Deadline: 25-Jun-25
The Innovate UK in partnership with Office of Gas and Electricity Markets is seeking applications for its Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund Programme to deliver net zero at lowest cost to consumers and support innovative businesses to grow and scale.
Categories
- Discovery is the first phase of a three phase competition:
- There are seven challenge areas in the Discovery Phase:
- Advanced Energy Transmission and Networks
- Dynamic Modelling
- High Energy Demand Point Integration
- Consumer Centric Grid Expansion
- Enhanced System Visibility and Control
- Green Gas
- Whole System Optimisation
- There are seven challenge areas in the Discovery Phase:
Thematic Areas
- Advanced Energy Transmission and Networks:
- A research organisation or industry partner with experience in power electronics for grid applications
- A research institution or industry partner with expertise in superconducting technologies
- A research organisation or technology provider in wireless power systems
- Dynamic Modelling:
- A research institution or technology provider with expertise in real time network modelling, forecasting and optimisation
- Organisations with capability in dynamic modelling, network control or automation for resource coordination
- High Energy Demand Point Integration:
- A research institution or industry partner with expertise in energy forecasting, demand modelling, and load profiling
- A research institution or technology provider in demand side response and grid flexibility
- A policy expert, regulatory specialist, or network planner with experience in grid connection processes and infrastructure planning
- Consumer-Centric Grid Expansion:
- Consumer representative organisation
- Consumer representative organisation
- Enhanced System Visibility and Control:
- A research institution, technology provider, or grid analytics specialist with expertise in real time monitoring, AI driven diagnostics, and grid automation
- A research institution, control room specialist, or automation solution provider with expertise in digital twins and operator decision support tools for complex environments
- Green Gas:
- A research institution, technology provider, or infrastructure specialist with expertise in gas blending, pressure management, and grid adaptation
- A research institution, flexibility solutions expert, or control system developer specialising in real time forecasting, injection control, and balancing strategies
- A research organisation or technology developer with expertise in gas compression, storage, and injection management
- Whole System Optimisation:
- National Energy System Operator (NESO)
- A technology provider or Research institution specialising in cross-sector energy modelling and NESO
Funding Information
- Your Discovery Phase Project must have a total requested funding of no more than £150,000, exclusive of VAT.
Eligibility Criteria
- This competition is open to collaborative applications only.
- Lead organisation:
- To lead a Discovery Phase Project, you must:
- be an Ofgem licensed gas distribution network, gas transmission, electricity transmission, electricity distribution, or electricity system operator (ESO)
- work with at least one other organisation as a Project Partner.
- To lead a Discovery Phase Project, you must:
- Your Project must:
- have total eligible Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) requested funding of no more than £150,000, exclusive of VAT
- provide a minimum of 10% of total Project costs as a compulsory contribution from alternative funds
- start after 1 September 2025
- end by 30 January 2026
- be completed within the five month window.
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