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Industrial Heat Recovery Support programme (closed): successful projects and case studies

The Industrial Heat Recovery Support (IHRS) programme was designed to encourage and support investment in heat recovery technologies.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 20 July 2018
• Last updated: 3 May 2023
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  1. 3 May 2023

     Added case studies for Milver Metal and Wienerberger Broomfleet.

  2. 21 March 2023

     Added series of 7 new case studies.

  3. 18 November 2021

     Case studies for DC Intelligence Ltd, Jobling Purser and Long Clawson added.

  4. 17 August 2021

     Added case studies for JJ Bioenergy, Pilkington, Yeo Valley.

  5. 12 May 2021

     List of successful applicants updated, and case studies for British Sugar and Cargill PLC case studies added.

  6. 1 December 2020

     Programme closed to applications as of 31 July 2020.

  7. 30 July 2020

     IHRS Successful Applicants document updated with results of Phase 1 Assessment window 7, and Phase 2 Assessment Window 6, February to March 2020.

  8. 23 June 2020

     IHRS guidance and questions/answers documents updated.

  9. 15 June 2020

     Application registration form updated.

  10. 12 May 2020

      Case studies of established projects added.

  11. 1 April 2020

      Next closing date for submission of applications updated to 31 July 2020.

  12. 3 January 2020

      Successful applications for October-November windows added.

  13. 5 November 2019

      List of successful applicants updated.

  14. 3 September 2019

      Programme funding allocations and list of successful applications updated.

  15. 9 July 2019

      IHRS programme extended by a year to March 2022; 2 new assessment windows added; third parties can now apply as main applicants on behalf of sites operated by companies within the eligible SIC codes

  16. 1 July 2019

      Latest successful applications added.

  17. 8 May 2019

      Guidance note and timetable updated.

  18. 20 July 2018

      First published.

Programme closed

The IHRS Programme closed to applications in July 2020, and completed in March 2022.

About the programme

The Industrial Heat Recovery Support (IHRS) programme was designed to encourage and support investment in heat recovery technologies. This means helping businesses identify and invest in opportunities for recovering and reusing heat that would otherwise be wasted. Recovered waste heat can be used in many ways, helping businesses lower their fuel costs, reduce waste heat and cut emissions. Usage includes:

• within the same industrial facility
• by another end-user (for example a heat network)
• by converting the waste heat to power

The programme objectives were to:

• increase industry confidence to invest in technologies to recover heat from industrial processes
• increase deployment of such technologies in England and Wales

Funding (from a total pot of £18 million) was allocated through a competitive process. Scoring criteria is provided in the programme guidance documents.

The programme was split into 2 phases:

• Phase 1: conceptualise and define the areas where your business could reuse waste heat; assess costs and benefits
• Phase 2: the delivery stage: detailed design, procurement, construction, commissioning, operation start-up and monitoring and evaluation

Projects were funded from 3 different entry points:

• feasibility study and preliminary engineering (Phase 1); or
• preliminary engineering only (for applicants who have already undertaken a feasibility study independent of the IHRS) (Phase 1); or
• detailed design and delivery (Phase 2)

All grant funding was provided in line with state aid rules.

Successful applicants

IHRS successful applications (PDF, 212 KB, 14 pages)

This document provides:

• a record of successful applicants
• their sectors, regions and heat recovery technologies
• the grant funding committed in each assessment window

Case studies

• Advance Tapes: case study (PDF, 219 KB, 5 pages)
• Basell’s Carrington Heat Recovery and Integration Project: case study (PDF, 167 KB, 4 pages)
• British Sugar: case study Phase 1 (PDF, 289 KB, 4 pages)
• British Sugar: case study Phase 2 (PDF, 415 KB, 5 pages)
• Cargill: case study (PDF, 117 KB, 4 pages)
• Castle Cement Padeswood: case study (PDF, 279 KB, 4 pages)
• David Nieper Ltd: case study (PDF, 253 KB, 5 pages)
• DC Intelligence Ltd: case study (PDF, 266 KB, 4 pages)
• Esseco: case study (PDF, 625 KB, 7 pages)
• Iggesund Paperboard gets the paper: case study (PDF, 828 KB, 4 pages)
• JJ Bioenergy Ltd heat recovery project: case study (PDF, 1.01 MB, 4 pages)
• Jobling Purser: case study (PDF, 323 KB, 4 pages)
• John Wainwright & Co. Ltd (Avonmouth Asphalt Plant): case study (PDF, 389 KB, 5 pages)
• Long Clawson: case study (PDF, 1.27 MB, 4 pages)
• Milver Metal: case study (PDF, 280 KB, 4 pages)
• NGF Ltd: case study (PDF, 227 KB, 5 pages)
• Northcot Brick: case study (PDF, 289 KB, 5 pages)
• Pilkington Technology Management Ltd: case study (PDF, 189 KB, 4 pages)
• Smart Systems Extrusion: case study (PDF, 229 KB, 5 pages)
• Smart Systems Paint Lines: case study (PDF, 254 KB, 5 pages)
• Solutia UK Heat Recovery Project: case study (PDF, 299 KB, 5 pages)
• Wienerberger Broomfleet: case study (PDF, 239 KB, 4 pages)
• Wienerberger (Kingsbury): case study (PDF, 793 KB, 4 pages)
• Wienerberger (Kingsbury) Phase 2: case study (PDF, 365 KB, 5 pages)
• Yeo Valley: case study (PDF, 251 KB, 4 pages)

Application guidance

The Programme Guidance Note / Questions and Answers document provide an overview of the IHRS:

Industrial Heat Recovery Support (IHRS) programme: guidance note (PDF, 994 KB, 42 pages)
Questions / answers about the programme (PDF, 408 KB, 17 pages)

This zip file contains the application forms and workbooks, guidance, and Grant Offer Letter and Grant Funding Agreement templates.

IHRS guidance resources (ZIP, 7.69 MB)

Programme scope

The programme was open to:

• companies in all industrial manufacturing sectors as set out in the Office of National Statistics (ONS) Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes 10 to 33
• data centres (SIC Code 63110), given their emerging significance and high impact potential
• third party companies, to apply as the main applicant, on behalf of sites operated by companies within the eligible SIC codes

The delivery partner was ICF.