Notice

Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage (CCUS) Innovation 2.0 competition: call 2 (closed to applications)

£20 million in grant funding was available for projects developing novel CCUS technology and processes that reduce the cost of deployment.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 31 May 2022
• Last updated: 28 June 2023 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on 27 November 2024

This competition is closed: see the resulting projects.

Documents

CCUS Innovation 2.0 competition, call 2: guidance

PDF, 1.86 MB, 99 pages

Clarification questions and responses (updated 25 July 2022)

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Details

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) supported the deployment of advanced carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) technologies within the UK.

This competition is closed to applications. We published summaries of projects awarded funding through Call 2.

Up to £20 million grant funding was available over 2 calls to:

• support innovation in novel CCUS technology increasing its technology and commercial readiness level (TRL and CRL)
• demonstrate and de-risk next generation CCUS technologies to allow it to deploy commercially from 2025
• reduce the cost of deploying CCUS and create competitive pressure on current available technology

Projects for Call 2 was split into 3 lots:

• Lot 1 Mid Stage CCUS innovation for projects developing and piloting mid-stage (TRL 3-5) CCUS innovation. For Lot 1 BEIS considered grant applications of up to £1 million
• Lot 2 Late Stage CCUS innovation for projects developing late-stage (TRL 6-8) CCUS technology, particularly demonstrating at intermediate (~100 tonnes CO2 per day) scale or greater at site. For Lot 2 BEIS considered grant applications of up to £5 million
• Lot 3 Next Generation Carbon Capture Technology feasibility study: This was for industrial, waste or power site owners to analyse Next Generation Carbon Capture Technologies currently at TRL 3-8 to understand the feasibility of deploying these technologies at one of their UK-based sites. For Lot 3 BEIS considered grant applications of up to £50,000

Further information

We published the first tranche of CCUS 1.0 Key Knowledge Deliverables (KKDs).

The CCUS Innovation 2.0 competition was part of the £1 billion Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP).

Published 31 May 2022
Last updated 28 June 2023 + show all updates

1. 28 June 2023

   Competition now closed to applications.

2. 25 July 2022

   Added CCUS Innovation 2.0 Schedule video, and latest clarification questions with responses.

3. 31 May 2022

   First published.