competition

It will back projects that develop innovative green mortgages and other lending products, targeting consumers who would not get support under government schemes

Projects must be led by a UK business and help deliver significant reductions in carbon emissions

Britain will need to switch to electrification across many sectors, from automotive to energy distribution, in order to meet its 2050 net zero goal

Projects should deliver cleaner and cheaper energy services

The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator is providing up to £100,000 to the winning technologies to support demonstration or development

The solutions must use technologies such as analytics, big data and drones

The ‘Eco Innovators’ competition aims to inspire young people to use their creative and engineering skills for public charging points

The supermarket giant’s money will help reduce fishing nets getting lost, use fungus to digest plastic and allow mussels to filter seawater

The company has committed to implementing steps that will avoid distorting competition

It is providing grants of up to £30,000 per project, with plans to fund at least up to 10 solutions initially