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£7.5m funding announcement for Managing Energy on Marine Vessels

Innovation Advisor  -  Dec 17, 2014  -  on £7.5m funding announcement for Managing Energy on Marine Vessels
7.5m R&D funding opportunity opening for registration (12 Jan 2015) Innovate UK in partnership with Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (dstl) has launched a funding competition for collaborative R&D projects to improve the ways in which energy is managed on ships and other marine & maritime vessels. Businesses within the

£25 Million Funding to help UK develop Biofuels

Innovation Advisor  -  Dec 12, 2014  -  on £25 Million Funding to help UK develop Biofuels
Advanced biofels demonstration competition has been launched to support development of a domestic advanced biofuel industry. See here for details

How should local money be spent to support local businesses?

Innovation Advisor  -  Oct 31, 2014  -  on How should local money be spent to support local businesses?
Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham & Nottinghamshire LEP (D2N2) are seeking feedback on their plans for spending European funding on developing their local economy. Monies are provide through the European Structural Investment Fund (ESIF). The Local Implementation Plan (Consultation Document) sets outs an approach for translating the D2N2 ESIF Strategy into a

Competition: Technology Developer Accelerator Programme (TDAP) pilot

Innovation Advisor  -  Oct 24, 2014  -  on Competition: Technology Developer Accelerator Programme (TDAP) pilot
Getting your Low Carbon Propulsion technology application ready The Technology Developer Accelerator Programme (TDAP) pilot has been created by the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK (APC) to support companies (technology developers) with low carbon propulsion technology that can be applied to the automotive sector. The technology will probably be at an

EVENT: Innovations in the rail sector, 5-8 pm, 22nd October, Derby

Innovation Advisor  -  Sep 30, 2014  -  on EVENT: Innovations in the rail sector, 5-8 pm, 22nd October, Derby
How can innovations in the rail industry drive reductions in energy costs and carbon emissions? We thought this Derby event may be of interest to some of you.  The event is run by CleanTech Business Ltd and is one in a regular series held in conjunction with Enscite.   The

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