Research & development

Investigate the unknown. Inform what comes next.

Energy and industrial development depend on more than the performance of individual technologies. Our research examines the relationships between resources, equipment, operating requirements and economics, with the aim of defining the evidence needed for a justified next step.

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Research blueprint of the connected systemSolar and wind feed grid supply; grid supply serves battery storage, electrolysis and the industrial process boundary; electrolysis produces hydrogen for storage and delivery to reduction; feed preparation, reduction, melting and casting form the material path. Battery manufacturing research is a separate program. Industrial process boundary Water inlet Generate Solar Generate Wind Coordinate Grid supply Store Battery storage Convert Electrolysis Deliver H₂ storage & delivery Produce Feed preparation Reduction (DRI) Melting & refining Casting & finishing Manufacturing research LFP cell-process investigation Separate research program
Concept blueprint — relationships are illustrative, not a scaled layout or energy balance.

Research programs

Program 01

Integrated energy and industrial systems.

Boundaries for the integrated systems programSolar and wind feed grid supply; grid supply serves battery storage, electrolysis and the industrial process boundary; electrolysis produces hydrogen for storage and delivery to reduction; feed preparation, reduction, melting and casting form the material path. Battery manufacturing research is a separate program. Solar Wind Grid supply Battery storage Electrolysis H₂ storage & delivery Feed preparation Reduction (DRI) Melting & refining Casting & finishing LFP cell-process investigation
Question
How can electricity supply, storage, hydrogen production and industrial demand be considered as one operating configuration?
Work investigated
Preliminary capacity relationships, electricity requirements and storage scenarios.
Next step and evidence needed
A consistent process boundary, suitable time-dependent inputs and reconciled equipment assumptions.
Current stage
Concept and preliminary analysis
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Program 02

Battery manufacturing processes.

Boundaries for the battery manufacturing research programSolar and wind feed grid supply; grid supply serves battery storage, electrolysis and the industrial process boundary; electrolysis produces hydrogen for storage and delivery to reduction; feed preparation, reduction, melting and casting form the material path. Battery manufacturing research is a separate program. Solar Wind Grid supply Battery storage Electrolysis H₂ storage & delivery Feed preparation Reduction (DRI) Melting & refining Casting & finishing LFP cell-process investigation
Question
What process requirements and validation would be needed to advance an LFP cell-manufacturing concept?
Work investigated
Information requests concerning electrode formulation, slurry preparation, stacked-cell assembly and associated manufacturing stages.
Next step and evidence needed
Controlled experiments, reproducible process outputs and relevant cell testing.
Current stage
Process requirements investigation
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Program 03

Green iron and steel.

Boundaries for the green iron and steel programSolar and wind feed grid supply; grid supply serves battery storage, electrolysis and the industrial process boundary; electrolysis produces hydrogen for storage and delivery to reduction; feed preparation, reduction, melting and casting form the material path. Battery manufacturing research is a separate program. Solar Wind Grid supply Battery storage Electrolysis H₂ storage & delivery Feed preparation Reduction (DRI) Melting & refining Casting & finishing LFP cell-process investigation
Question
How could magnetite preparation, hydrogen reduction and electric steelmaking align with the energy infrastructure around them?
Work investigated
Architecture, sizing, energy and hydrogen requirements, equipment sourcing and alternative routes.
Next step and evidence needed
Reconciled process balances, feed and technology qualification, and project-specific infrastructure inputs.
Current stage
Concept and preliminary analysis
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Collaboration

From a research question to a work package.

A useful collaboration defines the question, method, inputs and output before starting. We welcome proposals that contribute modelling, experimental facilities, process expertise or technology evidence to a specific part of the system.

Potential topics include energy time-series analysis, storage degradation economics, hydrogen supply–demand coordination, feedstock suitability, process integration and manufacturing validation.

  • Energy time-series analysis
  • Storage degradation economics
  • Hydrogen supply–demand coordination
  • Feedstock suitability
  • Process integration
  • Manufacturing validation
  1. 01

    Define question

  2. 02

    Agree method

  3. 03

    Produce evidence

  4. 04

    Review next step

Proposed work-package sequence.

Evidence

Make the method and its limits visible.

Research should distinguish the question investigated, work completed, available outputs and further validation required. Literature review, modelling and experimental results need traceable inputs, explicit assumptions and clearly stated limitations.

Bring expertise to a defined research question.

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