Energy Technologies Institute

Dr David Clarke CEO, ETI	“The UK faces both huge challenges and opportunities in continuing to meet people’s needs for heat, transport and power in a way that is affordable, secure and sustainable and in building the infrastructure to support this.  The answers are dependent on the wide-scale deployment of new engineering and technology and also on society accepting change in the way we produce and use energy.  This can only be delivered through organisations working together with a shared vision – the challenges are too big and complex for any single organisation or group to address successfully.
The ETI brings together the specific technology and market capabilities of major energy and equipment companies, together with government, to accelerate the commercial development and deployment of key technologies and systems where the ETI can make a real difference. As a partnership focused on large-scale engineering systems, we recognise the complementary strengths in supporting innovation and business development of the Technology Strategy Board and the Carbon Trust.  That is why we work together as part of the wider UK energy innovation and development team and why we have seen developing the LCIG as an integral part of the development of the ETI.”

Overview

The Energy Technologies Institute was launched in December 2007 as a private partnership between the UK Government and up to ten industrial companies.  The founder Members are BP, Caterpillar, E.ON, EDF Energy, Rolls-Royce and Shell.  Each company contributes equally to the costs of the The Energy Technologies Institute up to a maximum contribution of £5M per year over a ten year period.  The UK Government matches this funding.

The Energy Technologies Institute is an independent industry-driven organisation which demonstrates technologies, develops knowledge, skills and supply-chains, informs the development of regulation, standards and policy, and so accelerates the deployment of affordable, secure low-carbon energy systems from 2020 to 2050.

The purpose of the Energy Technologies Institute is to deliver UK Energy Policy targets for CO2 reduction, security of supply, affordability and avoidance of energy poverty through acceleration of the development and deployment of low carbon energy technologies (excluding nuclear).  The remit includes demand and supply side technologies.  It will do this through funding a small number of project consortia on projects typically £5-25M.  Companies can participate as Board Members, Programme Associates and project Partners.

For more information…

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