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Industrial Hydrogen Accelerator Programme (competition closed)

The Industrial Hydrogen Accelerator Programme provides funding for innovation projects that can demonstrate end-to-end industrial fuel switching to hydrogen.

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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Published:
28 February 2022
Last updated:
28 June 2023
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  1. Added IHA Stream 2A feasibility reports.

  2. Industrial Hydrogen Accelerator (IHA): Stream 2B competition now closed to applications.

  3. Clarification questions updated.

  4. Latest questions and responses added.

  5. Stream 2B open to applications from projects that completed feasibility studies in Stream 2A.

  6. Streams 1 and 2a now closed to applications

  7. Questions and responses updated.

  8. Questions and responses updated.

  9. Questions and responses updated with new questions (version 4).

  10. Stream 2 guidance updated. Questions and responses updated with new questions.

  11. Competition guidance for Streams 1 and 2A updated to clarify the position on eligibility of the construction and mining and quarrying sectors: “However, the use of hydrogen for industrial heat in an industrial process (such as industrial boiler/kiln) on a construction, mining or quarrying site is considered an industrial process for the purposes of this competition, and is not excluded on the basis of the sector.”

  12. Added Industrial Hydrogen Accelerator launch and networking event presentation, 9 May 2022.

  13. Competition now open to applications: guidance and forms published.

  14. Added link to Industrial Hydrogen Accelerator Networking Platform.

  15. Added Stream 1 draft funding agreement, Stream 2A draft Terms and Conditions, questions / answers from the 8 March stakeholder event plus video of event.

  16. Added details of a Networking event on 24 March 2022, and slides from the 8 March engagement session.

  17. First published.

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This competition is closed: see the list of projects that resulted from the Programme.

Documents

Industrial Hydrogen Accelerator Programme: successful projects

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/industrial-hydrogen-accelerator-programme-successful-projects

Industrial Hydrogen Accelerator Stream 2B (closed): competition guidance

PDF, 1.32 MB, 84 pages

IHA clarification questions and answers (Stream 2B grant)

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IHA Stream 2A (closed): competition guidance

PDF, 1.39 MB, 84 pages

IHA Stream 1 (closed): competition guidance

PDF, 1.33 MB, 81 pages

HYDESS Project (Hydrogen for the Decarbonisation of Sheffield Steel): IHA Stream 2 feasibility study

PDF, 1.52 MB, 73 pages

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Bay Hydrogen Hub – Hydrogen4Hanson: IHA Stream 2A feasibility study

PDF, 7.1 MB, 178 pages

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H2Juice: IHA Stream 2A feasibility study

PDF, 6.55 MB, 88 pages

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Small-scale hydrogen production utilising a waste company's SRF feedstock to power its industrial plant and equipment: IHA Stream 2A feasibility study

PDF, 1.45 MB, 44 pages

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Zero Emissions Laundry: IHA Stream 2A feasibility study

PDF, 4.78 MB, 43 pages

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Investigating the use of Hydrogen in stone wool insulation manufacturing: IHA Stream 2A feasibility study

PDF, 2.88 MB, 65 pages

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Hydrogen from steel-making waste as green fuel for steel production: IHA Stream 2A feasibility study

PDF, 2.86 MB, 62 pages

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End-to-end system for generation and use of green hydrogen for fuel switching in ceramics manufacturing: IHA Stream 2A feasibility study

PDF, 4.71 MB, 131 pages

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Decarbonising JLR automotive paint operations with Thermal Plasma Electrolysis: IHA Stream 2A feasibility study

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Details

The Industrial Hydrogen Accelerator (IHA) competition supported projects generating evidence on end-to-end industrial fuel switching to hydrogen. It covered the full technology chain, from hydrogen generation and delivery infrastructure through to industrial end-use, including the integration of the components in a single project.

The competition funded demonstrations and, where needed, feasibility and FEED studies:

  • the feasibility studies explore how systems could be designed and provide information on the technical requirements and costs
  • the demonstration projects construct end-to-end industrial hydrogen systems, from hydrogen production to end-use, to prove their feasibility and provide further evidence on the real-world performance and costs

The IHA forms part of the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio, which aimed to accelerate the commercialisation of innovative clean energy technologies and processes through the 2020s and 2030s.

Programme structure

  • Stream 1: Demonstration projects – Grant (up to £10 million in grant funding per project). Competition closed
  • Stream 2A: Feasibility studies – SBRI (up to £400,000 in SBRI funding per project). Competition closed
  • Stream 2B: Demonstration / FEED projects – Grant (up to £7 million available per project) - open only to projects who have completed feasibility studies in Stream 2A. Competition closed

Other hydrogen and industry funding opportunities

Some other funds that may be relevant to your project:

We will use the evidence generated by the IHA on the use of hydrogen by industrial users to inform strategic decisions in 2026 on the role of low carbon hydrogen as a replacement for natural gas in the gas grid. For more information on this policy area see the August 2021 UK Hydrogen Strategy.

Contact: iha.nzip@beis.gov.uk

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