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HySA Infrastructure has completed the first phase of the compressed renewable hydrogen storage project. It is the first of its kind pilot plant in South Africa built at a university campus.  Let us walk you through the construction of our latest hydrogen storage...

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Dr Nicholas Musyoka has been awarded an NRF research grant under the Poland/South Africa Research Collaboration Programme. The value of the award is R 441 000 over three years. The project title is "Synthesis of fly ash derived zeolites and their carbon derivatives...

Dr Henrietta Langmi has been jointly awarded the prestigious Royal Society – DFID Africa Capacity Building Initiative programme grant for a period of five years. The main goal of the initiative is to increase and strengthen the research capacity of universities and...

HySA infrastructure has developed a high-pressure membrane rupture system for the characterization of proton exchange membranes at operational conditions found within electrochemical hydrogen energy systems such as electrochemical hydrogen compressors, hydrogen fuel...

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HySA Infrastructure Center of Competence participated at the HySA  Stakeholders' Meeting in Cape Town, 17-18 August 2015. The mission of the HySA Infrastructure is to deliver technologies for hydrogen production (linked to renewable energy), storage and distribution....

HySA Infrastructure has successfully completed the 3rd phase upgrade of its solar-to-hydrogen system which demonstrates their ongoing commitment to provide excellence in renewable hydrogen technology development, research and demonstration projects. The system located...

HySA Infrastructure core activities video 18-June-2015

Dr Jianwei Ren of HySA Infrastructure at CSIR was awarded with CSIR Young Researcher Establishment Fund (YREF) totalling R 350 000/year for 3 years. The objective of the YREF is to allow Young Researchers to develop their research capabilities further by pursing...

_ HySA Infrastructure has developed a PEM electrolyser hardware that routinely allows to conduct water electrolysis experiments with hydrogen discharge pressure up to or exceeding 80 Bar. The current purpose of this development work is to offer an advanced research...

_ Under the Researcher Links scheme offered within the Newton Fund and co-funded by the British Council and the Royal Society of Chemistry, there will be a bilateral workshop on the above theme in Pretoria, South Africa from 01 to 04 September 2015. _ The focus of the...

In line with the news article published 9-Jun-2014, HYSA INFRASTRUCTURE BOOSTS INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION FOR HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA _ HySA Infrastructure continues to develop Human Capital through specialized training. This time the focus is on...

_ HySA Infrastructure Center recently received funding from the DST Infrastructure Allocation Budget of South Africa to undertake initial feasibility study towards onsite manufacturing of hydrogen for underground mining operations and further deployment of fuel cell...

_ Download competition pdf _ In line with the two previous announcements published on 8-Aug-2013 and 19-Mar-2014, on January 29th, Johannesburg, South Africa – Rosatom Africa in conjunction with the Faculty of Engineering at North-West University (NWU) have officially...

The National Research Foundation (NRF) hosted the SA PhD Regional Conference focusing on Kwa-Zulu Natal Higher Education Institutions on the 18th and 19th of November 2014.  The South African PhD Project is an initiative of the NRF endorsed by the Department of...

The South African Hydrogen Association (SAHA) promotes and develops South African expertise in Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies (HFCT) in South Africa (and Africa). The Association provides an opportunity for all those in the sector to engage with one another with...

Originally, a 150 kilowatt (kW) fuel cell system supplied by Dantherm Power, Ballard’s backup power company, to Anglo American Platinum Limited has been deployed near the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate...

HySA facilities located in building 15 at the CSIR grounds in Brummeria, Pretoria, 27 November 2014.          ...

Nicholas Musyoka was awarded £4000-00 for travel to the UK by British Council Researcher Links Travel Grant. He will spend up to 8 weeks working in Prof David Book's laboratory at the University of Birmingham during which time he will also visit Prof Robert Mokaya's...