Over the past few months, the UK-HyRES Early Career Researcher (ECR) Webinar Series, led by ECR Chair Dr Sibimol Luke, has brought together researchers from across the hydrogen community to explore some of the key challenges and opportunities facing researchers today. 

In this Behind the Paper feature, lead author Dr Rajan Jagpal reflects on the motivation behind the review, the questions that shaped the research, and what the team learned along the way.

Organisations from across the hydrogen sector came together at the Hyppo Hydrogen Expo in July to showcase the technologies, partnerships and projects shaping the future of hydrogen.

Communicating research beyond academia is an essential part of accelerating the transition to a low-carbon future. Hear from Judges’ Choice Poster Award winner Lila Mahmoud on her HEA Conference experience.

UK-HyRES has awarded more than £4.27min flexible funding to support pioneering hydrogen research, helping to accelerate innovation and strengthen the UK’s hydrogen research community.

Researchers from UK-HyRES and HI-ACT came together at University College London for a dedicated Research Synergies Workshop, exploring how the two EPSRC-funded hydrogen research hubs can work together to tackle some of the UK’s biggest energy challenges.

Explore what research impact means, why it matters, and how early career researchers (ECRs) can build evidence for real-world change.

This year’s event will bring together the people driving real deployment, breakthrough research, and the next wave of commercial opportunities. Whether you’re working on technology, policy, investment, R&D or implementation, this is your chance to connect with the ideas and partners shaping the future of hydrogen landscape.

Discover the UK-HyRES Flexible Fund 4 – the Challenge Call, including the funding opportunity and Expression of Interest (EOI) process.

Gain practical insights into using AI to enhance your research, productivity, and career development.

Connecting diverse voices to explore hydrogen, alternative liquid fuels and the systems, challenges and innovations shaping the future.

Learn networking & LinkedIn strategies to build your profile, grow connections, and boost your research visibility.

Reclaim your time and learn how to master energy, prioritise what matters, and build a sustainable, high-impact research career.

UK-HyRES / TARG:ET will host a FREE one-day workshop at the University of Portsmouth on Thursday April 30th to bring together academics and non-academics with interests in the social acceptance of hydrogen & alternative liquid fuels.

The UK-HyRES launch workshop took place online with the project team present in person at the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution following a Board meeting in the morning. There was excellent engagement across academia, industry, government, consultancies, consortia and NGOs with over 130 attendees, many staying on for the full three hours.

The end use of hydrogen is crucial to accelerating the uptake of hydrogen and alternative liquid fuels in pursuit of net zero. In the workshop we watched an enlightening video, recommended by Nigel Holmes (Scottish Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association) and produced by Ben Burman, summarising the motivation and challenges in hydrogen uptake.

Workshop 2 took place on the 16th June 2022, 13:30-16:30. Engaging insight talks were delivered during each session. David Book (University of Birmingham) and Chris Manson-Whitton (Progressive Energy) set the landscape with their strategic drivers for change talk. We also heard from Gavin Walker (University of Nottingham) and Shubi Mukherjee (Ceres Power), who also delivered their future vision for storage. All four storage insight talks are available to watch below, as well as the full workshop recording.

Workshop 1 took place on the 16th June 2022, 09:30-12:30. There was engagement from the full spectrum of stakeholders across the hydrogen economy. Anton Orpin-Massey (Senior Policy Advisor, Hydrogen Production Strategy, BEIS) and Richard Sulley (Net Zero project director at the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority) spoke about the strategic drivers for change. Marcus Newborough (Development Director at ITM Power) and Patricia Thornley (Director Supergen Bioenergy Hub) later discussed their future vision.