Major developments in Brum

Tyseley is an industrial area hosting the Birmingham Energy Innovation Centre and hydrogen refuelling pilot site and a cluster of business start-ups. The plan is to develop 221,500 sqm into a ‘Green Energy Innovation District’ - an innovation cluster and research and skills campus, focused on existing and developing strengths to include clean energy, materials recycling, industrial symbiosis, advanced manufacturing, and housing retrofit and will create 4,365 jobs. It includes the construction of the £20m National Centre for Decarbonisation of Heat (NCDH). The Tyseley Alliance of Birmingham City Council, University of Birmingham, Crown Estate, and Tyseley Energy Park Ltd have developed the Tyseley vision.

The NCDH will accelerate the national transition to net-zero heating for homes by fostering innovation, skills, and a living laboratory for testing new technologies and business models in a real-world setting. It focuses on crucial areas like developing low carbon heating technologies, providing training for the workforce, supporting SME innovators via a business incubator, and establishing a facility to test and demonstrate solutions for existing buildings.

Page last updated: 16 October 2025