Mira Technology Park Showcase
MIRA Tech Park is a global leading location for new vehicle research & development with the engineering expertise and testing facilities of HORIBA MIRA combined with a sustainable location for tenants.
They play a critical role in turning groundbreaking research into commercialised product through application, verification, and global connections.
MIRA Tech Park has made significant investments in hydrogen infrastructure including green hydrogen production through electrolysis from solar in its Energy Hub for an R&D supply and ‘hydrogen ready’ vehicle development facilities including crash safety, climatic chambers, and testing in thermal management and electromagnetic compatibility. This enables the full product development of new hydrogen vehicles and enabling clean technologies to take place onsite.
Existing tenants include hydrogen vehicle manufacturers like HVS, hydrogen technology developers like Viritech and industrial hydrogen fuel cell engineers like Ceres Power. The parent company HORIBA have an extensive offer in the hydrogen value chain with precision equipment in evaluating fuel cell materials, quality of manufacture, and final performance as well as equipment and expertise in optimising hydrogen production processes and managing the purity of electrolysis inputs and outputs.
MIRA Tech Park is also home to a Centre of Excellence in future transport skills through a partnership with Higher and Further Education in the MIRA Technology Institute and industry-led corporate courses. Both have a strong hydrogen offer from fuel cell maintenance skills to understanding the role of hydrogen in decarbonising the economy.
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.