Thermal Energy Systems
Innovate UK Business Connect supports the heating and cooling industries in the UK including the electrification of heat (heat pumps, storage heaters, dry heating systems), heat networks (infrastructure, heat exchangers, heat network optimisation) and low carbon gases (hydrogen, biogas and other green gases).
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Heating and cooling generation and storage for domestic, commercial and industrial use are also supported including CHP (combined heat and power), solar thermal and ground and air source heat pumps, phase change heat storage, inter seasonal storage and more traditional water storage systems.
Innovate UK Business Connect’s focus over the last few years has been the industrial sector to help the manufacturing industries to reduce their carbon emissions. The majority of their emissions are created through the generation of the high-grade heat needed for their industrial processes. We have supported, and continue to support, a number of BEIS funding programmes to support the reduction of carbon related to heating.
The future focus will be on reducing the carbon emissions associated with cooling required for domestic, commercial and industrial sectors. Innovate UK Business Connect is working with Innovate UK to develop their future programme in this area.
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Management of thermal energy within a large industrial laundry service
Opens: 31/10/2025 Closes: 31/12/2025
CLEAN Linen Services, in association with the Textile Services Association would like to find innovative solutions which can help them to manage their thermal energy needs throughout their industrial laundry process within their premises in Slough. This could include heat harvesting. The process inc
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Management of thermal energy within a small industrial laundry service
Opens: 31/10/2025 Closes: 31/12/2025
Royal Jersey, in association with the Textile Services Association would like to find innovative solutions which can help them to manage their thermal energy needs throughout their industrial laundry process within their premises in Dagenham. The process includes the washing, drying and ironing of t…
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National Materials Innovation Programme: Feasibility Studies
Opens: 03/11/2025 Closes: 17/12/2025
Up to £100k per project for advanced materials innovations in energy, healthcare, structure, durability, electronics, polymers, and metamaterials/metasurfaces.
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Energy Access Collaboration Building visits: UK - Indonesia | Kenya | Mexico
Opens: 03/11/2025 Closes: 23/11/2025
Funded visits supporting the development of partnerships between the UK and international organisations for post-trip funding opportunities.
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MSI: SME resource and energy efficiency – feasibility studies
Opens: 22/10/2025 Closes: 10/12/2025
Up to £105k grants per project to research and develop industrial digital technologies to improve resource or energy efficiencies in manufacturing.
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MSI: SME resource and energy efficiency – industrial research
Opens: 22/10/2025 Closes: 10/12/2025
Up to £700k per project to develop and test industrial digital technologies to improve resource or energy efficiencies in SME manufacturers.
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