EU backs cleantech innovators with €1.8bn investment

A total of 17 projects will share the funding to bring ‘breakthrough technologies’ to the market in energy-intensive industries

Climate transition: EU grants €1.1bn funded by revenues from Emissions Trading System

The projects are deploying low carbon technologies at industrial scale, covering key sectors such as hydrogen, steel, chemicals, cement, solar energy, biofuels and CCS

EU invests €122m to help bring low carbon technologies to market

Technologies including hydrogen, energy storage and renewable energy will be supported, with the aim of deploying them in energy intensive industries

New £1m fund launched to diversify tree planting stock in England

The Tree Production Innovation Fund aims to encourage the development and adoption of new technologies and ways of working

Cheaper mortgage rates for energy efficient householders

The government has launched a £5m fund for the financial sector to develop green mortgages and a £10m innovation fund to cut the costs of retrofitting the UK’s housing stock

EU commits €10bn for innovative low carbon tech

The first call for proposals is expected to be launched in 2020 and will run up until 2030

EU failing on commercial CCS deployment, say auditors

They found EU support for demonstration projects has ‘achieved little in terms of projects delivered and results achieved’

Government fires up low carbon heat with £10m fund

The UK Government has launched a scheme to invest up to £10 million in low carbon heating technologies. Businesses can apply for a grant of £200,000 to £2 million to develop technologies that reduce carbon emissions associated with providing heat and hot water to buildings. The Innovation Fund will consider proposals for a technology, process […]

Scottish innovation fund for oil and gas

A £10 million fund has been announced by the Scottish Government to support innovation in the oil and gas industry. Energy Minister Fergus Ewing invited applicants for the first round of the Innovation Fund, which will involve projects looking to improve the reliability of valuable resources in the sector. Projects funded under the scheme are […]