Net Zero
The UK has committed to an ambitious Net Zero target by 2050. To help realise these goals, KTN is delivering a range of Net Zero solutions that will have an impact on the large-scale change the planet needs.
Our future has to be sustainable, our tomorrow very different from our today. We all have a part to play and time is running out. Net Zero is a fundamental priority for KTN and you can see evidence of it in much of what we do.
Our experts are working to connect Net Zero innovators with industry to accelerate the adoption of technologies and capabilities across diverse industry sectors. This needs to be a systemic change: we are working with our networks on initiatives to support businesses to decarbonise, reduce waste, increase energy efficiency and build resilient, low carbon supply chains.
Sustainable innovation that produces environmental and economic impacts is essential. From our Innovation Exchange programme connecting those like the British Antarctic Survey with Net Zero challenges to the innovators already working on the solutions, to our Innovation Network communities in Cross-Sector Battery Systems, Hydrogen Economy and the Decarbonisation of Ports and Harbours, KTN is committed to providing expertise, connections, cross-sector insights and opportunities for businesses.
Check out some of our projects on this page and you’ll also find links to relevant funding competitions.
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Current Net Zero funding opportunities
Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition Round 2 - Feasibility
Opens: 25/05/2022 Closes: 13/07/2022
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £12 million for innovative clean maritime technologies. Strand 1 is for feasibility studies for pre-deployment testing for innovative clean maritime technology demonstrations, with project costs £100k-£1m.
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Faraday Battery Challenge Round 5 Innovation: Feasibility Studies
Opens: 23/05/2022 Closes: 17/08/2022
UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £25 million across two strands, for innovation in propulsion battery technologies for electric vehicles. This strand is for feasibility studies of less than 12 months with project costs between £100,000 and £750,000.
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SBRI: MRV tools and techniques for land based greenhouse gas removal, phase 1
Opens: 27/06/2022 Closes: 07/09/2022
Organisations can apply for a share of £375,000, inclusive of VAT, to develop tools, technologies and techniques to assist and enable the monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of land based greenhouse gas removal (GGR) methods.
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Fast Start: Innovation for net zero and healthcare
Opens: 11/07/2022 Closes: 26/07/2022
Innovate UK is offering small and micro businesses a share of up to £30 million in grants for affordable, adoptable and investable innovations in net zero and self-driven healthcare.
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iX Challenge: Remote Diagnostics and Digital Twins for Offshore Wind
Opens: 17/06/2022 Closes: 02/08/2022
The Innovation Exchange programme is working alongside Scottish & Southern Electricity Renewables (SSER), with ownership in both Beatrice and Greater Gabbard offshore wind sites. SSER wishes to engage innovators to find solutions providing smart diagnostic tools for condition-based maintenance o
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iX challenge: Using Car Parks to create Sustainable Energy
Opens: 15/06/2022 Closes: 21/07/2022
Surrey Heath Borough Council are looking for a partner/s able to suggest how to turn their car parks into generation/storage sites with the energy being utilised within the locality (car charging or business/facility use).
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Demonstrating Zero Emission HGVs: battery and hydrogen fuel cell trucks outputs from the Zero Emission Road Freight programme
Join us on 29 June to understand the learnings from the battery and hydrogen fuel cell projects discovered in the Zero Emission Road Freight competition.
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Demonstrating Zero Emission HGVs: battery and hydrogen fuel cell trucks outputs from the Zero Emission Road Freight programme
Join us on 29 June to understand the learnings from the battery and hydrogen fuel cell projects discovered in the Zero Emission Road Freight competition.
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22/06/2022
Join Us to Help Build the UK Sustainable Aviation Fuel Industry with a First-Of-A-Kind Innovation Programme
The programme will build a network of innovators, publish analysis and reports, help you access finance and investment and empower you with expert technical knowledge through dissemination, working groups and masterclasses.
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22/06/2022
Webinar Series: Heating for Net Zero - Decarbonisation of Buildings and Estates
The Net Zero Places Innovation Network aims to help make Net Zero in the UK a reality. We do this by supporting local/regional authorities and agencies. This webinar series will answer the most common questions from local authorities to decarbonise buildings and estates.