Thu, 06 November, 2025
We are delighted to announce that the HyPStore project has won the Composites UK Award for Innovation in Composite Materials.
Experts from TWI supported the Brunel Composites Centre in delivering the aims of the project to develop mechanically robust, impermeable tanks with enhanced safety features for the storage of liquid hydrogen.
The tanks include a fail-safe ‘Leak-Before-Break (LBB)’ design as well as high fire retardance, ultra-low gas permeability, and resistance to ageing, chemical erosion, and external impacts. There is also a focus on circularity through the upcycling of waste materials into advanced reinforcement for the tanks.
The collaborative HyPStore project (Advancing low-carbon hydrogen production and safe storage for mobility) involved over 4,800 hours of research across eight UK and Australian partners, combining expertise in graphene production, composite manufacturing, cryogenic performance, self-healing materials, and computational modelling.
This innovation enables a new generation of hydrogen storage solutions that will contribute significantly across the mobility and energy sectors.
In addition to winning the ‘Innovation in Composite Materials’ award, the HyPStore project was nominated for Composite UK’s ‘Innovation in Composite Manufacture’ and ‘Sustainability: Circularity’ awards.
Representatives from TWI were in attendance at the Composites UK Awards Dinner at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham on 29 October, 2025 to receive the award on behalf of the wider project team.
TWI has been shortlisted and also announced as winners at the Composites UK Awards on several occasions in the past, and this latest recognition shows the continuing technical excellence demonstrated by our experts.
For more information on this innovation or composites at TWI, please email, contactus@twi.co.uk.