Funder

Carbon Trust, GB and other funders: Industrial energy efficiency accelerator competition

Added date

18/11/2021

Closing date

31/01/2022

Call summary

The Carbon Trust, with funding from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, invites applications for its industrial energy efficiency accelerator competition. This supports partnerships between developers of energy efficient technologies and industrial companies willing to test technologies onsite. A total budget of £8 million is available, primarily for funding demonstration projects. Projects receive between 40 and 60 per cent of the total cost, with IEEA contributions typically between £150,000 and £1m per project.

Scientific scope

Carbon Dioxide Reduction & Mitigation; Energy Consumption; Environmental Technology; Energy Conservation & Efficiency

PI eligibility

To lead an application an organisation must be a registered company, research organisation, or academic institution. To be eligible the demonstration must be installed at an eligible industrial process at a UK industrial site. The industrial company that owns or runs the site must be either the lead applicant or a consortium partner.