Cleantech Incubation Europe
Working Summit
Peterborough, UK
4 June 2013
Lynne McGregor
Lead Technologist
High Value Manufacturing
Technology Strategy Board
Who are we?
The Technology Strategy Board is working to drive UK economic
growth by making this country a global leader in innovation.
Our purpose is to accelerate innovation. We help UK business to
innovate faster and more effectively than would otherwise be
possible, using our expertise, connections and funding to:
• Enable collaborations and partnerships between businesses, researchers
and governments;
• and help business to create innovative products and services which will
meet market needs, tackle the challenges of our time and build the
economy of tomorrow.
Investing in priority areas based on potential
Technology Readiness Level
High Value Manufacturing Strategy
Manufacturing is important to the UK:
• the UK is in the world’s top 10 in terms of GVA
• UK manufacturing directly employs 2.5m people
• generates half of UK exports
• accounts for three quarters of business R&D.
A landscape study, carried out in 2011, enabled us
to develop a strategy to support and encourage
those competencies which would enable the UK
Manufacturing to compete globally, including:
• HVM Catapult to assist innovators to
demonstrate new products and processes at
commercial scale
• supporting SMEs and connecting them to global
players who represent valuable routes to market
Energy Supply Strategy
• Focuses on business opportunities that arise from central government
policy and legal requirements.
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In the UK, 15% of total energy must come from renewable sources by 2020
UK greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced by 34% by 2020 and 80% by 2050
The security of an estimated 85GW indigenous supply requirement in the UK by 2020
The need to provide affordable energy for all
•. Create business opportunities through addressing the ‘trilemma’
of energy security, affordability and sustainability.
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Ensure that innovative UK companies understand the
opportunities created by the rapidly changing global energy
system.
• Ensure companies have the help needed to develop new
products and services, enhance and develop energy sector
supply chains that drive growth in the UK economy.
Key Energy Team focus 2011-2015:
Sustainable energy through affordable and
secure sources of supply
Integrate future demand and energy supply
into a flexible, secure and resilient energy
system
Reduce emissions at point of use
We will run targeted investments in
these areas
The Toolset
Range of Tools with different objectives / characteristics
Collaborative
R&D
Smart
Launchpad
Innovation
Vouchers
Innovation and
Knowledge Centres
Entrepreneur
Missions
World leading centres of innovation
designed to accelerate
commercialisation in specific fields
• High Value Manufacturing
• Satellite Applications
• Cell Therapy
• Connected Digital Economy
• Offshore Renewable
Energy
• Future Cities
• Transport Systems
• Catapults will facilitate business- and research-based innovation,
enabling businesses to test concepts and bring them to market
quickly and cost-effectively.
SMART Award
Type of Grant
Description of Project
Project cost limit
Proof of Market
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market research
market testing /competitor analysis
intellectual property position
Initial commercialisation planning
• <9 months duration
• £25k max grant
• up to 60% funded.
Proof of
Concept
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initial feasibility studies & basic prototyping
technical feasibility testing / demonstration
intellectual property protection
Investigation of production options
• < 18 months duration
• £100k max grant
• up to 60% funded.
Development of • small demonstrators
prototype
• intellectual property protection
• trials and testing, including clinical
• market testing.
• <2 years duration
• £250k max grant
• up to 35% costs for
medium enterprises, or
up to 45% for small and
micro enterprises
Knowledge Transfer
Network
Connecting industry, research organisations with government, finance
and policy:
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Networking - frequent opportunities to network with other businesses and academics
through targeted events, meetings and Special Interest Groups organised by the KTN
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Information and news - free access to on-line services such as reports, newsletters,
webinars/e-training, events diaries, e-conferencing and collaboration tools and general
sector/application specific information
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Funding opportunities - advice on Technology Strategy Board Collaborative R& D calls,
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships and other sources of funding for innovation
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Policy and regulation - a communications route between their community, Government
and EU, giving members the opportunity to influence policies and regulation in the UK
and abroad.
Visit _connect to network, register
and share knowledge
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs)
• Provide businesses opportunity to work in partnership with an
academic institution:
– to obtain knowledge and expertise to which they currently have no
access,
– to address their business challenges and embed sustainable innovation.
