01 · 2025–2026 · Hydrogen · AEM electrolyser
Supply-chain risk caught six months before prototyping
Design review of AEM electrolyser stacks for a large multi-partner European hydrogen programme. A nickel-90% bipolar plate specification carried an 8-month sourcing constraint against a 3-month build window. The design was pivoted before prototyping instead of after.
- Avoided rework
- €400K+
- Schedule preserved
- 4 months
Supply chainHydrogenDesign review
02 · 2023–2024 · Solid oxide electrolysis
Certification pathway mapped before architecture freeze
Regulatory and testing strategy for a solid oxide electrolyser developer. Certification requirements were mapped to the product architecture at TRL 4 rather than TRL 6, so qualification tests were designed into the build plan instead of discovered after freeze.
- Delay avoided
- 8 months
- Redesign loops
- 0
RegulatoryHydrogenIndustrialisation
03 · 2024 · Electrochemical manufacturing
Manufacturing tolerance transfer for stack assembly
Translation of lab-bench assembly tolerances into a production-representative process window for a pilot line moving from 5–50 units to 100–500 units. Yield-critical coating and compression parameters were identified and bounded ahead of tooling.
- Scale step
- 10×
- Yield-critical params
- 7 bounded
ManufacturingScale-upProcess modelling
04 · 2024–2025 · Research collaboration
Physics-informed model for degradation forecasting
Joint work with a public research laboratory on a hybrid physics + data model of electrode degradation, calibrated against accelerated stress tests and used to prioritise which durability experiments were worth running.
- Test campaign
- −40% runs
- Model horizon
- 2,000 h
SimulationResearchDigital twin
05 · 2025 · Ammonia · Electrochemical synthesis
Ammonia route techno-economic screening
Comparative screening of electrochemical and thermochemical ammonia routes for an industrial partner, combining reactor-level modelling with energy and CAPEX sensitivity to identify which route survives at industrial scale.
- Routes screened
- 6
- Decision time
- 5 weeks
AmmoniaTechno-economicsSimulation
06 · 2025–2026 · Deep-tech energy startup
Industrialisation roadmap for a pre-Series A hardware team
A single structured roadmap covering supply chain, manufacturing readiness, regulatory clearance and funding windows, sequenced to the team's technical milestones and used directly in their investor materials.
- Roadmap horizon
- 24 months
- Workstreams
- 4 aligned
IndustrialisationScale-upStrategy