Hydrogen research and teaching enable clean energy progress, strengthen decarbonisation efforts, build expertise and support sustainable technologies for resilient futures.
Cranfield delivers cutting-edge education and research in hydrogen across aviation, energy, materials, and policy. Our Hydrogen Integration Incubator (CH2i), a £69 million hub, enables research into hydrogen production, storage, propulsion and airport operations for net-zero aviation, helping meet net zero targets. HyPER leads the first of its kind blue hydrogen demonstration MW-scale hydrogen production with carbon capture. This £10m joint-industry programme is being developed for commercialisation of blue hydrogen production. Cranfield also leads the £14.1 million HyPT international collaboration to develop low-cost, net-zero hydrogen technologies, exploring water electrolysis, methane pyrolysis and solar splitting. Our teaching includes expert courses on hydrogen material challenges, covering embrittlement, cryogenic behaviour, coatings and safety.
