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Industrial Fuel Switching competition Phase 1: feasibility studies (closed to applications)

The Industrial Fuel Switching Competition provides funding for the development and demonstration of pre-commercial fuel switching and fuel switch enabling technologies, to help industry move from high to low carbon fuels.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 17 August 2021
• Last updated: 28 June 2023
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  1. 28 June 2023

     Added link to summaries of Phase 2 projects awarded funding, and Phase 1 feasibility study reports.

  2. 23 September 2022

     Link added to Phase 2 of the Industrial Fuel Switching competition which opened today.

  3. 31 May 2022

     Added link to Phase 1 successful project summaries.

  4. 16 December 2021

     Applications for Phase 1 (Feasibility Studies) are now closed.

  5. 29 October 2021

     We have updated the guidance document and the application form. The maximum number of applications per lead organisation has increased from 1 to 3, across all Lots. We have published a document outlining other changes that have been made. We have also published answers to questions that were submitted.

  6. 20 October 2021

     Added slides from the Industrial Fuel Switching Innovation competition launch on 12 October 2021.

  7. 11 October 2021

     Phase 1 of the competition is now open to applications.

  8. 5 October 2021

     The registration form for this competition is now available. You need to register in order to be able to apply to the competition. The competition opens to applications on 11 October 2021.

  9. 28 September 2021

     Online competition launch event to be held on 12 October 2021: details and registration link added.

  10. 17 August 2021

      First published.

Documents

Industrial Fuel Switching Competition: Phase 1 competition guidance notes

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Changes made to guidance notes and application form from 29 October

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Industrial Fuel Switching Competition: Phase 1 questions and answers

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Industrial Fuel Switching Innovation competition launch, October 2021: slides

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BOHR: Real time natural gas and hydrogen sensor

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British Ceramic Confederation: Hydrogen for the ceramics sector

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British Steel: Green hydrogen in steel manufacture

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Burton Foods: Electrification of biscuit production

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Caldera Heat Batteries: Heat batteries for industrial fuel switching

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Flogas Britain: Project Amburn Phase 1

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Futuraheat: Application of novel high-temperature heat pump technology for the efficient electrification of industrial process heat

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Glass Futures: Renewable waste-derived fuels for glass futures: glass and ceramics manufacturing: feasibility study

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H2M: A technology enabling cost effective industrial fuel switching for the UK

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HIVE: Next generation composite pipeline technologies enabling industrial fuel switching to hydrogen (H2-IFS)

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KEW Technology: Modular approach to decarbonisation of energy for glass (MADE for Glass)

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Materials Processing Institute: Hydrogen direct reduction of iron - pilot furnace and steelmaking (‘H2DRI pilot’)

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Michelmersh Brick Holdings: Deep decarbonisation of brick manufacturing industrial fuel switching

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Progressive Energy: HyNet IFS2 (Bid 1) - Kellogg’s & PepsiCo

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Progressive Energy: HyNet IFS2 (Bid 2) - Kraft-Heinz Novelis

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Progressive Energy: HyNet IFS2 (Bid 3) - Essity

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Protium: H2Malt

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Sherwood: CO2 and NOx reduction at temperature controlled Fast Moving Consumer Goods distribution hubs, replacing red diesel with electricity to power auxiliary trailer refrigeration units

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Steamology: Zero emission industrial steam

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Sustainable Pipeline Systems: Intelligent pipeline integrity system for industrial hydrogen backbone

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Sustainable Pipeline Systems: Connections technology for hydrogen pipelines

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Details

The £55 million Industrial Fuel Switching competition supports innovation in the development of pre-commercial fuel switch and fuel switch enabling technology for the industrial sector, to help industry switch from high to lower carbon fuels. Funding is awarded through Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) contracts, providing 100% funding for pre-commercial solutions.

There were 2 phases to the competition, both of which are now closed to applications:

Phase 1 – Feasibility: funding for feasibility studies into fuel switch and fuel switch enabling solutions, with £50,000 to £300,000 available per application. 21 projects were awarded funding under Phase 1, covering hydrogen, electrification and more fuel switching technologies.

Phase 2 – Demonstration: funding for projects to demonstrate fuel switch and fuel switch enabling solutions, with £1 million to £6 million available per project. Phase 2 (Demonstration Projects) open in 2022 to all applicants, whether or not they took part in Phase 1. We have published summaries of the Phase 2 projects.

The competition supported fuel switch and fuel switch enabling technologies at Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 4 to 7 at the start of the project. Funding was divided into 3 Lots:

• fuel switch and fuel switch enabling technologies for hydrogen
• fuel switch and fuel switch enabling technologies for electrification
• fuel switch and fuel switch enabling technologies for biomass, wastes, and other net zero compatible fuels