Energy
Innovate UK Business Connect’s Energy Team is at the centre of our work contributing to delivering the UK’s ambitious Net Zero targets. With specialists in Nuclear, Offshore Wind, Thermal Energy Systems, Batteries, Water, Hydrogen, Sustainable Energy, Grid and Distributed Systems, Electrical Energy Systems and Solar, the team has deep expertise, powerful connections and a track record of successful projects delivering environmental and societal impact.
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The Energy Team aims to simplify the energy innovation landscape by providing rapid transfer of high-quality information on technologies, markets, funding and partnership opportunities. It supports businesses to decarbonise and increase energy efficiency, building on Innovate UK Business Connect’s longstanding record for work in environmental sustainability.
From a seat on the government’s Carbon Connect programme to working with Sellafield to find decontamination solutions, the team’s sector expertise is fundamental in the delivery of a variety of projects and in supporting government departments, large organisations and SMEs.
Innovate UK Business Connect has also supported overseas missions to Canada, China, South Korea and Japan to establish the potential for UK companies to work in collaboration: from this we have a Memorandum of Understanding from a Japanese research centre and joint projects with the US.
Click here for a complete list of our open energy and sustainability funding opportunities.
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Future offshore wind technologies: feasibility studies
Opens: 07/04/2026 Closes: 03/06/2026
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £10m to support Offshore Wind technologies across two competition strands.
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Future offshore wind technologies: industrial research
Opens: 07/04/2026 Closes: 03/06/2026
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £10m to support Offshore Wind technologies across two competition strands.
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Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure 2: Electric Power
Opens: 26/03/2026 Closes: 16/09/2026
Up to £150m total funding across 3 strands: this strand will fund the development and build of innovative 100% battery electric vessels, accompanying charging infrastructure, and shore power systems including related energy infrastructure and vessel upgrades.
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iX Challenge: Whole Estate Renewable Energy Master Planning and Decision Support
Opens: 31/03/2026 Closes: 08/05/2026
A Welsh business seeks a robust, practical and impartial master plan for transitioning to a resilient, low carbon, long term energy system.
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iX Challenge: Designing a Smart Local Energy System for a Circular Economy Park
Opens: 26/03/2026 Closes: 06/05/2026
CWM Environmental is seeking innovators to deliver a feasibility study into a Smart Local Energy System (SLES) / microgrid approach for Nantycaws (CWM Gwyrdd).
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Battery innovation concept development round 2
Opens: 09/04/2026 Closes: 27/05/2026
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £25 million to support innovation in battery grade material technologies for electrification.
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The Battery Caffè Podcast Series 2
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Hydrogen Supply Chain Directory
This directory shares the details of those who are currently producing, storing, transporting, and using hydrogen. It also showcases solutions-providers who may be able to help these end users meet their hydrogen targets. Innovate UK Business Connect can facilitate knowledge transfer and introductions for users of the directory.
Hydrogen Innovation Network
Innovate UK Hydrogen Innovation Network is a non-competitive advisory group to pool knowledge from existing Hydrogen communities and validate views on the current challenges to enabling low-carbon Hydrogen production at scale and cost.