Carbon capture, utilisation and storage laboratory
The way the world powers itself has to change fundamentally. Cranfield is leading the transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources, working across the global energy system, developing new solutions and teaching the next generation of energy professionals. We are the natural home of net zero – study with us and get the skills to play your part.
“I would say to a future student, study in energy and power and not to hesitate because obviously climate change is a huge issue that everybody is looking into at the moment. There’s something for everybody in the energy sector.”
Beth Hall,
Project Manager, Siemens,
(Materials for Energy Systems MSc 2018)
Carbon capture, utilisation and storage laboratory
UK No. 5
Cranfield is the fifth largest higher education provider for postgraduate, process and energy engineering students in the UK.
(Higher Education Statistics Agency, 2020-2021)
1 million
kilowatt hours per year solar-powered
Cranfield’s solar power farm is a working research facility, it provides 5% of the annual electricity on campus.
Over three-quarters of our Energy and Sustainability learners come from outside the UK, representing 40 nationalities.
(Figures from June 2022)
Research in action
Delivering cleaner, cheaper energy
Cranfield is working in partnership with SSE Enterprise, Element Energy, Smarter Grid Solutions and Sweco UK on a design project for Peterborough City Council to transform the generation and distribution of energy in the city.
Peterborough Integrated Renewables Infrastructure project (PIRI) aims to deliver a significant drop in CO₂ emissions by 2030, while cutting energy bills by up to a quarter.
A next-generation heat network, electricity network and electric vehicle infrastructure is all incorporated into one smart holistic scheme. If successful, the scheme could be rolled out to other cities and towns, to help the UK realise its ambitions of net zero by 2050.
“I would personally highlight that every single one of my soft skills was tested during the course and helped me stand out from other graduates my age. My group project was for BP, and I particularly enjoyed the practical approach the course has, with real-life examples and use of the facilities. It is easier to understand the theory when you complement it with an example of an existing facility.”
Jorge Martinez Romero,
Project Engineer, Amazon,
(Process Systems Engineering MSc 2013)
Facilities
Energy and Power has a range of world-class and unique industrial facilities that students can use as part of their studies and research. These include:
- The energy process laboratory: equipped with pilot-scale facilities to study the clean energy conversion in fossil and biofuels and study different CO₂ capture techniques.
- The process systems engineering laboratory: equipped with industrial-scale single-phase and multi-phase flow facilities to study the behaviour of complex flows found in oil and gas and also home to a 30m wave tank facility used to research marine structural concepts and behaviours.
- Our structural integrity laboratory: one of the best equipped facilities in the UK for the development and testing of large-scale structural materials and components used in the energy sector.
1MW Solar PV farm on Cranfield campus