Carbon Abatement Technologies – Funding call information

The Northern Way, The Technology Strategy Board and the Department of Energy and Climate Change have announced a joint £15m Carbon Abatement Technologies (CATs) joint competition to be launched in June 2009. The competition focuses on the Applied Research, Development and Pilot Demonstration of CATs that will improve efficiency, reduce cost and accelerate deployment when applied to large single point sources of CO2 emissions (eg fossil power plants & process plants, such as metal processing, chemical & cement). £1M of this funding is to be used for short term feasibility studies specifically targeted at SMEs. (Please note: A requirement of this TSB Call is that it be industry-led and involve two or more organisations).

Research projects should focus on the development of technologies which will offer significant improvements in:

• Efficiency of conversion processes to reduce the amount of fuel consumed and associated CO2 emissions.
• Technologies which significantly reduce emissions from process industries (such as petrochemicals, cement and metals production).
• Fuel switching to lower carbon alternatives such as co-firing with biomass or waste.
• Carbon capture technologies, CO2 transport, storage and use.
• Development of underpinning technologies that support carbon abatement technologies such as those relating to materials, non-destructive inspection, instrumentation, modelling and condition monitoring.

For further information on the funding available visit:
Carbon Abatement Technologies Competition Funding and Technology Strategy Board

If you would like to view the presentations given at the information event held at NAMTEC on Friday May 1st please download the documents here:

Carbon Capture & Storage - Business Opportunities Study
Michael Osborne – Arup Energy

Carbon Abatement Technology Competition
Derek Allen – TSB

Academic Expertise
Colin Davies – N8 Research Partnership

Further information on the business opportunity of Carbon Capture and Storage can be found in the following two reports:

Yorkshire Forward - A Carbon Capture and Storage Network for Yorkshire and the Humber  (Prepared by AMEC)

The Northern Way - The Economic Potential of CCS (Prepared by Arup)

Please note that although CCS is a key part of this funding call, other abatement technologies are also eligible – please see the criteria in the competition funding document.

For information about the expertise in some of the region’s universities please visit the N8 website www.n8ktn.co.uk

Other key dates:

Monday 18th May – National Workshop and Brokering Event (Leeds)
For further information and to register for this event please click here.

Monday 15th June – Competition Opens

Thursday 23rd July – Compulsory Expressions of Interest deadline

To register your interest in this call and to be kept up-to-date with important events and dates or for further information please contact Dr Frin Bale on 0113 3945673 or email frin.bale@yorkshire-forward.com .