Strategic Innovation Fund Round 3 Discovery projects approved for funding
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- Distribution Network
- Transmission Network
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The Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) is a funding mechanism for the Electricity System Operator, Electricity Transmission, Electricity Distribution, Gas Transmission and Gas Distribution sectors.
The SIF aims to find and fund ambitious, innovative projects with the potential to accelerate the transition to net zero. These projects should help shape the future of the gas and electricity networks and succeed commercially where possible.
The SIF is delivered in partnership with Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). Our objective for the SIF is to help transform the UK into the ‘Silicon Valley’ of energy, making the UK the best place for high-potential businesses to grow and scale in the energy market.
The third round of SIF were open to applications in September 2023 on the four Innovation Challenges:
- Whole system network planning and utilisation to facilitate faster and cheaper network transformation and asset rollout
- Novel technical, process and market approaches to deliver an equitable and secure net zero power system
- Unlocking energy system flexibility to accelerate electrification of heat
- Enabling power-to-gas (P2G) to provide system flexibility and energy network optimisation
Further details about these projects will be published on the Energy Networks Association’s Smarter Networks Portal.