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This comprehensive briefing webinar covered the competition scope, eligibility criteria and application process.
Thames Valley Berkshire Smart City Cluster ChallengeDuncan Purves
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Zero Emission Road Freight: Enabling a Future Large Scale Demonstration - Fun...KTN
Join us to find out about a competition addressing zero emission trucks and associated infrastructure.
Please join us at this online briefing where Innovate UK will provide details of a multimillion-pound competition for the demonstration of zero emission road freight.
There will be an opportunity to gain insight to the scope of each strand and ask questions as potential applicants. We will also discuss the role that the UK supply chain can play.
The UK Government is going further and faster to reach net zero across all transport modes, including HGV freight, one of the hardest sectors to decarbonise.
The competition will consist of three strands, addressing zero emission trucks and the associated infrastructure:
1. Electric Road System – in-depth planning, design and pre-deployment studies for a future large-scale freight demonstration.
2. Hydrogen fuel cell freight – in-depth planning, design and pre-deployment studies for a future large-scale freight demonstration.
3. Supply chain technology for zero emission road freight – feasibility studies covering the design, development and manufacturing of zero emission capable freight vehicles in the over 3.5 tonne categories and the infrastructure which will support them.
This will benefit businesses of all sizes (micro, SME and large), academics, RTO and local authorities. We are particularly keen for organisations with relevance and expertise in the following areas to attend:
- HGV and truck OEMs and supporting supply chain
- Transport and logistics operators
- Local authorities
- Academic Institutions and Research Technology Organisations
- Highway Authorities
- Energy providers and regulators
- Infrastructure providers – from refuelling to catenary
- Power Electronics, Machines and Drives
- Batteries and energy storage
- Hydrogen, portable hydrogen storage and hydrogen fuel cells
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The work provides an overview on engagement approaches tested and performed in different urban contexts, in order to foster stakeholder participation to the debate on urban freight, and on methods to identify commons solutions and develop viable models.
The analysis considers the experience of cities where initiatives related with urban freight deliveries are being planned and implemented, and where local engagement strategies have been put in place in order to identify issues and common viable and accepted solutions.
GreenSpur Wind manufacturers have designed a new low-cost ferrite-based direct-drive permanent magnet generator (DD-PMG) for the wind turbine market. It is the only company in the world known to be developing a ferrite-based design capable of multi-Megawatt power generation.
Eliminating the price and supply risks associated with using rare earth magnets the design has been optimised through extensive R&D that identified a highly innovative magnetic arrangement, which delivers maximum output for the lowest material cost and weight.
In this presentation, GreenSpur Wind showcased how they have progressed their PEMD development rapidly through research and design stages and how they plan to work with a dynamic UK supply chain to bring their highly disruptive technology to a multi-£bn global wind energy market.
Presented at the 4th Global Infrastructure Basel Summit 21 & 22 May 2014.
Read more about the world leading platform for Sustainable Infrastructure Finance at www.gib-foundation.org.
Next Summit: 27 & 28 May 2015 in Switzerland
Driving the Electric Revolution: Supply Chains for Net Zero - Competition Bri...KTN
The Driving the Electric Revolution: Supply Chains for Net Zero £22 milling funding competition aims to facilitate UK supply chains and manufacturing capability growth. Focusing on power electronics, machines and drives (PEMD) it will enable future improvements in productivity, capacity, quality or efficiency for sectors including energy, industrial and transport.
This comprehensive briefing webinar covered the competition scope, eligibility criteria and application process.
Thames Valley Berkshire Smart City Cluster ChallengeDuncan Purves
Thames Valley Berkshire Smart City Cluster Challenge presentation given by Rob McDonald of Peter Brett Associates at the IoT Thames Valley Meetup on 13th February 2019
Zero Emission Road Freight: Enabling a Future Large Scale Demonstration - Fun...KTN
Join us to find out about a competition addressing zero emission trucks and associated infrastructure.
Please join us at this online briefing where Innovate UK will provide details of a multimillion-pound competition for the demonstration of zero emission road freight.
There will be an opportunity to gain insight to the scope of each strand and ask questions as potential applicants. We will also discuss the role that the UK supply chain can play.
The UK Government is going further and faster to reach net zero across all transport modes, including HGV freight, one of the hardest sectors to decarbonise.
The competition will consist of three strands, addressing zero emission trucks and the associated infrastructure:
1. Electric Road System – in-depth planning, design and pre-deployment studies for a future large-scale freight demonstration.
