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Longer Duration Energy Storage Demonstration competition: Stream 1 pre-commercial demonstrator (grants) (closed to applications)

Stream 1 of this competition aims to accelerate commercialisation of innovative longer duration energy storage projects through to actual demonstrations.

From:
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Published
3 June 2021
Last updated
17 September 2021 — See all updates

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This competition is closed: see the resulting projects.

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Longer Duration Energy Storage Demonstration Programme, Stream 1 Phase 1 projects

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/longer-duration-energy-storage-demonstration-programme-successful-projects/longer-duration-energy-storage-demonstration-programme-stream-1-phase-1-details-of-successful-projects

Longer Duration Energy Storage Demonstration Programme, Stream 1 Phase 2 project

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/longer-duration-energy-storage-demonstration-programme-successful-projects/longer-duration-energy-storage-demonstration-programme-stream-1-phase-2-details-of-successful-project

Longer Duration Energy Storage competition Stream 1: guidance

PDF, 1.31 MB, 89 pages

Details

This competition aims to accelerate commercialisation of innovative longer duration energy storage projects through to actual demonstrations (Stream 1) or to first-of-a-kind (FOAK) full-system prototypes (Stream 2).

We looked for proposals for electrical storage, thermal storage and power-to-x technologies which can provide novel grid services and demonstrate cost reductions and improvement in technology performance.

They were not to include commercial solutions such as pumped hydro or lithium ion.

The competition had 2 Streams. See Stream 2 for first-of-a-kind (FOAK) full-system prototypes (contracts)

Stream 1: Pre-commercial demonstrator grants - overview

Stream 1 of the competition focused on pre-commercial demonstrator proposals.

To be in scope technologies must:

  • not be commercially deployed in the UK or elsewhere
  • be at technology readiness level (TRL) 6 or 7

£37.2 million of innovation funding was available for Stream 1 in the form of capital grants:

  • a maximum of £7.2 million for Phase 1, with a maximum expected grant value of £1 million per project. We intended to fund around 9 projects in Phase 1
  • £30 million was allotted to Phase 2, with the maximum expected funding per project of £11 million. We intended to fund around 3 projects in Phase 2

Applicants must have secured matched private investment.

The competition closed in September 2021. We held a competition event on 17 June 2021 to support applicants in developing their application, and encourage the formulation of consortia, as stream 1 required private match funding.

Updates to this page

Published 3 June 2021
Last updated 17 September 2021 + show all updates

  1. This competition is now closed to applications.

  2. Annex 5: Project cost breakdown form added.

  3. First published.

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