The BEIS IEEA is a funding programme designed to support partnerships between developers of energy/resource efficient technologies and industrial companies willing to demonstrate the technologies on-site. The programme is managed by the Carbon Trust with support from Jacobs and KTN. It represents a unique opportunity for UK technology developers to bring their innovations to market, and to prove their technology works at scale in a production environment.
The programme is open to projects from all UK industry sectors that can demonstrate either a novel technology (targeting Technology Readiness Level 5-8), or the use of an established technology in a novel way.
Being part of the IEEA will allow promising innovators to:
- Demonstrate their technology in an operational environment
- Increase confidence from potential users
- Access incubation and marketing support
And it will provide forward-looking industrial companies with an opportunity to implement pioneering technologies with decreased risk and cost.
There is no requirement to have participated in phase 1 or phase 2 before applying to phase 3.
Who can apply to the IEEA?
Projects should comprise an industrial partner that will demonstrate the technology at their site, and (usually) a technology developer that has developed the new technology. Other project partners can be included in a consortium such as research organisations, universities, specialist technology suppliers and consultants.
Projects which are eligible
- Demonstration of a novel technology, or a commercial technology in a novel way
- Project will lead to a reduction of carbon emissions through reduced energy use and/or resource efficiency
- Energy/resource efficiency is achieved in the production stage (i.e. not distribution, use or disposal)
- Project must have good scale-up and commercial replication potential in the UK industrial sector
Sector eligibility
- The industrial processes that the IEEA targets are typically found in the following in-scope sectors: manufacturing (SIC 10-33), aggregates (SIC 08), water, waste (SIC 36-39) and data centres (SIC 63110).
Technology eligibility
- Efficient industrial process technologies with Technology Readiness Level currently 5 – 8. Progress to TRL8 or 9 during the project.
- Novel technology – or commercial technology not currently demonstrated in the UK, or in the planned demonstration sector.
- Eligible technologies include: – Energy saving projects; reduced waste use; reduced waste production; re-use of water or waste OR – Reduced use of raw materials; use of demonstrably lower carbon materials; material recycling or re-use INCLUDING – Advanced digital technology, including enhanced sensors & controls and process learning for process optimisation leading to superior energy and resource efficiencies within the demonstration project.
Organisation eligibility
- Commercial technology developers
- Industrial companies with a demonstration site in the UK
- Research Organisations – including universities, research and technology organisations, trade associations, charities etc
- Other private sector companies – including consultancies, specialist equipment or material suppliers etc
Out of scope – the following project types are not eligible for IEEA funding:
- Buildings, building fabric, building services (e.g. space heating, cooling and ventilation)
- On-grid electricity generation or electricity storage technology
- On-site renewables technology (e.g. wind, biomass, PV, solar thermal etc)
- Carbon capture and storage
- Fuel switching (unless there is also an energy reduction)
- Vehicles and reductions in transportation
- Fuel production
Click here for a recording of the launch event for phase 3 (recorded 14th October 2021).
If you have a preliminary idea, please fill in the form at the Carbon Trust’s page below, and their team will provide you with a preliminary assessment of the potential eligibility of the technology/project before you proceed to a full application.