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Creation of HyEnergy®

Ian Williamson founded HyEnergy® back in 2014 because he felt there was a gap in the market for a commercially focussed consultancy within the hydrogen sector. From our beginnings in the industrial gas sector, we have grown to work with many sector stakeholders – including industry, local/regional public sector organisations and national governments. He rapidly found customers who valued such skills and the range of services offered extended.  Today we have a core team and a group of experienced associate consultants who help flex our capabilities as need demand.

Future of HyEnergy®

HyEnergy® believes hydrogen will play a key role in creating a clean sustainable future. We have the necessary know-how and skill set to engage with stakeholders who are new to hydrogen and its potential. We help transfer world class knowledge into organisations to realise hydrogen’s potential for products and projects.  We will continue to identify opportunities within the market, participating ourselves where we feel we can add significant value. Our first such venture is the establishment of our TransStore company.

Our Team

Ian Williamson

CEO - Hyenergy founder

Having worked in the industrial gases, hydrogen and renewables sectors for nearly 40 years, Ian has an extensive skill set focused on business and project development/management of all aspects of hydrogen and interconnected renewable projects. Prior to HyEnergy®, Ian was CEO of AFC Energy, one of the UK’s only AIM listed fuel cell companies, and spent 27 years at Air Products where he was Hydrogen and Bio Energy Director.

Diana Raine

Project Director

Diana has worked in the hydrogen energy sector for the past 15 years and has extensive practical experience of the entire supply chain, gained through leading hydrogen business development activities at Air Products. She has delivered significant projects, including the flagship TfL hydrogen bus station, and possesses commercial and technical understanding across the hydrogen production, storage and delivery landscape in stationary and transport applications. She is an experienced project manager, including Innovate UK, FP7 and Horizon 2020 collaborative funded projects.

Josh Williamson

Consultant

Josh is an accomplished hydrogen sector professional with over 5 years of consulting experience with HyEnergy® since joining the team in 2018. Throughout this time, Josh has grown his sector expertise throughout the company’s collaborative projects, developing regional hydrogen roadmaps in SEAFUEL, and regional export & technology scale-up studies in HEAVENN and GREEN HYSLAND respectively. Much of Josh’s current focus relates to business development and funded proposal preparation for both UK and EU collaborative calls. This features lead roles and contributions to a number of successful applications to different funding agencies including Innovate UK, Net Zero Hydrogen Fund, Horizon2020, Clean Hydrogen Partnership (etc.).

Pauline Williamson

Finance Director

Pauline is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (FCA). Through her other businesses, she has been helping small business owners with their finances across the south east of England for many years. She leads HyEnergy’s® financial reporting and engages in EU project reporting. She is joint owner of HyEnergy®.

TJ Wells

RESEARCH ANALYST

Thomas Wells is a graduate from the University of Southampton, who studied Environmental Management with Business (BSc). Having specialised in sustainability and climate change-based modules, he is very keen on sustainability with a specific interest in innovative technology for renewable and clean energy.
After interning with HyEnergy® in summer 2023, Thomas, AMEI is now a full-time team member whose role focuses on data analysis, researching and reporting on (inter)national hydrogen technology and policy for several of our various projects.

Sarah McLaughlin

Administrator

Sarah is part of HyEnergy’s® administration team and heads up all our external communication, including via social media platforms. In addition, she supports our customer facing team via coordination of travel and allocation/monitoring of resources for projects. Sarah’s background in education has enabled her to transition to the role very naturally using her planning and communication skills.

Cian Moran

Consultant

Cian completed his PhD in hydrogen production and supply chains at the University of Galway, Ireland in Spring 2024. Having worked on a number of industry-collaborative projects during his time there, Cian has published three academic papers and presented at multiple international conferences, bringing a wealth of technical expertise to the HyEnergy team. Prior to his PhD research, Cian worked as a Product Development Engineer for award-winning smart grid technology company VIOTAS. He has a bachelor’s degree in Energy Systems Engineering from the University of Galway

Júlia Terra Miranda

Researcher

Julia is an Environmental Manager who graduated from the Erasmus Mundus programme in 2020 with a first-class honours MSc in Water and Coastal management. For the past 5 years Julia has been working with renewable energy, firstly focused on wind energy and later on Offshore wind energy, always under an environmental and socio-economic perspective. Now she is a Political Sciences PhD candidate at NUI Galway developing her thesis in international Hydrogen Policies. The PhD is aligned with her role as ESR14 in the Solar2Chem project, a Horizon2020 Marie Curie project, under the supervision of Dr. Brendan Flynn and HyEnergy’s® founder, Ian Williamson.
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Tim Williamson

Consultant

Tim’s background includes time spent in the scientific services sector where he gained extensive laboratory knowledge through his research facility work. He has a degree in Biomedical Science from Reading University.

Tim is working out of our Reading office; researching, report writing and engaging with our clients across Europe. He also has extensive web development and graphic design skills to create websites, logos and slide decks for your business or projects. 

Cian Moran

Consultant

Cian completed his PhD in hydrogen production and supply chains at the University of Galway, Ireland in Spring 2024. Having worked on a number of industry-collaborative projects during his time there, Cian has published three academic papers and presented at multiple international conferences, bringing a wealth of technical expertise to the HyEnergy team. Prior to his PhD research, Cian worked as a Product Development Engineer for award-winning smart grid technology company VIOTAS. He has a bachelor’s degree in Energy Systems Engineering from the University of Galway

Lucy Bowles

Data Analyst

Lucy is a Data Scientist, specialising in trend detection and analysis. She has a Masters degree in Artificial Intelligence and Adaptive Systems, and has worked for several years in the consumer intelligence industry, creating custom algorithms and using AI to gain insights from large-scale datasets. She is an experienced collaborator between various engineering and data teams, and across countries, having worked with clients in Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK. She now utilises these data science skills across Europe’s hydrogen sector.

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Tim Williamson

Consultant

Tim’s background includes time spent in the scientific services sector where he gained extensive laboratory knowledge through his research facility work. He has a degree in Biomedical Science from Reading University.

Tim is working out of our Reading office; researching, report writing and engaging with our clients across Europe. He also has extensive web development and graphic design skills to create websites, logos and slide decks for your business or projects.