Publications

10 Breakthrough ideas in energy for the next 10 years

Chapter 1 – Andrew Smallbone, Global Energy, May 2021.

Low Carbon Hydrogen Supply

AP Roskilly, A .Smallbone, J. Ling-Chin POSTNote, 10 June 2021

The impact of disruptive powertrain technologies on energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions from heavy-duty vehicles

Andrew Smallbone, Boru Jia, Penny Atkins, Anthony Paul Roskilly, Energy Conversion and Management: X, Volume 6, 2020, 100030.

The theoretical potential for large-scale underground thermal energy storage (UTES) within the UK

J.G.Gluyas, C.A.Adams, I.A.G.Wilson, Energy Reports, SI: Energy Storage, December 2020

hydrogen production via ammonia from methane integrated with enhanced oil recovery: A techno-economic analysis

Gonzalez-Diaz, A, Jiang, L, Gonzalez-Diaz, MO, Roskilly, AP & Smallbone, AJ (2021) Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 9(2): 105050.

Evaluation of performance characteristics of a novel hydrogen-fuelled free-piston engine generator

Ugochukwu Ngwaka, Andrew Smallbone, Boru Jia, Christopher Lawrence, Ben Towell, Sumit Roy, Shivaprasad KV, Anthony Paul Roskilly, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2020,  ISSN 0360-3199

experience rates of Low-Carbon domestic heating Technologies in the United Kingdom

Renaldi Renaldi , Richard Hall , Tooraj Jamasb and Anthony P. Roskilly 
Scandinavian Working papers in Economics, No 16-20

Video Resources

Network H2 Webinar, 29th April 2022 "Hydrogen storage and Transport Acceleration"

Scotland's Hydrogen Accelerator

Fiona Landy is Delivery Manager for Scottish Cities Alliance’s Hydrogen Strategy – ‘Kick Starting a Hydrogen Economy across Scottish Cities’, and will present on recent work supporting the H2 Accelerator.

Network H+C Webinar, 22nd April 2022 "Materials for Sustainable Heat"

Advanced hybrid thermochemical-compression seasonal solar energy storage and heat pump system

Dr Ahmad Najjaran-Kheirabadi, Research Associate at Durham University presents on some of the findings from his recent research. 

 

Fabrication and characterisation of the innovative vermiculite-salt hydrate composites

 

Dr Yanan Zhang of Nottingham University, presents on recent research from the EPSRC funded  project ThermoStore. 

 

Network H+C Webinar, 25th March 2022 "Smart local energy and ground source heating systems"

Ground source heat pump innovation

Dr Matthew Trewhella, Chief Executive Officer of Kensa Contracting, presents his views on the past, present and future of ground source heating.

 

 

How Smart Local Energy systems can overcome barriers

Dr Madeleine Morris and Dr Jeff Hardy of the Energy Revolution Consortium, Imperial College present the findings from their recent working paper “Decarbonisation of heat:How smart local energy systems can contribute”

 

 

Network-H2 Webinar, 18th March 2022 "Clean Gas Engines and supply challenges for Trucks"

Challenges in growing energy supply for Tevva

Dr Harsh Pershad, Head of Hydrogen, Tevva Trucks presents the  “Challenges in growing energy supply” for Tevva’s zero emission trucks  

 

 

OakTec's Clean Air Gas Engine

Paul Andrews,  Chief Executive of OakTec,  presents on the company’s development of the OakTEC Clean Air Gas Engine and the trial in the Orkneys. 

 

 

 

Network-H2 Webinar, 25th February 2022 "Interim findings from Network funded research"

Computational analysis of zero-carbon H2 thermal engine

Dr Stathis Tingas of Edinburgh Napier University presents the interim results of his research project looking at “Computational analysis of a zero-carbon hydrogen fuelled thermal engine for heavy duty transport applications”

Development of an onboard ammonia cracking system

Dr Eni Oko of University of Hull and Professor Edward Gobina of Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen present the interim findings from the research project looking at “Development of a compact and highly efficient onboard ammonia cracking system to produce hydrogen in a hydrogen-fuelled long haul civil airliner”

Network H+C Webinar, 18th February '22 "Geothermal regulation and the future of home heating"

The future of home heating

Dr Richard Hanna of Imperial College,  London presents on the recent report “The future of Home Heating – The roles of heat pumps & hydrogen”

Geothermal Regulation

Dr Anna McClean from the NetZero GeoRDIE project presents her research on “Using Geothermal Energy to Heat our Homes”.

