# The Hydrogen Works

**Source**: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/hydrogen-net-zero/hydrogen-works/
**Parent**: https://volume.lboro.ac.uk/empowering-the-planet/index.html

Hydrogen offers the scope to deliver energy security, acceleration to Net Zero and reduce Britain’s productivity gap.

The Hydrogen Works is a strategic consortium led by Loughborough University to drive hydrogen skills, innovation and productivity to create a hydrogen superpower in the East Midlands.

## £26M investment to date

## £12.7M

### EnerHy

Centre for Doctoral Training

## £8M

### Direct investment

New-build facility

## £6M

### East Midlands Freeport

Phase 1 development

## Our activities

- Bringing academic experts and industry partners together to deliver cutting-edge hydrogen research and innovation at the University’s [state-of-the-art facilities](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/hydrogen/research-innovation/).
- Supporting future leaders of the hydrogen economy by leading the UK’s only Centre for Doctoral Training focused on [Engineering Hydrogen Net Zero](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/enerhy-cdt/).
- Providing a [skills exchange](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/hydrogen/future-skills-ecosystem/) at the East Midlands Institue of Technology, degree level, doctoral and postdoctoral programmes.
- Creating a £40M expansion of Loughborough University [Science and Enterprise Park](https://www.lusep.co.uk) to co-locate a skills ecosystem, incubation and manufacturing, research and innovation.

## Green hydrogen facility update

East Midlands Freeport seedcorn investment for Phase 1 of The East Midlands Zero Carbon Innovation Centre will enable The Hydrogen Works to execute the first stage of construction of a green hydrogen production testing and training facility on Loughborough University Science and Enterprise Park.

[Read the full news article](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/news-events/news/2023/november/freeport-funding-to-accelerate-green-hydrogen/)

## Investment progress

Together with industry, universities, colleges and skills providers, economic development and policy partners we are building a compelling case for investment in the East Midlands.

[Join us to help build on this success](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/hydrogen-net-zero/contact/)