Minister for Energy (): I am pleased to inform the
House that two announcements will be made today regarding
Government support for industrial decarbonisation: winners of the
Local Industrial Plans (LIDP) competition, and publication of
guidance documents for Phase 3 of the Industrial Energy
Transformation Fund.
Dispersed industrial sites account for approximately half of the
UK's industrial emissions. In the 2021 Net Zero Strategy, the
Government committed to explore opportunities for faster
decarbonisation of dispersed sites in the 2020s, including
funding for Mini-Cluster Industrial Decarbonisation Plans to
develop shared infrastructure and integrated decarbonisation
solutions in local areas.
To fulfil this commitment, the Government, in partnership with
Innovate UK (IUK), has today announced the 12 winners of the
Local Industrial Decarbonisation Plans (LIDP) competition, worth
up to £6m. This supports collaborative working between groups of
industrial manufacturers and other businesses to start their
journey towards a low-carbon future.
The competition provides grant funding to support place-based
industrial decarbonisation plans, driving benefits from
collaborative partnerships across industries and sectors as they
develop plans for the introduction of low-emission technologies.
The programme of work will last until March 2025.
The projects which have been offered grants (subject to contract)
are:
- Bradford Manufacturing Futures – Up to £726,729
- DECODE Corby – Up to £453,590
- Decarbonising Dalton Industrial Estate – Up to £129,063
- Decarbonising the Midlands Aerospace Cluster (DMAC) - Up to
£444,739
- Decarbonising the Port of Poole Maritime Industrial Cluster –
Up to £184,487
- Industrial Decarbonisation for Northern Ireland – Up to
£595,905
- Making A Better Tomorrow: Decarbonisation of Stakehill
Industrial Estate in Atom Valley – Up to £612,376
- NEW-ID (North East Wales Industrial Decarbonisation) - Up to
£711,784
- Shoreham Port Industrial Cluster- Local Industrial
Decarbonisation Plan – Up to £226,803
- The Solent Cluster: Local Industrial Decarbonisation Plan –
Up to £757,601
- West of England Industrial Cluster Local Industrial
Decarbonisation Plan – Up to £607,571
- ZCOP I-RMAP: Zero Carbon Oxford Partnership Industrial
Roadmap and Action Plan – Up to £265,032
Companies across England, Wales and Northern Ireland can also
benefit from the support offered through the Industrial Energy
Transformation Fund (IETF). The IETF provides grant funding
towards the costs of studies and deployment projects that reduce
the energy consumption and emissions produced by industrial
sites, including sites in dispersed locations. Phase 3 of the
IETF will allocate up to £185m in 2024. Today we are publishing
the guidance documents ahead of the Spring 2024 application
window which will open on 29th January and close on 19th April.
