East Midlands Freeport Showcase
The East Midlands Freeport Future Energy Skills Hub will sit under the umbrella of the East Midlands Institute of Technology (EMIoT), providing skills to meet the growing demands of the energy and advanced manufacturing sectors in the East Midlands.
Supported by the University of Derby, Loughborough University, Derby College and Loughborough College, as well as other regional FE and HE institutes, the Hub will deliver level 3 to 5 engineering and digital skills with pathways to higher learning, providing the facilities and knowledge required to train and re-train the local workforce.
This will enable site safe, industry standard skills across a range of new and sustainable energy platforms and will incorporate the UK’s first practical, industry-based training centre associated with the production, handling, storage and use of hydrogen.
The result will be a local capacity pool of higher-skilled employees, boosting productivity, innovation and creating a thriving business community across our Freeport sites and wider East Midlands geography.
Showcases
Cadent’s next milestone is in early 2024, when they will submit a request to Ofgem for funding to undertake further engineering work, with the aim of starting construction in 2028.
Combining its patented technology with world class expertise in synthesis gas purification, Chinook bring to market hydrogen with net negative carbon emissions at industry leading pricing.
HyMarnham Power aims to develop the production, storage, and transportation of low carbon hydrogen.
Mercia Power, Ltd are a key provider of flexible power response services to the UK electrical grid, helping to balance the supply of renewable energy with demand.
British Sugar, as part of the ABF Sugar division, has targeted to reduce their carbon footprint by 30% by 2030.
Hanson has been looking at the feasibility of using hydrogen as a fuel source for some of its production sites.