2. Hydrogen fuel cell freight – in-depth planning, design and pre-deployment studies for a future large-scale freight demonstration.
3. Supply chain technology for zero emission road freight – feasibility studies covering the design, development and manufacturing of zero emission capable freight vehicles in the over 3.5 tonne categories and the infrastructure which will support them.
This will benefit businesses of all sizes (micro, SME and large), academics, RTO and local authorities. We are particularly keen for organisations with relevance and expertise in the following areas to attend:
- HGV and truck OEMs and supporting supply chain
- Transport and logistics operators
- Local authorities
- Academic Institutions and Research Technology Organisations
- Highway Authorities
- Energy providers and regulators
- Infrastructure providers – from refuelling to catenary
- Power Electronics, Machines and Drives
- Batteries and energy storage
- Hydrogen, portable hydrogen storage and hydrogen fuel cells
The role of local engagement in delivering city logistic innovationsGruppo CLAS
Relazione presentata nel corso di URBE (URban freight and BEhavior change) organizzata dal Dipartimento di Scienze politiche e dal Centro di Ricerca sull'Economia delle Istituzioni (CREI) dell'Università di Roma Tre l'1 e 2 ottobre 2015.
The work provides an overview on engagement approaches tested and performed in different urban contexts, in order to foster stakeholder participation to the debate on urban freight, and on methods to identify commons solutions and develop viable models.
The analysis considers the experience of cities where initiatives related with urban freight deliveries are being planned and implemented, and where local engagement strategies have been put in place in order to identify issues and common viable and accepted solutions.
GreenSpur Wind manufacturers have designed a new low-cost ferrite-based direct-drive permanent magnet generator (DD-PMG) for the wind turbine market. It is the only company in the world known to be developing a ferrite-based design capable of multi-Megawatt power generation.
Eliminating the price and supply risks associated with using rare earth magnets the design has been optimised through extensive R&D that identified a highly innovative magnetic arrangement, which delivers maximum output for the lowest material cost and weight.
In this presentation, GreenSpur Wind showcased how they have progressed their PEMD development rapidly through research and design stages and how they plan to work with a dynamic UK supply chain to bring their highly disruptive technology to a multi-£bn global wind energy market.
Presented at the 4th Global Infrastructure Basel Summit 21 & 22 May 2014.
Read more about the world leading platform for Sustainable Infrastructure Finance at www.gib-foundation.org.
Next Summit: 27 & 28 May 2015 in Switzerland
Industrial Strategy:Prospering from the energy revolution - Rob Saunders, In...KTN
Key technology components for local energy systems
briefing event
The webcast recording is now available. Click here to watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPyTb_-qhgo
Find out more about Energy interest group at https://ktn-uk.co.uk/interests/energy
Join the Energy LinkedIn group at https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3380615/
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Including:
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- Description of competition scope
- Description of application process
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Powerpoint slide presentation from "Connected digital additive manufacturing" competition briefing in London on 7 June 2016.
Including:
- Introduction to Innovate UK
- Description of competition scope
- Description of application process
Watch the launch of the Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) from Ofgem and Innovate UK. The SIF is seeking ambitious, innovative projects to help accelerate the transition to Net Zero. Applications for this first phase must come though energy network operators but the SIF offers opportunities for other businesses with innovative solutions for the energy networks who are expected to play an important role as partners.
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£10m funding support for Zero Emission Vehicle innovation.
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Transforming Food Production Briefing Event for UK-China Bilateral - Precisio...KTN
A component of the ISCF Transforming Food Production (TFP) is the International activities based on bilateral agreements to ensure new technologies take advantage of overseas markets. UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million to work with Chinese partners to develop new integrated precision farming technology and help achieve net-zero emissions. This funding is from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.
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On Tuesday 12th October 2021, KTN and Innovate UK hosted this event to provide details of the new Transforming Foundation Industries Demonstrators Competition, followed by the Capability for TFI Event where attendees learned about Research Organisations expertise.
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UKRI, in collaboration with the dept for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy, is seeking to invest up to £1 million to support collaborative projects to plan their route to cluster decarbonisation as part of the £170m Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge (IDC).
Background
As part of the UK’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF), the IDC programme aims to accelerate the cost-effective decarbonisation of industry by developing and deploying low-carbon technologies. It aims to enable the deployment of infrastructure at scale by the mid-2020s.
