{"id":312,"date":"2024-06-17T15:02:49","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T15:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/fuel-cell\/?page_id=312"},"modified":"2024-06-26T15:56:14","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T15:56:14","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/fuel-cell\/about-us\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light\" style=\"min-height:376px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#FFF\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"656\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-292\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/fuel-cell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2024\/06\/BANNER-Background2.webp\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/fuel-cell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2024\/06\/BANNER-Background2.webp 2560w, https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/fuel-cell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2024\/06\/BANNER-Background2-300x77.webp 300w, https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/fuel-cell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2024\/06\/BANNER-Background2-1024x262.webp 1024w, https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/fuel-cell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2024\/06\/BANNER-Background2-768x197.webp 768w, https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/fuel-cell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2024\/06\/BANNER-Background2-1536x394.webp 1536w, https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/fuel-cell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2024\/06\/BANNER-Background2-2048x525.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4383d167 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-22223934 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a4a199d3933bee2b40b083c6da2a5b74\" style=\"color:#515151;font-size:clamp(25.014px, 1.563rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.327), 42px);line-height:1\">Hydrogen Fuel Cell History<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-197567a0 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f5a44f5b wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-3c271a50 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:0;flex-basis:24%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3888487c wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-5b723cd8 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0\">\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-8-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-db67fc59f7e699b75c94f76cc04e70e9\" style=\"background-color:#1c3660;font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.469), 20px);\"><strong>About<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<nav class=\"has-text-color has-palette-color-3-color has-background has-palette-color-6-background-color  is-vertical wp-block-navigation is-layout-flex wp-container-core-navigation-is-layout-4b827052 wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"About Menu\"><ul class=\"wp-block-navigation__container has-text-color has-palette-color-3-color has-background has-palette-color-6-background-color  is-vertical wp-block-navigation\"><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link wp-container-content-9cfa9a5a\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/fuel-cell\/about-us\/technology\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Technology<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/fuel-cell\/about-us\/staff\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Staff<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item .current-menu-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/fuel-cell\/about-us\/facilities-and-equipment\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Facilities and Equipment<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/fuel-cell\/about-us\/faqs\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">FAQs<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/fuel-cell\/about-us\/history\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">History<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/fuel-cell\/about-us\/milestones\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Milestones<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/fuel-cell\/about-us\/accessibility-statement\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Study with us<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-5dafc681 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:clamp(16.834px, 1.052rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.716), 26px);\">Our back story: how Manchester Fuel Cell<br>Innovation Centre came into being<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:clamp(15.747px, 0.984rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.645), 24px);font-style:normal;font-weight:300\">The Centre has long been part of Greater Manchester\u2019s<br>transition to a hydrogen and fuel cell economy.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:clamp(16.834px, 1.052rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.716), 26px);\">Greater Manchester Hydrogen Partnership<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>hIn 2013, Manchester Metropolitan University launched an initiative called the Greater Manchester Hydrogen Partnership together with the Combined Authority and a group of key innovators who came together to work through how hydrogen and fuel cells could be used for different purposes across diverse industry sectors in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within a year, the partnership developed working groups for energy, transport, research, innovation and skills and progressed a number of projects with feasibility studies. At its core was the growing recognition of the need for a physical centre to bring together academic and industry expertise in the challenge of hydrogen fuel cell technology in the North West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"365\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/fuel-cell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2024\/06\/x1-_0008_32610190.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/fuel-cell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2024\/06\/x1-_0008_32610190.jpg 365w, https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/fuel-cell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2024\/06\/x1-_0008_32610190-300x247.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"365\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/fuel-cell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2024\/06\/x1-_0009_32610209.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/fuel-cell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2024\/06\/x1-_0009_32610209.jpg 365w, https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/fuel-cell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2024\/06\/x1-_0009_32610209-300x247.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"365\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"328\" src=\"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/fuel-cell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2024\/06\/x1-_0010_32610246.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/fuel-cell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2024\/06\/x1-_0010_32610246.jpg 365w, https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/fuel-cell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2024\/06\/x1-_0010_32610246-300x247.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"365\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/fuel-cell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2024\/06\/x1-_0011_32610260.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/fuel-cell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2024\/06\/x1-_0011_32610260.jpg 365w, https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/fuel-cell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2024\/06\/x1-_0011_32610260-300x247.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:clamp(16.834px, 1.052rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.716), 26px);\">Shared Vision<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The shared vision of a technology centre conducting research on hydrogen and fuel cell technologies combined with a commitment to future skills development and low carbon energy meant Manchester Fuel Cell Innovation Centre was endorsed in the region\u2019s European Union investment plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, Manchester Metropolitan University focused on the potential that hydrogen and fuel cell technology research and education on could bring not just to the University but the wider city region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"578\" src=\"http:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/fuel-cell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2024\/06\/image-14.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/fuel-cell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2024\/06\/image-14.jpeg 730w, https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/fuel-cell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2024\/06\/image-14-300x123.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"579\" src=\"http:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/fuel-cell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2024\/06\/image-15.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/fuel-cell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2024\/06\/image-15.jpeg 730w, https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/fuel-cell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2024\/06\/image-15-300x123.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:clamp(16.834px, 1.052rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.716), 26px);\">Making It Happen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Working together, funding was secured from the European Regional Development Fund to make Manchester Fuel Cell Innovation Centre a reality. 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