers from across the hub, mentorship opportunities, and career development support.
Sibling research hub
In Partnership with HI-ACT
UK-HyRES collaborates closely with its sibling research hub: HI-ACT, which is also funded by EPSRC. In order to maximise the investment in both hubs, activity is aligned and complementary. When considering fundamental technological improvements (UK-HyRES), it is essential to consider their place in the wider hydrogen and energy infrastructure. Conversely, when considering energy systems integration (HI-ACT), it is essential to understand the technology that will sit within the system. UK-HyRES and HI-ACT work closely together, share a Strategic Advisory Board (SAB) which helps facilitate this important co-development.