Grants Information - Innovation
Carbon Trust Algae Fuels Initiative
The Trust is still in the process of assessing the case for investment in algae bioenergy research and development. If a strong case can be made, it will invest up to £5m in algal bioenergy systems projects over the next 1-3 years. It plans to provide this funding using funding scheme that we have called the Algae Fuels Initiative.
If it proceeds with the Algae Fuels Initiative the call for proposals will be announced in September 2008. Further details will be provided on this web page in due course, so please check back frequently.
Carbon Trust Pyrolysis Challenge
As part of its mission to accelerate the move to a low carbon economy, the Carbon Trust develops commercially-viable low carbon technologies, through partnerships, funding, expert advice and outcome-driven research and demonstration.
Carbon Trust Investments finances emerging clean energy technology businesses that demonstrate commercial potential. It specialises in identifying and investing in early stage technologies and credible management teams with the ability to create and deliver clean energy businesses. It is a co-investor of choice in the low carbon technology field. The investments team is strongly supported by in-house technical and strategy groups
Carbon Trust Applied Research Grants
The call for applications is now open until 5pm, 7th August 2008.
Applied Research Grant funding is available to businesses and research institutions and aims to support the development and commercialisation of technology with the potential to reduce UK carbon dioxide emissions.
SUPERGEN: Supporting the development of future low carbon power generation and supply technologies
SUPERGEN is a £25M initiative launched by EPSRC in 2001 that is sponsoring research into low carbon generation and supply options. Carbon Vision is contributing an additional £4-6M to SUPERGEN over the next four years to extend and expand the programme in areas that will specifically deliver low carbon power.
SUPERGEN was established to address the following key areas:
- The sustainable and efficient generation of electrical power from low carbon, zero-carbon or carbon neutral generation systems based on a life-cycle analysis.
- The distribution, control, monitoring, stability, supply and connection of electrical power or energy carrier.
- The evolution of alternative energy vectors, carriers, conversion technologies or generation systems.
Carbon trust Marine Energy Accelerator
The Carbon Trust's current marine energy initiative is the Marine Energy Accelerator. This aims to accelerate progress in cost reduction of marine energy (wave and tidal stream energy) technologies, to bring forward the time when marine energy becomes cost-competitive so that significant carbon emissions reductions are achieved.
Carbon Trust Seeks Funding Partners for its Offshore Wind Accelerator
In 2006 the Stern report identified the urgent need for the UK to develop technologies to deliver low carbon electricity. The Carbon Trust believes that offshore wind will be an essential part of a portfolio of such technologies if the country is to achieve a 60-80% carbon reduction by 2050, and also meet nearer-term UK and EU targets for an increasing amount of energy from renewables.
Carbon Trust - ANGLE Incubator
The Carbon Trust - ANGLE Incubator provides funded Management services to help early-stage businesses developing or exploiting low-carbon technology. Businesses and projects accepted into the programme receive services funded by the Carbon Trust and delivered by experienced consultants and advisors from ANGLE and trusted partners.
Carbon Connections Higher Education Innovation Fund
If you have an innovative idea for a new technology or behavioural change but you need a little assistance to make it a reality then carbon Connections may be able to help.
The Carbon Connections Development Fund managed by the University of East Anglia and funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England has been set up to support organisations with innovative projects for carbon reduction. See website for example of projects.
European Development Funding (ERDF) - open call
The main theme of the ERDF programme throughout the seven year funding period, is supporting low carbon economic growth in the region. Funding will support initiatives that meet the programme's three priorities (axes) as well as environmental, sustainable and equality criteria.
EEDA - Framework Programme 7 Support
Creating new products and services that convincingly out-perform competitors' offerings is seldom cheap or simple. And that's why smart firms are using new approaches to build business development networks.
Boasting a budget of over £50 billion, Framework Programme 7 (FP7) is the European Union's biggest initiative for funding collaborative research and development projects across Europe. Moreover, it could provide your businesses with a unique opportunity to build those pan-European supply chains while developing new products for international markets.
EEDA - proof of concept fund, R&D
The Proof of Concept fund is a scheme designed to help you and other entrepreneurs in the East of England test the commercial viability of innovative business ideas. It is specifically aimed at helping you define the market and assess your customers' needs. Grants of between £5,000 and £40,000 are available but limited to 75 per cent of the project's total cost.
DEFRA Bioenergy Capital Grants
The scheme supports the installation of biomass-fuelled heat and combined heat and power projects in the industrial, commercial and community sectors. The funding only includes England and was launched in April 08. The scheme is open to the industrial, commercial and community sectors. This includes, but is not restricted to, public and private limited companies (Ltd and plc), sole traders, farmers, local authorities, hospitals, universities, schools, housing associations, charities etc. No householders.
There will be a variable rate of up to 40% of the difference in cost of installing the biomass boiler or CHP plant compared to installing the fossil fuel alternative. This is subject to a maximum single award of £100,000 per installation. Applications covering several installations can apply for up to £100,000 for each installation. There is no minimum award threshold.
DEFRA - Environmental Transformation Fund
The Environmental Transformation Fund (ETF) is a new initiative to bring forward the development of new low carbon energy and energy efficiency technologies in the UK. The fund will formally begin operation in April 2008, and will be jointly administered by Defra and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR).
The domestic element of the Fund aims to accelerate the commercialisation of low carbon energy and energy efficiency technologies in the UK. In doing so, it will help reduce the carbon intensity of energy production as well as reduce energy demand. The fund will therefore contribute towards the UK's climate change and renewable energy goals for 2020 and beyond.
The fund will specifically focus on the demonstration and deployment phases of bringing low carbon technologies to market. It will work closely with other organisations funding earlier stage research and development including the Energy Technologies Institute, Technology Strategy Board, and the Research Councils' Energy Programme.
BERR HFC/CAT Demonstration Programme
The Hydrogen and Fuel Cell (H, FC) and Carbon Abatement Technologies (CAT) Demonstration Scheme is designed to address two of the Government's key energy priorities set out in the Energy White Paper: cost competitive carbon emissions reductions, and increased security of supply. The Government is committed to increasing the deployment of renewable energy in the UK , but it is inevitable that fossil fuels will continue to be used for many years to come, both here and abroad, with the rapidly growing energy demand of the developing countries representing a significant pressure.