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 three 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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Related Opportunities
Contracts for Innovation: Clean Energy Demonstrators in Tanzania
Opens: 11/11/2024 Closes: 17/01/2025
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £1.8m to develop innovative clean energy demonstrators in Tanzania.
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Contracts for Innovation: NI Water: Green Capacity Market Services
Opens: 04/11/2024 Closes: 22/11/2024
NI Water seeks to plan, investigate and develop solutions for the future of its c. 300 diesel generators which are critical for the delivery of water and wastewater services.
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National Home Decarbonisation Group: Big Retrofit Challenge
Opens: 18/10/2024 Closes: 28/11/2024
The ‘Big Retrofit Challenge’ is a bold new competition aimed at unearthing game-changing solutions in home decarbonisation.
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Game Changers Challenge - Characterisation and measurement of materials for effective nuclear waste management
Opens: 14/10/2024 Closes: 26/11/2024
Sellafield Ltd seeks solutions to accelerate in-situ real-time characterisation and measurement of materials through in-field testing capabilities.
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Launchpad: net zero industry, South West Wales – Rd 2 MFA
Opens: 04/11/2024 Closes: 11/12/2024
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £1 million for projects that grow their innovation activities in the net zero industrial cluster in South West Wales. This funding is from Innovate UK.
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Unlocking opportunities in Horizon Europe in Czech Republic
Opens: 15/11/2024 Closes: 22/11/2024
Apply to attend IUK Business Connect’s two-day energy research Partnership Event with international partners in Prague, 27–29 January 2025.
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Navigating Net Zero: Understanding the Role of Hydrogen
10.00 - 11.30 | Online
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Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) Show & Tell webinars – Discovery Round 3
09.30 - 16.30 | Online
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