Network H+C Webinar, 28th January 2022 "Heating decarbonisation policy, strategy and impacts"

Heat decarbonisation in the midst of a global gas crisis

Dr Richard Lowes, Senior Associate with RAP (Regulatory Assistance Project) presents his thoughts on “Heat decarbonisation in the midst of a global gas crisis”

The Electrification of Heat

 Sarah Bailey, Network Impacts of Electrification of Heat Lead, Clean Heat Directorate, BEIS,  presents on the UK Government strategy for decarbonising heat

Network-H2 Webinar, 21st January 2022 "Hydrogen, Buses and Sustainable mobility"

The LIFE NEW HYTS Project, Utrecht

Carin Biegnole, Consultant with Conversion presents on her work supporting public-private partnership development in Utrecht as part of the EU LIFE NEW HYTS: reNEWable green Hydrogen for TranSport Provincie Utrecht project.

Wrightbus: Driving a Greener Future

Tom Greenshields, Business Development Manager for Wrightbus presents the company development to date and plans for the future of sustainable mobility.

Network-H2 Webinar, 17th December 21 "Pathways to sustainable hydrogen production and supply"

Model-based process design for green hydrogen systems

Jorge Agueverre, Principal Consultant Engineer and Practice Director for Electrochemical Cells and Reactors at Siemens presents on their approach to model-based process design for green hydrogen systems.

Whole-System Hydrogen Value Chain for Optimisation

Dr Sheila Samsatli from the Department of Chemical Engineering at University of Bath presents on her research into the whole-system hydrogen value chain optimisation.

 

Network-H+C Webinar, 14th December 21 "Next Generation Energy Performance Certificates"

Next Generation Energy Performance Certificates

A joint event with the Energy Technology Partnership, Scotland. The presentations cover the current policy landscape in Scotland and the rest of the UK for Energy Performance Certification.

Speakers are: 

Dr Jenny Crawley, University College London, Prof David Jenkins, Heriot-Watt University, Dr Janie Ling-Chin, Durham University, Patrick Mason, Scottish Government, Josh Wakeling, Elmhurst Energy

Network-H2 Webinar, 26th November 21 "Hydrogen uses within Rail"

G-Volution

Chris Smith, Managing Director of G-Volution presents on their current work on developing cleaner fuels for diesel trains. 

Chris founded G-volution in 2008 and remains the Managing Director, and a major shareholder in the company.

H2 goes Rail

Presentation from Paul Baines, Sales Director, Siemens Mobility Limited, Rolling Stock  His presentation covers the joint project between Siemens and Deutsche Bahn.

Paul leads the commercial and bid development teams within Siemen’s.

Hydrogen in Rail Traction

Presentation from Steven Hart, Lead Strategic Planner, Network Rail covering Network Rails’ Traction Decarbonisation Strategy. 

Network-H2 Webinar, 22nd October 21 "Hydrogen Policy and Economics"

Hydrogen development and policy implications

Presentation from Thalia Skoufa, Transport Practice Manager – Energy Systems Catapult on their research and publications on the decarbonisation of the transport sector, energy supply for electric and hydrogen vehicles, and infrastructure requirements to support the uptake of Ultra Low Emission Vehicles

Hydrogen production and supply challenges for Transport

Presentation from Martin Lambert, Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies on “Hydrogen production, supply challenges and transport applications”.   Martin joined OIES in 2017 and now specialises in renewable gas and hydrogen.

Durham Heat Hub Webinar, 23rd September, "Minewater Heat - Unlocking Opportunities"

Minewater Heat - Unlocking Opportunities

Presentations  from Bill Kirkup, CAG Consultants, Belinda Humphrey, Gateshead Council, Dr Charlotte Adams, Coal Authority and Professor Jeroen Van Hunen, Durham University all exploring the challenges and recommendations recently published in the NELEP White Paper on “Minewater Heat – Unlocking Opportunities”

Network-H2 Webinar, 17th Sept 21 "Hydrogen for Transport Policy"

Hydrogen for Transport policy

Presentation from Dr Bob Moran, Head of Environment Strategy at the UK’s Department for Transport covering the latest government thinking around Hydrogen for Transport and its place in the Transport Decarbonisation Strategy.

