Gen 2 Carbon

We're looking forward to starting our Innovate UK-funded Knowledge Transfer Partnership with the University of Birmingham tomorrow, which aims to develop recycled carbon fibre based GDLs for fuel cells and electrolysers over the next 2 years. Marwah Shnaiter will be joining the Gen 2 Carbon team to lead this project, which will build on an earlier proof-of-concept project that showed the potential to deliver industry leading performance from these products. With the market for alkaline and PEM based hydrogen energy systems forecast to grow from $1.1B in 2023 to $30.6B in 2030, it feels like the right time to be focussing our R&D efforts in this area. #gen2carbon, #universityofbirmingham, #greenhydrogen, #carbonfibrerecycling, #recycledcarbonfibre, #fuelcells, #electrolysers

Gen 2 Carbon and Americarb Partner on Recycled Carbon Fibre for Clean Energy   Gen 2 Carbon (UK) and Americarb (US) have announced a partnership to develop recycled carbon fibre (rCF) materials for clean energy technologies. The collaboration combines Gen 2 Carbon’s expertise in recycling carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) waste with Americarb’s strengths in impregnation, curing, and heat treatment. Together, they will turn end-of-life composites into high-value products for batteries, fuel cells, electrolysers, and structural energy storage.   Recycled carbon fibre offers cost savings of 20–30% compared to virgin fibre, a carbon footprint up to 95% lower, and improved supply chain security by tapping into abundant domestic waste streams. Applications range from electrodes and gas diffusion layers to bipolar plates and multifunctional composites.   By lowering the cost and environmental impact of critical energy technologies, the partnership supports green hydrogen, clean transport, and the broader transition to a circular, net zero economy. #gen2carbon, #americarb, #recycledcarbonfibre, #recycledcarbonfiber, #hydrogeneconomy, #cleanenergy, #batteries, #fuelcells, #electrolysers, #circulareconomy, #sustainability, #structuralpower

This week brings an end to our summer engineering internship. Flora has done a fantastic job over the last couple of months, establishing our laboratory paper making lab for recycled carbon fibre papers and looking into how we can optimise these for electrochemical applications. The plan to scale this up and carry out comprehensive testing over the next 12 months is already in place, so exciting times ahead. #recycledcarbonfibre, #gen2carbon, #electrolysers, #fuelcells, #electrodes, #sustainability, #cleanenergy, #womeninengineering

We're delighted to have been nominated for the Engineering Innovator of the Year in the sustainability category of the prestigious Innovation Awards. Backed by Make UK, NatWest, Innovate UK, the West Midlands Combined Authority, the Connected Places Catapult, Warwick Manufacturing Group, BCU, and others, the Innovation Awards recognise, celebrate, and reward the businesses, organisations, and individuals dedicated to innovation. You can find out more about past winners and a highlights video of the ceremony at https://lnkd.in/ee9uAEja. Our nomination recognises the outstanding work Gen 2 Carbon has done to create circular carbon fibre solutions and develop products that are critical to the clean energy transition. The public vote is open through the website (https://lnkd.in/ee9uAEja) from midday on Wednesday 9th July and closes at 6 pm on Friday 25th July, and we hope that all of our supporters will vote for us. #IA2025, #gen2carbon, #recycledcarbonfibre, #recycledcarbonfiber, #circulareconomy, #cleanenergy