It will support delivery of the Clean Growth Grand Challenge and the Industrial Clusters Mission, which has set an ambitious target to establish at least one low-carbon industrial cluster by 2030 and the world’s first net-zero carbon industrial cluster by 2040. The Mission, and this challenge, will help to place the UK at the forefront of the global shift to Clean Growth, by driving the technologies, services and markets to produce low carbon industrial products.
Find out more about the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund at https://ktn-uk.co.uk/interests/iscf
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SBRI Rail Competition Briefing: An SBRI competition - 'SBRI rail demonstrations: first of a kind 2020', funded by DfT opened on 13 January 2020. Businesses from the UK, EU or EEA can apply for a share of up to £9.4m, including VAT, to develop demonstrators for sustainability, customer experience, operations or maintenance.
This competition has 4 themes:
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3. Aims of today’s briefing
• To bring the scope and guidance to life so you fully understand the scope
of the competition and the relevant rules and processes for applying for
and undertaking a project
• To introduce a one-off competition to help overcome barriers to first
commercial deployment of a solution which is designed as a bridge
towards future non-grant funding.
• To give you the opportunity to ask us questions and get appropriate
guidance
• To highlight the role of the Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) and
Enterprise Europe Network (EEN), and Catapults in making connections
that may help you before, during and after a project
• To highlight the role of the Catapults in providing some of what you may
need for a project
• To provide you with networking opportunities with others in the
innovation landscape
4. What’s new
• You will be aware that a lot is changing in our approach to competitions
– Breadth of scope
– Timing of competitions
– Application questions
– Decision-making processes
– Application submission system
• This is the first main competition for Infrastructure Systems under this
new approach so there is something here for previous and new applicants
6. The UK’s innovation agency
We know that true innovation disrupts. It will
create new products, services and industries
that we don’t even know about yet.
It’s our vision to help the UK economy grow
head and shoulders above other nations by
inspiring and supporting pioneering UK
businesses to create the industries of the
future.
We already have a strong track record of
driving growth, by working with companies
to de-risk, enable and support innovation.
7.
8. 5-point plan
Working with the research community and across Government to turn scientific
excellence into economic impact and deliver results through innovation, in
collaboration with the Research Community and Government.
Accelerating UK economic growth, by nurturing high-growth potential SMEs in
key market sectors, helping them to become high-growth mid-sized companies
with strong productivity and export success.
Building on innovation excellence throughout the UK, investing locally in
areas of strength
Developing Catapults within a national innovation network to provide access
to cutting edge technologies, encourage inward investment and enable technical
advances in existing businesses.
Evolving our funding models; helping public funding go further
9. Sector focus to accelerate growth
Emerging and Enabling
Technologies
Identifying and investing in technologies
and capabilities that will lead to the new
products, processes and services of
tomorrow
Health and Life Sciences
Focused on agriculture and food and
healthcare, underpinned by bioscience
and medical research and enabled by
engineering and physical sciences
Infrastructure Systems
Optimising transport and energy systems
and integrating them with other systems
such as health and digital in an urban
context
Manufacturing and Materials
Advancing manufacturing readiness so
R&D and technology
developments increase productivity and
capture value in the UK
• Earth Observation
• Internet of Things
• Data
• Cyber Security
• User Experience (strategy)
• Emerging Tech & Industries
• Robotics & AS
• Electronics, Sensors and
Photonics
• Design (strategy)
• Creative Economy (strategy)
• Advanced Therapies
• Precision Medicine
• Medicines Technology
• Bioscience
• Agri Productivity
• Enhanced Food Quality
• Connected Transport
• Urban Living
• Infrastructure
• Energy Systems
• Nuclear
• Offshore Renewable Energy
• Digital Manufacturing
• Early Stage Manufacturing
• Manufacturing Readiness
• Resource efficiency
• Advanced Materials
10. New simplified Innovate UK competitions
Expected open date
Manufacturing and Materials 9 May 2016
Open 6 Jun 2016
Infrastructure Systems 4 Jul 2016
Health and Life Sciences 12 Sep 2016
Emerging and Enabling Technologies 3 Oct 2016
We will also run competitions in partnership with other organisations.
For all competitions see the Delivery Plan or www.innovateuk.gov.uk
11. Connecting: strengthening our networks
• We help businesses grow by connecting: linking them with academics,
government, new partners and funding opportunities.
