The National Composites Centre, and the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland, part of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult, exhibited at JEC World 2023, the leading international composites show.
JEC World includes the whole value chain of composite materials under one roof at Paris Nord Villepinte, France, bringing together major stakeholders of the composites industry as well as innovative startups, academics, scientists and R&D leaders.
Part of the Composites UK pavilion, our stand showcased the industrial transformation that composites can offer, including demonstrators that highlight how composites are driving growth, unlocking innovation, creating opportunities for sustainability and a greener future. Our daily event themes covered: composites in hydrogen transportation and storage, energy transformation to future nuclear, and composites in offshore wind.
The NCC is pleased to announce that it will be supporting the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) on the HASTE-F programme, sharing knowledge and expertise in the application of Silicon Carbide Ceramic Matrix Composites (SiC/SiC) in future fusion power reactors.
The HVM Catapult has launched a series of open access awareness modules to increase understanding of hydrogen across multiple sectors and stimulate the UK’s transition to a hydrogen-based economy.
The NCC announces the creation a unique concept design tool that optimises hydrogen cryogenic tank designs according to a customer’s specific requirements.
NCC announces a UK-based composite cryogenic storage tank testing programme that will validate and accelerate design, manufacture, and test capabilities, starting with a linerless carbon fibre tank for storing liquid hydrogen (LH2).
Fusion energy promises nearly boundless, sustainable power. In recent years, many advances have been made that have the potential to unlock this almost limitless source of low carbon energy. Read our blog by Dr Peter Giddings, NCC's Chief Engineer of Energy.
Wind Energy has a critical role to play in delivering global net zero ambitions. The European Commission offshore energy strategy calls for installed capacity across Europe to be 20 times that of today by 2050. Meeting this requires a quadrupling of Europe’s operational turbines by 2030.
The NCC is at the forefront of work to capitalise on the scale of the renewable wind energy opportunity. It’s pioneering work in the novel application of composites is unlocking opportunities to deploy larger wind turbines, in more challenging environments and with sustainable end-of-life solutions.
Vertical Aerospace's Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft, the VX4, is designed to transport a pilot and up to four passengers, over 100 miles, at a top speed of over 200mph, while producing minimal noise and zero in-transit emissions.
Interest in cryogenics is booming, aerospace and energy companies recognise the importance of hydrogen as we race towards Net Zero. Read our blog by NCC's Marcus Wall-Bruck, Head of Hydrogen Technologies, and Matt Kay, Principle Research Engineer, Hydrogen.
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