The project represents an opportunity to develop a highly innovative fossil parity solution for transporting hydrogen by rail and road vehicles. The project will include techno-commercial assessment for the development of a novel carrier of green hydrogen to allow storage of hydrogen at ambient temperature and pressure, which will reduce the cost of hydrogen for customers to parity with fossil fuels. This is a highly strategic solution for the railway sector, as it accelerates sustainability as well as develops a new business opportunity for transportation of net zero energy. The project will identify technology and supply chain opportunities which will lead to manufacturing in the UK to meet the needs of net zero and supply chain security. This opportunity will also lead to internationalisation from exports from UK to Europe, both in terms technology, know how and energy exports. The project will deliver feasibility study to address the challenges of building and operating a wide range of international rail projects across the globe. The project will lay out a plan for demonstrating the technology at the Global Centre of Rail Excellence (GCRE).

Biofoundry Energy Limited (BE) is developing a novel pathway for green hydrogen synthesis from wastewater derived from the dairy sector. The technology will support a sustainable and affordable transition of the dairy sector to net zero by production of low cost and sustainable green hydrogen. The project will deliver improved productivity and sustainability in advanced and high value dairy production and manufacturing. The project will bring energy security and accelerate the path towards net zero in the Cumbria, South and West of Scotland region. The project will boost local capabilities and supply chain to be involved and benefit from the infrastructure development for net zero. The project will be delivered in collaboration with University of Strathclyde and IBioiC. This will enable collaboration between business and academic researchers to help further develop and translate research towards commercially relevant impact and wider societal outcomes. The proposed technology would enable the milk processing companies to meet their energy needs by the waste utilisation, thereby embedding circularity in their processes and offering a low cost pathway to reach net zero. As the technology scales, the surplus production of hydrogen could be provided to the local community as a local, affordable and green energy source.