• We provide direct guidance and help business navigate all the support
opportunities that exist.
• This year we will build support through the Knowledge Transfer Network
(KTN) and Enterprise Europe Network (EEN), helping innovative businesses
nationally and regionally.
12. New innovation finance products
Businesses at different stages of their development can benefit best from
different forms of innovation support.
We are preparing to widen our range of products beyond grants in future.
Later this year we will run three pilot competitions for new innovation finance
products.
13. • We have two competition offerings for companies.
• The competitions have the same scope.
Competition 1
The first of the competitions is a grant competition, focusing on lower technology readiness
levels including testing.
Competition 2
To help overcome barriers to the first commercial deployment of innovation, the first of a
kind competition will award contracts to test first deployment in a real world environment.
The Competitions
15. Competition aims
• To accelerate and broaden innovation which drives UK business
growth in Infrastructure Systems
• Bring forward business-led innovative solutions for affordable,
sustainable and secure energy, connected transport, urban living,
and resilience of infrastructure to environmental and social
pressures.
• Integrate and optimise different infrastructure systems and
thereby offer step changes in additional performance, capacity,
adaptability, functionality, productivity and resilience.
• Drive step changes in growth, productivity and/or drive export
opportunities for Small and Medium Enterprises.
16. Competition scope – the ‘must haves’
• To be in scope, a project must clearly demonstrate step
change innovation(s) in one or more of the following areas:
– Energy Systems
– Civil Nuclear Fission
– Offshore Wind
– Connected Transport
– Urban Living
– Smart, Resilient, Sustainable Integrated Infrastructure
• You must show how your proposal will enable a step change
in business growth, productivity and/or drive export
opportunities for at least one UK SME involved in the project.
17. Competition
Theme
Working definition
Energy
Systems
Innovations in the ability to match energy supply and demand that will drive step-change
improvements in value proposition, energy affordability, security, and environmental
sustainability.
Nuclear
Fission
Innovations that lead to significant cost reduction, improved asset integrity and supply
chain development for current and future UK and global civil nuclear markets.
Offshore Wind Innovations that, when deployed, will substantially reduce the cost of energy from offshore
wind
Connected
Transport
Improving the transport infrastructure through innovative system design, connecting
people and goods through intermodal transport whilst optimising efficiency, and reducing
societal costs.
Urban Living Citizen-centric solutions to meet the changing needs of cities and urban areas, that
integrate multiple urban infrastructure systems to provide a step change improvements in
costs and user experience. These systems include “hard” systems such as energy,
transport, waste, water, communication, and “soft” systems such as data, security, sensors,
“social” systems including law and justice, health, social care, education, and
“environmental” systems.
Smart,
Resilient
Sustainable
Integrated
Infrastructure
Innovations that could lead to a step-change improvement in the integration of energy,
transport and urban systems with each other, and with other infrastructure systems:
to deliver additional intelligence, air quality, functionality, productivity, security,
flexibility, capacity, and/or lifetime performance.
to lower the risk of failure, to reduce costs and/or CO2 emissions.
Innovations could include cross-cutting solutions such as digital, sensors, or autonomous
systems, and may include supply chain development projects.
18. Out of scope
• Innovations that focus exclusively on one of the following
themes are not priorities for this call and are out of scope:
– With the exception of civil nuclear fission and offshore wind,
innovations in technologies for the purpose of generating only one of
electric power, motive power, light, heat or cooling.
– energy end-use efficiency, for example in domestic appliances,
industrial processes, vehicles, or building fabric.
– single transport modes or propulsion systems (e.g. Cars, Rail, or
Marine).
– Fossil fuels (exploration, appraisal, production, processing, transport,
distribution or end use).
– Minor incremental innovations that are unlikely to drive UK economic
growth, UK SME growth, or where there is no pressing case for
Innovate UK intervention.
20. Project details
• All projects must be led by a UK-based business and must be
carried out in the UK
• Include at least one UK-based Small or Medium Enterprise
(SME).
• Last between 3 and 36 months, with total project eligible
costs between £25,000 and £5 million.
– If project costs are less than £100,000 then an SME can work alone on
the project or with partners
– If the project costs are £100,000 or more then the project must
include at least two partners working collaboratively
• Meet the descriptions of Feasibility Study, Industrial Research
or Experimental Development.
