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

GW-SHIFT：氢对未来技术影响的大西部超星系团

• 批准号: EP/Y023994/1
• 负责人: Tim Mays
• 金额: $ 344.93万
• 依托单位: University of Bath
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FY023994%2F1
• 关键词: GW; SHIFT; Great; Western; Supercluster

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.

大西部超星系团对未来技术的氢影响（GW-ESTA）是由世界领先的学术专家共同创建的（巴斯大学、埃克塞特大学、布里斯托大学、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，大西南，英格兰西部联合管理局）和尖端产业（Hydrogen South West、空中客车、GKN、布里斯托机场、easyJet、布里斯托港口公司、国家复合材料中心、海上可再生能源弹射器、约翰逊Matthey等）在英格兰西南部和南威尔士的H2生态系统中产生集中影响。它将促进跨部门、跨地区和跨学科的机会，以产生长期影响。GW-100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，在引领英国脱碳所需的绿色H2经济的交付方面具有独特的地位，推动跨多个部门的联合影响该区域是城市、农村和沿海地区及资源的独特试验场，因此，该区域的海洋、公路、铁路、航空航天、化学品等基础设施将成为其发展的主要方向。GW-ESTA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H2生态系统的巨大潜力。其影响将推动整个地区的清洁，包容性增长，最大限度地提高世界领先的学术知识和H2资产，并实现低碳H2未来的关键政府战略和目标。这包括到2030年为英国提供动力和英国能源战略目标，到2050年实现10吉瓦的H2产能和10万个新工作岗位，130亿英镑GVA。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“为更绿色，更公平的未来提供动力”战略，大西南的“速度到西部，“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途径。超级集群的成功可以实现该地区到2050年新增17，000个H2工作岗位的目标。GW-ESTA将通过其目的和目标来推动影响：1。通过政策和主题对话以及学术-民间-行业借调，将学术，民间和行业合作伙伴的GW-ESTA超级集群发展到既定和可持续的超级集群地位。2.提供高影响力的共同创建的合作项目，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，导致新产品，工艺和技术的开发，新的分拆公司，重大的后续资金，新的就业机会以及区域和国家政策影响。3.通过对学术研究人员（包括早期职业），公民和行业工作人员的创业培训，交叉辅导计划和技能提升计划，在英格兰西南部和南威尔士H2生态系统中提供基于地方的能力建设，以使区域劳动力为未来H2经济的机会做好准备。4.与整个地区的主要利益相关者（公民、行业、监管、公共、学校等）接触通过公众参与，学校推广和课程开发，更广泛的学术，行业和政策参与，以提高对未来H2经济的好处和机会的认识，并鼓励公众接受氢。建立GW-氢能作为英格兰南部和南威尔士的氢超级集群，将使H2生产，储存和分配，转化，最终用途应用（用于移动、供暖、电力）、工业原料和跨领域问题（经济、环境、社会和安全）。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因素，具有国家和全球应用，提供能源安全，技能，经济增长，供应链发展和推动净零创新。