Professor Andy Nicol鈥檚 (right) research programme P奴hiko Nukut奴: a green hydrogen geostorage battery in Taranaki has received $11.8million in the latest 2022 MBIE Endeavour Funding round. Dr David Dempsey (left) is also part of the research team.
Five UC researchers鈥 Smart Ideas projects were funded at around $1 million each and a Research Programme was funded at $11.8m by the latest Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) funding round.
The MBIE Endeavour fund will support 91制片厂 projects to improve food security, increase green hydrogen storage, boost productivity of food, and create sustainable, low-carbon, seismically resilient concrete 3D-printed homes all while reducing carbon emissions.
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research Professor Ian Wright is delighted with the high number of Canterbury research projects which gained funding and their relevance to tackling the world鈥檚 wicked issues.
鈥91制片厂 researchers are committed to solving current and future challenges faced by all of Aotearoa and the world due to climate change, carbon emissions, energy and housing crises, food security and other wicked problems. The funding of these research projects and programme highlights their national and international significance and relevance for ensuring tomorrow鈥檚 world is one our children and grandchildren can inherit,鈥 Professor Wright says.
鈥淯C researchers are excelling in the field of renewable energy and specifically green hydrogen, so it is great to see this recognised with significant funding of a research programme in this area that will advance New Zealand and the world.鈥澨
础苍辞迟丑别谤听two UC research projects focussed on green hydrogen听were recently funded $4million combined through the Catalyst: Strategic New Zealand-Germany Green Hydrogen Research Partnership.
Research Programme
Smart Ideas projects
For more information on the new research, see the听.