21. Funding allocation
There is up to £15 million to fund innovation projects in this competition. We currently
expect to distribute this as follows:
– Up to £5 million for projects lasting up to one year
– Up to £5 million for projects lasting up to 2 years
– Up to £5 million for projects lasting up to 3 years
For technical feasibility studies and industrial research, you could receive up to:
– 70% of your eligible project costs if you are a small business
– 60% if you are a medium-sized businesses
– 50% if you are a large business
– RTOs (including Universities, Research Institutes, Not-For-Profits, Catapults, and Local Authorities) can receive up to
100% of eligible costs (80% of Full Economic Costs), with their contributions capped at 30% of project size.
For experimental development projects, which are nearer to market, you could receive
up to:
– 45% of your eligible project costs if you are a small business
– 35% if you are a medium-sized business
– 25% if you are a large business
– Research and Technology Organisations (RTOs, including Universities, Research Institutes, Not-For-Profits, Catapults,
and Local Authorities) can receive up to 100% of eligible costs (80% of Full Economic Costs), with their contributions
capped at 30% of project size.
Your project could include work packages that cut across two of the above research categories. The costs of each work package
should be calculated separately and added to derive a total project cost.
International partners are very welcome but are not eligible for Innovate UK grant-funding contribution.
22. Key dates
Competition opens
– Monday 4th July 2016
Brokering Events
– Thursday 7th July 2016 (Glasgow)
– Tuesday 12th July 2016 (London)
– Tuesday 19th July 2016 (Bristol)
– Thursday 21st July 2016 (Manchester)
– Thursday 28th July 2016 (Cardiff)
– Tuesday 2nd August 2016 (Belfast)
Briefing event
– Tuesday 12th July 2016
Registration deadline
– Noon Wednesday 14th September 2016
Application deadline
– Noon Wednesday 21st September 2016
23. Competition 1 Application
For full details of the application process please refer to KTN Connect
website.
https://goo.gl/WVMXsT
26. First Of A Kind Deployment (FOAK)
• This competition is designed to help overcome barriers to the first real
deployment of a solution
– Aimed at later stage of development
– Focus on proving an innovative product or service in a real world situation
– The areas for Aims and Scope are the same as for the main competition
– It is one-off competition to help inform future non-grant funding
– Winners will be awarded contracts rather than grants (uses PCP structure)
– An SME and an end customer will need to be involved
• The Project is in 2 phases:
– Phase 1 is to develop a repeatable financing and business case for the innovation.
It will be a 3 month contract worth up to £50,000 with a total of up to £1 million
available
– Phase 2 will be a demonstration that the innovation delivers the expected
outcomes when integrated in complex real-world applications.
It will be a contract worth between £250,000 and £5 million with a total of up to
£18 million available
– Phase 2 is only open to Phase 1 winners, and the deployment must be complete
within 1 year
• The competition opens on 18 July 2016 and closes on 31 August 2016
27. FOAK Application
• Apply by registering using the link on the gov.uk competition page
• Application forms will be emailed
– These are a bit different to the ones used for the main competition
• Download the detailed tender documentation using the site details emailed to
you. This documentation will include:
– Invitation to Tender document
– Project Brief
– Guidance Notes
– Draft Contract
– Form to be completed during Phase 1
• Read everything carefully and submit your application before the deadline
• For more guidance there was a webinar on 12 July in London
– You view the recording using the link on the gov.uk competition page
More details at https://goo.gl/WVMXsT
Thank you all for coming to London for this briefing and thank you to those of you joining us online. We hope you find this useful.
Thank you all for coming to London for this briefing and thank you to those of you joining us online. We hope you find this useful.
(Need to be clear somewhere that this competition will not operate under IFS)
These next slides provide useful context to consider when writing your application. It will be what is driving the assessment and portfolio selection processes.
We have formed four sector groups to align our approach more closely with the work of research business and Government.
There is survey-based evidence to suggest that the innovation in companies across the UK is narrowing. This narrowing may hinder commercial success as the business models and services around products do not get developed in line with the technology and the technology won’t be as competitive in changing and more complex markets. This competition is about encouraging companies to innovate in new areas and diversify.
There has been a lot of discussion about the productivity gap in the UK and this competition is also aimed at trying to address that.
In line with our 5 point plan, this competition has a focus on driving growth in SMEs.
100% funding but applicants should request just enough funding and just enough scope to prove the viability. Do not stray into commercial activity. Assessors will be judging fair market value of each project