{"id":81728,"date":"2017-06-20T14:54:46","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T14:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=e0e405fe0cac89cbb55c43e0cfeb3016"},"modified":"2017-06-20T14:54:46","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T14:54:46","slug":"press-release-governments-clean-energy-drive-invests-35-million-in-innovative-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=81728","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Government\u2019s clean energy drive invests \u00a335 million in innovative projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Speaking today (Tuesday 20 June) at the Rushlight Showcase, Minister of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Claire Perry announced funding for 2 innovative clean energy projects which will create local investment opportunities across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Rushlight, a leading provider of clean technology events in the UK, hosts the Summer Showcase which is sponsored by BEIS and Innovate UK. At the event, Claire Perry announced that \u00a335 million funding, from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/energy-innovation\">BEIS Energy Innovation Programme<\/a>, will go towards smart heating systems and innovation in using hydrogen as a potential heat source.<\/p>\n<p>Under the new investment, \u00a310 million will sponsor the second phase of work by the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/es.catapult.org.uk\/\">Energy Systems Catapult<\/a> on its Smart Systems and Heat Programme. The programme will help develop local energy plans alongside Local Authorities, and bring down the cost of energy bills, while supporting the development of the UK\u2019s low carbon heating projects.<\/p>\n<p>A further \u00a325 million will be invested in potential uses of hydrogen gas for heating, testing the possibility of domestic gas pipes for hydrogen and developing a range of innovative hydrogen appliances such as boilers and cookers.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Claire Perry said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The UK government is committed to leading the world in delivering clean energy technology and today\u2019s investment shows that we are prepared to support innovation in this critical area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Our aim is for the UK to be a global leader in innovation, science and research and our Industrial Strategy will help us to deliver our ambitious CO2 reduction targets while, creating jobs and opportunities for people across the country.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This investment follows the government\u2019s commitment to double energy innovation investments set out in the Industrial Strategy green paper, to \u00a3400 million per year by 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Philip New, Chief Executive of the Energy Systems Catapult, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">This is very welcome. It is a reflection of the Energy Systems Catapult\u2019s growing track record in delivering challenging and innovative programmes that have impact on some of the most intractable questions in the transformation of the energy system. Phase 2 will see our team working with others, building the foundations for innovative energy service business models, encouraging a new generation of energy service providers and testing new offers for British households.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>More details of the BEIS Energy Innovation Programme and funding are available from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/energy-innovation\">GOV.UK Energy Innovation page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"notes-to-editors\">Notes to editors<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>The government is investing \u00a334.8 million in energy innovation projects: \u00a325 million will be invested in hydrogen gas for heating and \u00a39.8 million will be invested in the Energy Systems Catapult on its Smart Systems and Heat Programme.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new funding will help deliver clean growth and affordable energy as part of the Industrial Strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81728"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81728\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}