The African Power Platform (APP) is supporting the Innovate UK to deploy the £10 million Energy Catalyst Round 6, a grant programme designed to address the need for clean, affordable and secure energy in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Key Dates:
- Competition opens: Monday 20 August 2018
- Registration closes: Wednesday 14 November 2018 12:00 pm
Proposals must address all 3 elements of the energy ‘trilemma’:
- Affordable
- Clean
- Security of supply and energy access
There are 3 options to apply into this competition. These are referred to as strands and will be run in parallel. The strands are dependent on the stage your project is at:
- early stage for feasibility studies (£50,000 to £300,000 and last 6 to 12 months)
- mid-stage for industrial research (£50,000 to £1.5 million, 12 to 24 months)
- late stage for experimental development (£50,000 to £3 million, 12 to 30 months)
Eligibility criteria:
- be a business, academic organisation, charity, public sector organisation or research and technology organisation (RTO)
- apply as part of a collaboration with a UK organisation if you are based in Sub-Saharan Africa
- intend to exploit the results to help deliver clean energy access in Sub-Saharan Africa
- involve at least one micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME)
A special package has been set aside for bioenergy in the amount of £3 million for transformative bioenergy technology in electricity and/or heat applications between 10kW and 5MW. This package is applicable for projects covering East Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda), West Africa (Ghana, Nigeria) and Southern Africa (Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia).
If you have an eligible project and think you can do it on your own, you can apply to the grant directly at the Innovate UK website.
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