Storage, Hydrogen & Nuclear

Firming a clean energy system. Batteries and grid-scale storage, green hydrogen and fuel cells, and nuclear fission power.

• Battery Systems — Batteries power everything from phones to EVs and grid storage. Learn cell chemistries, series/parallel packs, capacity, C-rate, SOC and SOH, battery management systems, charging, ageing and safety.
• Energy Storage — Energy storage balances supply and demand across seconds to seasons. Compare pumped hydro, batteries, flywheels, compressed air, hydrogen, supercapacitors and thermal storage by power, energy, efficiency and cost, and learn their grid applications.
• Hydrogen, Electrolysers & Fuel Cells — The hydrogen economy explained. Learn hydrogen properties and colours (grey, blue, green), production (steam methane reforming, electrolysis — alkaline, PEM, solid oxide), electrolyser efficiency and specific energy, storage (compressed, liquid, carriers like ammonia), fuel cells (PEMFC, SOFC), cell voltage and polarisation, round-trip efficiency, safety, end uses (steel, fertiliser, refining, mobility) and costs — with Python for electrolysis and fuel-cell sizing.
• Nuclear Energy: Fission, Reactors & Safety — Low-carbon firm power from the atom. Learn nuclear binding energy and fission, chain reactions, criticality and the multiplication factor, moderators and coolants, reactor types (PWR, BWR, PHWR, fast breeders, SMRs), fuel, enrichment and burnup, energy density, India's three-stage programme and thorium, decay heat and safety (defence in depth, passive safety), radiation protection, waste management and fusion basics — with Python for fission energy and fuel consumption.