Abby L. Harvey
GHG Monitor
3/6/2015
Innovate UK, the United Kingdom’s innovation agency, is making up to £5 Million available for conventional fossil fuel projects, including carbon capture and storage, through a solicitation opened this week. The solicitation calls for collaborative research and development projects, as well as feasibility studies that develop new innovative technologies or adopt existing technologies from other sectors. “Carbon abatement technologies in general, and carbon capture and storage (CCS) in particular, have an essential role in the continuing use of fossil fuels in power generation and in vital energy-intensive industries,” the solicitation says
Funding for business-led collaborative R&D projects is allocated at £4 million. Projects are expected to have a business partner providing 50 percent public funding for the project, or 60 percent for SMEs. “We expect collaborative R&D projects to range in size from £250k to £1.5m, although we may consider projects outside this range,” the solicitation says. Funding for smaller scale feasibility studies under the solicitation is allocated at £1 million. “These can be collaborative but must be led by an SME (working with large businesses, other SMEs or research organisations) or developed by a single SME. … We expect feasibility projects to range in size from £100k to £150k,” the solicitation says. The deadline for feasibility studies is June 10. For collaborative R&D projects, expressions of interest are due for submission on April 15.
