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Red Diesel Replacement competition: phase 1 (closed to applications)

This competition provides funding for projects developing low carbon alternatives to red diesel for construction, mining and quarrying.

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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Published:
17 August 2021
Last updated:
31 May 2022
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  1. Phase 1 successful projects announced.

  2. Added templates of a grant offer letter and a grant funding agreement. Questions 24 to 32 have been added to the questions and answers document.

  3. Questions and answers document published. It answers frequently asked questions and questions from our competition launch webinar on 27 September 2021.

  4. Added competition launch event video and presentation slides.

  5. Grant offer letter template and Grant funding agreement template removed, to be replaced with updated versions by close 1 October.

  6. Red Diesel Replacement competition Phase 1 open to applications.

  7. First published.

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This competition is now closed. We have published a list of the Phase 1 successful projects.

Documents

Phase 1 Red Diesel Replacement competition: successful projects

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/red-diesel-replacement-competition-successful-projects/red-diesel-replacement-competition-phase-1-successful-projects

Phase 1 Red Diesel Replacement competition: questions and answers

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Phase 1 Red Diesel Replacement competition launch event 27 September 2021: slides and video

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Bramble Energy - GenZE Fuel Cell Generator (Lot 2)

PDF, 1.24 MB, 24 pages

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CAGE Technologies Ltd - Hybrid Gas Engine (HGE1) (Lot 2)

PDF, 1.67 MB, 25 pages

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CATAGEN - E-Fuel as a drop-in replacement (Lot 3)

PDF, 1.32 MB, 26 pages

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CATAGEN - High Pressure Hybrid Pumping System for Hydrogen Storage and Dispensing (Lot 1)

PDF, 1.28 MB, 21 pages

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Danfoss Scotland - Digital Electro-Hydraulic Power module With Energy Recovery (Lot 2)

PDF, 6.75 MB, 50 pages

Dolphin N2 - HYDRATE (Lot 2)

PDF, 5.64 MB, 62 pages

Dumarey - NRMM to Net Zero using Flywheel and Battery Storage with H2 ICE (Lot 2)

PDF, 3.66 MB, 72 pages

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Libertine - Demonstration of CNG-H2 flex-fuel linear generator sub-system (Lot 2)

PDF, 2.03 MB, 35 pages

MAHLE - Decarbonised clean construction engines via retrofit hydrogen and ammonia flex fuelling (Lot 2)

PDF, 743 KB, 21 pages

NanoSUN - Mobile H2 Refuelling Station (Lot 1)

PDF, 2.46 MB, 34 pages

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Oort Energy - Horizon 1 (Lot 3)

PDF, 421 KB, 6 pages

Perkins - Development of renewable DME powered engines for off-highway applications (Lot 2)

PDF, 4 MB, 46 pages

Steamology - Zero emission red diesel engine replacement (Lot 2)

PDF, 2.79 MB, 40 pages

Terex GB - Mobile Aggregate Crushers (Lot 2)

PDF, 419 KB, 26 pages

ULEMCo - Zero Carbon Hydrogen Construction Equipment for Real-world use (ZECHER) (Lot 2)

PDF, 1.6 MB, 28 pages

Details

The £33 million Red Diesel Replacement competition aims to support the development and demonstration of low carbon fuel and system alternatives to red diesel for the construction, and mining and quarrying sectors. The competition will support the decarbonisation of these high-impact sectors that will be affected by the partial removal of the entitlement to use red diesel and rebated fuels from April 2022.

The competition was part of the £1 billion Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP).

It was delivered in 2 phases, both of which are closed.

The Phase 1 competition window opened to applicants in September 2021 and closed in November 2021.

BEIS awarded £6.7 million in grant funding across 16 projects for Phase 1, with up to £460,000 per project. The projects cover technologies within the 3 innovation lots at technology readiness level (TRL) 4 and above:

  • Lot 1: Distribution, storage and energy delivery systems development
  • Lot 2: Development of equipment (components/sub-systems) and fleet management infrastructure (facilities for maintaining, hosting and servicing vehicles)
  • Lot 3: Fuel development

See the list of successful Phase 1 projects.

Contact email: RDR@beis.gov.uk

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