GW-SHIFT: Great Western Supercluster of Hydrogen Impact for Future Technologies

大西部氢能影响未来技术超级集群（GW-SHIFT）由世界领先的学术专家（巴斯大学、埃克塞特大学、布里斯托尔大学、卡迪夫大学、斯旺西大学、南威尔士大学、普利茅斯大学）、创新的公民合作伙伴（西部门户大学、大西南大学、英格兰西部联合管理局）和尖端产业(西南氢能、空中客车、GKN、布里斯托尔机场、易捷航空公司、布里斯托尔港口公司、国家复合材料中心、海上可再生能源弹射器、Johnson Matthey等)，以推动整个英格兰西南部和南威尔士H2生态系统的集中影响。它将促进跨部门、跨区域和跨学科的机会，产生长期影响。GW-SHIFT的目标是从一个新生的集群发展成为一个成熟的超级集群，这个超级集群具有独特的优势，可以引领英国脱碳所需的绿色H2经济的交付，在该地区独特的城市、农村、沿海地区和资源测试平台上推动跨多个部门（海事、公路、铁路、航空航天、化工）的联合影响。GW-SHIFT由其学术、民间和行业合作伙伴共同创建，共同愿景是最大限度地发挥该地区氢气生态系统的巨大潜力。它的影响将推动整个地区的清洁、包容性增长，最大限度地利用世界领先的学术知识和氢气资产，并为低碳氢气的未来实现关键的政府战略和目标。这包括《为英国供电》和《英国能源战略》，目标是到2030年实现10GW氢气产能，到2050年创造10万个新就业岗位，总增加值达到130亿英镑。超级集群的创建直接涉及关键的区域战略和行动计划，包括西部门户的H2愿景和“推动更绿色，更公平的未来”战略，大西南地区的“向西加速”，WECA的气候和生态战略和行动计划，英格兰西部地方工业战略和威尔士政府的威尔士氢路径。超级集群的成功可以实现该地区到2050年新增17000个氢气就业岗位的目标。GW-SHIFT将通过其宗旨和目标来推动影响：通过政策和主题对话以及学术-民间-行业借调，将GW-SHIFT学术、民间和行业合作伙伴组成的超级集群发展为建立和可持续的超级集群。2. 提供高影响力的共同创建协作项目，包括20个短期冲刺项目和8个1-2年的合作匹配资助项目，从而开发新产品、新工艺和新技术，建立新的衍生公司，获得大量后续资金，创造新的就业机会，并对区域和国家政策产生影响。3. 通过对学术研究人员（包括早期职业）、公民和行业员工的创业培训、交叉指导计划和技能提升计划，在英格兰西南部和南威尔士的H2生态系统中提供基于地点的能力建设，为未来H2经济的机会装备区域劳动力。4. 通过公众参与、学校宣传和课程开发、更广泛的学术、行业和政策参与，与整个地区的主要利益相关者（公民、行业、监管机构、公共、学校等）建立联系，提高对未来氢气经济的好处和机会的认识，并鼓励公众接受氢气。作为英格兰南部和南威尔士的氢能超级集群，GW-SHIFT的建立将使H2生产、储存和分销、转化、最终用途应用（交通、供暖、电力）、工业原料和跨领域问题（经济、环境、社会和安全）的联合战略进步产生最大影响。它将成为西南和南威尔士蓬勃发展的低碳氢行业的关键推动者，在国家和全球范围内应用，提供能源安全、技能、经济增长、供应链发展和推动净零创新。

Great Western Supercluster for Hydrogen Impact for Future Technologies (GW-SHIFT) is co-created by world-leading academic expertise (Universities of Bath, Exeter, Bristol, Cardiff, Swansea, South Wales, Plymouth), innovative civic partners (Western Gateway, Great South West, West of England Combined Authority) and cutting-edge industries (Hydrogen South West, Airbus, GKN, Bristol Airport, easyJet, Bristol Port Company, National Composites Centre, Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, Johnson Matthey, etc.) to drive concentrated impact across the H2 ecosystem of South West England and South Wales. It will catalyse cross-sectoral, cross-regional and interdisciplinary opportunities for long-term impact.The ambition of GW-SHIFT is to grow from a nascent cluster to an established supercluster which is uniquely placed to lead the delivery of the green H2 economies needed to decarbonise the UK, driving joined-up impact that spans multiple sectors (maritime, road, rail, aerospace, chemicals) across the region's unique testbed of urban, rural, and coastal areas and resources. GW-SHIFT has been co-created by its academic, civic and industry partners with a shared vision to maximise the enormous potential of the region's H2 ecosystem. Its impact will power clean, inclusive growth across the region, maximising world-leading academic knowledge and H2 assets, and enabling key government strategies and targets for a low carbon H2 future. This includes Powering Up Britain and British Energy Strategy targets for 10GW H2 production capacity by 2030 and 100,000 new jobs, £13bn GVA by 2050.The creation of the supercluster directly addresses key regional strategies and action plans, including the Western Gateway's H2 vision and 'Powering a Greener, Fairer Future' strategy, Great South West's "Speed to the West," WECA's Climate and Ecological Strategy and Action Plan, the West of England Local Industrial Strategy and the Welsh Government's Hydrogen in Wales pathway. Success of the supercluster can deliver the region's targets for 17,000 new H2 jobs by 2050. GW-SHIFT will drive impact through its aims and objectives to:1. Grow the GW-SHIFT supercluster of academic, civic and industry partners towards established and sustainable supercluster status via policy and theme conversations and academic-civic-industry secondments. 2. Deliver high impact co-created collaborative projects, with 20 short sprint projects and eight 1-2 year collaborative match-funded projects, leading to the development of new products, processes and techniques, new spin-out companies, significant follow-on funding, new jobs, and regional and national policy impacts. 3. Deliver place-based capacity building across the South-West of England and South Wales H2 ecosystem through entrepreneurial training to academic researchers (including early career), civic and industry staff, cross-mentoring programmes, and upskilling programmes to equip regional workforces for the opportunities of the future H2 economy. 4. Engage key stakeholders across the region (civic, industry, regulatory, public, schools, etc.) via public engagement, school outreach and curriculum development, wider academic, industry and policy engagement to raise awareness of the benefits and opportunities of a future H2 economy and to encourage public acceptability of hydrogen.The establishment of GW-SHIFT as a hydrogen supercluster for the South of England and South Wales will enable maximum impact from joined-up strategic advances in H2 production, storage and distribution, conversion, end-use applications (for mobility, heating, power), industrial feedstocks, and cross-cutting issues (economic, environmental, social and safety). It will be a critical enabler of a thriving low carbon hydrogen sector in the South-West and South Wales, with national and global applications, delivering energy security, skills, economic growth, supply chain development and driving Net Zero innovations.