– knowledge sought is embedded into the company through a project or
projects undertaken by a recently qualified person (known as the KTP
Associate) recruited specifically to work on that project.
• Grant funding depends on the size of the company:
– Typically a small or medium sized enterprise might contribute around a
third of the project costs with the remainder being paid as grant.
– Currently average project costs are around £60, 000.
SBRI
• The SBRI programme uses the power of government
procurement to drive innovation. It provides opportunities
for innovative companies to engage with the public sector to
solve specific problems.
• Competitions for new technologies and ideas are run on
specific topics and aim to engage a broad range of
organisations.
• SBRI enables the public sector to engage with industry
during the early stages of development, supporting projects
through the stages of feasibility and prototyping.
Collaborative R&D and other
targeted competitions
Collaborative R&D
We hold frequent competitions for collaborative R&D project
funding, in a wide range of areas covering specific technical or
societal challenges.
• Encourages businesses and researchers to work together on
innovation
• Co-funds partnerships between businesses, and business and
academia
• Helps create successful new products, processes and services
TSB Energy Delivery Plan
Investment activity
How much and when?
Offshore renewable energy catapult
Q1-Q4 Up to £10m
Offshore energy
Q3 Up to £7m
Nuclear
Q4 Up to £7m
UK energy supply chain at scale
Q4 Up to £10m
Alternative energy vectors
Q2 Up to £5m
Community energy systems
Q3 Up to £3m
Emerging energy technologies
Q1 Up to £2m
Photovoltaics European engagement (closed)
Q1 Up to £1m
Bioenergy
Q1 Up to £500k
Clean and Cool Mission
Q3 Up to £200k
TSB High Value Manufacturing Delivery Plan
Investment activity
How much and when?
High Value Manufacturing Catapult
Q1-Q4 Up to £35m
Bioenergy
Q1/3 Up to £2m
Formulation Technologies
Q1 Up to £5m
Industrial Biotechnology
Q2/4 Up to £3.5m
Towards Zero Prototypes - Simulation and Modelling
Q3 Up to £3.5m
Intelligent systems and embedded electronics
Q3 Up to £2.5m
Nutrition for Life
Q1 Up to £3m
Material and Weight Efficiency
Q4 Up to £5m
Mission to China and joint collaborative R&D
Q4 Up to £2m
Entrepreneur Missions partnered by TSB and UKTI
www.cleanandcoolmission.com
FOCUSING
ON
Customer,
partner and
supplier
opportunities
Mission Dates: Oct 30 to Nov 7
Competition Opens : 3 June
Competition Closes: 31July
Investment
and strategic
partnership
opportunities
Mission Dates: Nov 30 to Dec 7
Competition Opens : 20 May
Competition Closes: 1 July
Benefits to Mission Companies
CONNECTIONS &
PROFILE
Customer Partners
& Suppliers
Government
Leading
Conference
Investors
Press & PR
Trade
Organisations
MARKET-LED
KNOW-HOW
Major Corporates
Disruptors and
Challengers
Incubators and
Accelerators
Expert Support
Academic
Pioneers
INSIGHT &
INSPIRATION
Mission VIPS
Innovation
Immersion
Ecosystem
Innovators
Entrepreneurs
Networks
ACCELERATE AMBITION AND ABILITY
TO DO BUSINESS OVERSEARS
Water and waste
water
Smart Grid
Solid Waste
Energy Storage
Bioenergy, wind
& solar
Buildings
We’re looking for
20 early stage
UK companies
for each mission
offering
innovative
solutions in:-
System
Integration
Buildings
Future Cities
Transport
Agriculture &
Forestry
Solar & Wind
Energy Team - Christian Inglis
• Responsibilities
– Grid balancing, management and
infrastructure
– Next generation solar
– Community energy systems
Contact details:
e: christian.inglis@tsb.gov.uk
m: 07824599792
Twitter: @energytechstrat
High Value Manufacturing Team – Lynne McGregor
• Responsibilities
– Manufacturing in energy generation, storage,
management and security
– Systems modelling and integrated design /
simulation
– Automation, mechanisation and humanmachine interface
– Flexible and adaptive manufacture
Contact details:
e: lynne.mcgregor@tsb.gov.uk
m: 07909 890834
www.innovateuk.org