Energy
Innovate UK Business Connect’s Energy Team is at the centre of our work contributing to delivering the UK’s ambitious Net Zero targets. With specialists in Nuclear, Offshore Wind, Thermal Energy Systems, Batteries, Water, Hydrogen, Sustainable Energy, Grid and Distributed Systems, Electrical Energy Systems and Solar, the team has deep expertise, powerful connections and a track record of successful projects delivering environmental and societal impact.
Specialist Areas
|Sectors
|Case Studies
|Opportunities
|Case Studies
|Events
|Experts
|News
|Perspective
|Programmes
The Energy Team aims to simplify the energy innovation landscape by providing rapid transfer of high-quality information on technologies, markets, funding and partnership opportunities. It supports businesses to decarbonise and increase energy efficiency, building on Innovate UK Business Connect’s longstanding record for work in environmental sustainability.
From a seat on the government’s Carbon Connect programme to working with Sellafield to find decontamination solutions, the team’s sector expertise is fundamental in the delivery of a variety of projects and in supporting government departments, large organisations and SMEs.
Innovate UK Business Connect has also supported three overseas missions to Canada, China, South Korea and Japan to establish the potential for UK companies to work in collaboration: from this we have a Memorandum of Understanding from a Japanese research centre and joint projects with the US.
Click here for a complete list of our open energy and sustainability funding opportunities.
Our current focus in this area
Related Opportunities
Contracts for Innovation: Net zero heating and hot water solutions
Opens: 01/10/2024 Closes: 21/10/2024
West Dunbartonshire Council seek to upgrade existing housing stock with a focus on net zero heating and hot water solutions.
More Information
Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund Round 4 Discovery - September 2024
Opens: 23/09/2024 Closes: 23/10/2024
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £30m for collaborative projects to improve the UK energy network.
More Information
Innovation Exchange Challenge: Autonomous Geophysical 3D Characterisation for Offshore Wind Subsea Surveys
Opens: 10/08/2024 Closes: 08/11/2024
The iX programme is supporting Ocean Winds (a 50-50 joint venture of ENGIE and EDP Renewables) to find innovators who can provide a solution to the offshore wind industry’s subsea 3D sub-bottom profile measurement challenge.
More Information
Innovation Exchange Challenge: Integrated Energy Management System for Reading Borough Council's Transport Depot
Opens: 19/08/2024 Closes: 07/10/2024
The Innovation Exchange (iX) program in partnership with the Greater South East Net Zero Hub is supporting Reading Borough Council to look for an innovative digital system to integrate and balance its power generation, future energy storage, and usage (such as EV Charging) in a…
More Information
Innovation Exchange Challenge: Nature inclusive solutions for floating offshore wind farms
Opens: 05/09/2024 Closes: 08/11/2024
The iX programme is supporting Ocean Winds (a 50-50 joint venture of ENGIE and EDP Renewables) to find innovators that can provide a solution to offshore wind industry’s nature inclusive designs challenge for floating offshore wind farms.
More Information
Innovation Exchange Challenge: Acquiring actionable ecological data in offshore wind farms
Opens: 05/09/2024 Closes: 08/11/2024
The iX programme is supporting Ocean Winds (a 50-50 joint venture of ENGIE and EDP Renewables) to find innovators that can provide a solution to the offshore wind industry’s ecology monitoring challenge for offshore wind farms.
More Information
Related Events and Recordings
Mon
3
Jun
2024
Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) Show & Tell webinars – Discovery Round 3
09.30 - 16.30 | Online
Watch now
Mon
21
Oct
2024
Navigating Net Zero: Understanding the Role of Hydrogen
10.00 - 11.30 | Online
Register for this series
Our Experts
Related News
22/01/2024
DESNZ launches new Phase 3 Industrial Energy Transformation Fund
On 22 January 2024, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) launched Phase 3 of the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF), providing an additional £185 million capital investment support to industry.
Read more
08/01/2024
Industrial Energy Transformation Fund 2024 update
Find out more about the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund’s activities in 2024.
Read more
Related programme
Hydrogen Supply Chain Directory
This directory shares the details of those who are currently producing, storing, transporting, and using hydrogen. It also showcases solutions-providers who may be able to help these end users meet their hydrogen targets. Innovate UK Business Connect can facilitate knowledge transfer and introductions for users of the directory.