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Net Zero Innovation Portfolio

From 2021 to 2025, the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio provided funding for low carbon technologies and systems, to help enable the UK to end its contribution to climate change.

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From:
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Published:
3 March 2021
Last updated:
25 November 2025
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  1. Published the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio and the Advanced Nuclear Fund final report.

  2. Added a link to 'Windfarm Mitigation for UK Air Defence: successful projects'.

  3. Added link to Windfarm Mitigation for UK Air Defence Stream 2 Phase 3 which closes midday, 24 October 2023.

  4. Updated with links to competition successful projects.

  5. Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP) and Advanced Nuclear Fuel progress report 2021 to 2022 added.

  6. Added link to Windfarm Mitigation for UK Air Defence (Phase 3) competition.

  7. Industrial Fuel Switching competition Phase 2 is open to applications.

  8. Added grant funding winners to Accelerating Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies 3

  9. V2X Innovation Programme added.

  10. Added the Proposed Industrial Hydrogen Accelerator Programme.

  11. Link added to new Advanced Modular Reactor (AMR) Research, Development and Demonstration Programme: market engagement page.

  12. Added Hydrogen BECCS Innovation Programme.

  13. Added details about the Hydrogen Skills and Standards for Heat programme.

  14. UK Manufacturing Technology for Next Generation Wind Turbines – Composites Phase 2 announced.

  15. Added details about the Green Home Finance Accelerator.

  16. Added details about the Heat Pump Ready Programme.

  17. Added Space based solar power: de-risking the pathway to net zero and Flexibility innovation pages to the collection.

  18. Future offshore wind: Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence and winning projects for Windfarm Mitigation for UK Air Defence Phase 2 competition announced.

  19. We have added a request for information from the public about potential dual-use space or terrestrial based power system technologies.

  20. We have published expressions of interest for 3 schemes: Phase 3 of the Industrial Energy Efficiency Accelerator, the Industrial Fuel Switching competition and the Red Diesel Replacement competition.

  21. Industry of Future Programme (IFP) added.

  22. Added details about speculative plans for an industrial fuel switching competition.

  23. We are accepting expressions of interest for the CCUS Innovation 2 Competition and the Low Carbon Hydrogen Supply 2 Competition.

  24. Applications are now open for Phase 2 of the Windfarm Mitigation for UK Air Defence competition.

  25. Phase 2 of the Green Distilleries competition is now open to applicants who were successful for Phase 1 funding.

  26. An invitation to tender for Alternate Energy Markets: Energy Price Signals study is now live.

  27. First published.

Innovation is critical in the transition towards net zero. To meet the UK’s net zero target, key technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions must be commercialised, scaled and deployed across the country.  

The government has accelerated the technical and commercial readiness of these technologies and stimulated private sector investment through the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio and Advanced Nuclear Fund, collectively referred to as NZIP. The UK government allocated a total of £1.3 billion to NZIP over 2021 to 2025 supporting 10 different priority themes, which are critical for achieving the UK’s net zero target.

The thematic areas of NZIP are designed to accelerate the development and deployment of low-carbon technologies, systems, and business models in their respective fields.  

They are:

  • future offshore wind
  • nuclear advanced modular reactors (supported through the aligned Advanced Nuclear Fund)
  • energy storage and flexibility
  • bioenergy
  • hydrogen
  • homes
  • direct air capture and greenhouse gas removal (GGR)
  • advanced carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS)
  • industrial fuel switching
  • disruptive technologies

The Net Zero Innovation Portfolio succeeded the BEIS Energy Innovation Programme (EIP) which ran from 2015 to 2021.

NZIP final report

NZIP progress report

Advanced carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS)

To bring down the cost of capturing and sequestering CO2 and helping UK industry to understand the opportunity for developing and deploying next generation carbon capture technologies from 2025.

Bioenergy

To bring down costs and reduce barriers within the full biomass to energy value chain. This includes improving the productivity of the UK’s biomass supply, the availability of conversion technologies, and the generation processes for energy vectors such as biomethane, green hydrogen, biofuels and electricity.

Direct air capture and greenhouse gas removal (GGR)

To support the research and development of direct air capture technologies in the UK.

Disruptive technologies

To support energy entrepreneurs to develop the best ideas for technologies, products and processes in energy efficiency, power generation and storage.

Energy storage and flexibility

To support flexibility services and technologies, as well as non-conventional storage at varying technology readiness levels.

Future offshore wind

To support the development and demonstration of state of the art technologies and products in the future offshore wind industry.

Floating Offshore Wind (FOW) Demonstration Programme

Floating Offshore Wind (FOW) Demonstration Programme: successful projects

Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence

BEIS joined the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult’s Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence. BEIS provided the Centre with £2 million over 4 years, strengthening the Centre’s mission to further accelerate innovation in the UK’s floating wind sector. This puts us in a prime position to capitalise on a growing export market as other countries look to use this technology.

Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult: Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence (September 2021)

UK Manufacturing Technology for Next Generation Wind Turbines – Composites Phase 2B

£4.7 million awarded to Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult and the National Composites Centre to incorporate radical, new composite-based components in the next generation of offshore wind turbines.

Technology collaboration secures new £4.7 million investment in high value design for next-generation composite offshore wind turbines, ORE Catapult press release 19 October 2023

Windfarm Mitigation for UK Air Defence

Over £14 million available for innovative technologies with the potential to mitigate the effects of offshore windfarms on UK Air Defence to enable their long-term co-existence.

Homes and buildings

Innovation to support decarbonising our homes and buildings.

Hydrogen

To catalyse innovation and address blockers to the uptake of hydrogen technologies across the whole hydrogen value and supply chain, from production, supply, storage to end use.

Industry

To support the development and demonstration of technologies that enable industry to switch from high to low carbon fuels and improve energy or resource efficiencies.

Nuclear advanced modular reactors (AMRs)

The aim of the AMR Research, Development and Demonstration Programme is to demonstrate that high temperature gas reactors (HTGRs) can produce high temperature heat which could be used for low carbon hydrogen production, process heat for industrial and domestic use and cost-competitive electricity generation.

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