Network-H2 Webinar, 18th June 2021 "Hydrogen compatible materials and safety"

Hydrogen Compatible materials and safety

Presentation from Dr Marcel Wetegrove of the Leibniz Institute for Plasma Research and Technology covering his research on novel hydrogen barrier coatings

Network-H2 Webinar - 21st May 2021 "Multimodal Transport, Logistics and Autonomy"

Fuel Cell solutions for marine applications

Presentation from Kristina Floche Juelsgaard, Director Business Development, Ballard Power Systems

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Power Solutions for Heavy-Duty Applications

Presentation from David Yorke, Marketing Manager with Ballard Power Systems Europe

Net Zero Research Conference 20-23rd April

Presentations from Network-H2 Webinar 19th March 2021

Three ways to make sure that hydrogen is no longer "always in the future"

Presentation from Julian Renz of Zeroavia, leading the work on the Cranfield-based HyFlyer I and II programmes, which aims to demonstrate 300mile zero-emission flights. https://www.zeroavia.com/

The five Ws and How of Hydrogen in Aviation

Presentation from Dr Cristina Garcia Duffy, Head of Technology at the Aerospace Technology Institute with responsibility for the development and delivery of the Institute’s sustainability vision for the aerospace sector.  

https://www.ati.org.uk/

 

Durham Heat Hub Webinar - Skills and Training for Netzero

A half day seminar on 25th February 2021, exploring the challenges in meeting the skills and training needs within the Heat Sector for the net zero transition. Featuring presentations from the; North East LEP, Enginuity, Association for Decentralised Energy, New College Durham, the Heat Academy and Durham University Centre for Doctoral Training In Energy. 

Chaired by Dr Barbara Vest

 

 

Presentations from Network-H2 Webinar - 19th February 2021, Compact and lightweight energy conversion devices

Network H2 - The EVERYWH2ERE project

Dr Stefano Barberis of RINA , presents on the work and findings of the EVERYWH2ERE project (www.everywh2ere.eu)

 

Network H2 - The H2Boat project

 Dr Lorenzo Di Fresco of BluEnergy Revolution provides a presentation on their developed hydrogen based energy pack for nautical sector. Further details on BluEnergy Revolution can be found here.

 

Presentations from Network-H2 Webinar 29th January 2021

Compact on board hydrogen storage systems

Presentation from Dr Stuart Hawksworth, Head Of the Centre for Energy & Major Hazards and President of the International Association for Hydrogen Safety (IAHySafe). Stuart’s presentation covers “Safety around high pressure h2storage”

Compact on board hydrogen storage systems

Presentation from Assistant Professor Julian Jepsen of Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht on “Compact and safe hydrogen storage in metal hydrides”

Durham Heat Hub Webinar - 17th December 2020

Heat Storage Research, Technology and Practical Applications

Presentations from Drs Huashan Bao and Zhiwei Ma of Durham Energy Institute, Dr Charlotte Adams from the Coal Authority, Dr Stephen Thomas, OGI Groundwater Specialists and Lukas Bergmann of Sunamp.

Presentations from Network-H2 Webinar 20th November 2020

Sustainable pathways to hydrogen production and distribution

from Professor Robert Steinberger-Wilckens, Professor of Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research, University of Birmingham 

Sustainable pathways to hydrogen distribution

from Beth Dawson, Major Projects Lead, Fuel Cell Systems 

Durham Heat Hub Webinar - 28th October 2020

Durham Heat Hub Webinar - 28th October

Presentations from Durham County Council, National Energy Action, East Durham Community Trust, Northern Powergrid, Solar Capture Technologies and Durham Energy Institute

Presentations from Network-H2 Webinar 16th October 2020

Hydrogen supply chains from an environmental point of view

by Dr Christina Wulf of Forschungszentrum  Julich

Starting the market for fuel cell vehicles

by Joe Stevenson, Commercial Director of Arcola Energy

Video Presentations from Transport Decarbonisation Symposium - 29th September 2020

The economics of Hydrogen Technology

Fourth Year Engineering student, David Walker describes his research on the economics of hydrogen technology

Hydrogen fuelled Aviation

Fourth year Engineering student, Ellie Bacon presents her research on Hydrogen fuelled Aviation.

Hydrogen for maritime use

Fourth year Engineering student, Imogen Sheppard. presents her research on Hydrogen for maritime use. 

Hydrogen Buses

Fourth year Engineering student, Megan Wilkes presents her research on Hydrogen buses. 

Hydrogen fuelled cars and trucks

Durham Energy Institute researcher, Alessandro Giampieri presents his research on Hydrogen fuelled cars and trucks. 

Options for Hydrogen

Durham Energy Institute Fellow, Dr Janie Ling-Chin summarises the options for Hydrogen.