Solar
Innovate UK Business Connect supports the SuperSolar Network Plus with the Head of Infrastructure acting as Chair to the Network Industrial Advisory Group. Through this group, and programmes such as Energy Catalyst as described above, we are actively brokering B2B and B2A linkages.
In addition, Innovate UK Business Connect’s lead for Energy Systems was a contributing author to the 2019 UKERC Solar Commission report.
We sat on the steering group of The Solar Commission to deliver the report “A bright future: opportunities for UK innovation in solar energy” which was fed into government.
Innovate UK Business Connect also sits on the advisory board of The Centre for Photonics Expertise which covers much of solar energy research across the UK and aims to link businesses with photonics support.
Related Opportunities
Energy Catalyst Round 11
Opens: 17/03/2025 Closes: 30/04/2025
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of £4.5m to create or improve clean energy access in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia or the Indo-Pacific regions.
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Contracts for Innovation: Local Partnerships Clean Energy Demonstrators
Opens: 17/03/2025 Closes: 30/04/2025
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £5m to develop clean energy in a specified ODA (Official Development Assistance) eligible country.
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European Space Agency: Integrated Digital Solutions For The Energy Sector
Opens: 13/02/2025 Closes: 30/06/2025
ESA invites proposals for projects that leverage space-based technologies to advance resilience and sustainability in the energy sector.
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Travel support for UK businesses to attend European events
Applications close c. 1 month before event date
Innovate UK is offering travel support for companies to attend consortia-building events in Europe. Up to £700 is available to help cover travel and subsistence costs.
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European Space Agency: Commercial Applications of Space Weather Data
Opens: 19/02/2025 Closes: 05/05/2025
ESA seek space-enabled services and products related to observation, monitoring, analysis and modelling of the state of the Sun and (inter)planetary environments.
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Launchpad: net zero industry, Southwest Wales – Rd2 CR&D
Opens: 24/02/2025 Closes: 09/04/2025
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £2.9m for business led projects that grow their innovation activities in the net zero industrial cluster in Southwest Wales.
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Cross-Sector Battery Showcase - Advancing Innovation Across Industries - 2025
08.30 - 16.30 GMT | Leicester
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Jan
2025
Global Incubator Programme: Singapore - Cleantech 2025 briefing event
09.00 - 10.00 | Online
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