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Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage (CCUS) Innovation 2.0 competition: call 1 (closed to applications)

£20 million in grant funding will be 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
24 May 2021
Last updated
31 May 2022 — See all updates

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Documents

CCUS Innovation 2.0 competition, call 1: guidance

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Competition questions and answers

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Details

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

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 & 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

Call 1 projects were split into 2 lots:

  • Lot 1 Mid Stage CCUS innovation for projects developing and piloting mid-stage (TRL 3-5) CCUS innovation. For Lot 1 BEIS will consider 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 would consider grant applications of up to £5 million

How to apply

This competition is closed to applications.

Find details of Call 2.

Updates to this page

Published 24 May 2021
Last updated 31 May 2022 + show all updates

  1. This competition is closed to applications. Call 2 has opened to applications today.

  2. Corrected a formatting error in the project cost breakdown form.

  3. Deadline for submitting lot 2 applications changed to 26 September 2021.

  4. We have updated the competition questions and answers document. Read the document for a full list of answers that have been updated.

  5. Question and answer page updated, including responses to anonymised questions received since.

  6. Added the application link and a set of competition questions and answers.

  7. Guidance and how to apply details added ready for the competition opening on 12 July 2021.

  8. First published.

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