Energy innovation projects win £16.2m of backing

Sixteen innovative energy projects have secured a total of £16.2m in funding to take the bright ideas forward.

The latest cycle of Ofgem’s Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) supports projects aimed at addressing issue including faster infrastructure delivery, consumer-led decarbonisation, green gas, system visibility, flexible charging, and outage resilience.

Each challenge will be supported by an Innovation Delivery Group (IDG), made up of representatives from energy networks, decision-makers and subject-matter experts from across the sector.

Jodie Giles, Deputy Director of SIF at Innovate UK, said the funding backs “ambitious, practical ideas that will tackle the energy systems biggest challenges”

“In this round we aren’t just funding projects, but a new operating model that is changing the culture of energy network innovation.”