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Imagine
a means to store electricity as green hydrogen for the load levelling of
national grids, while also supplying energy for commercial vans and heavy
duty trucks. Fuel cells provide a way to convert hydrogen gas into
electricity, but on their own they do not represent a solution. The way
forward is with hydrogen batteries, as the beating heart of the Smartnet™
dual-fuel infrastructure.
The Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF) is a new programme that aims to establish a competitive and sustainable UK supply chain.
It offers a share of up to £1 billion of funding for capital and associated industrial research projects. This will be to support the industrialisation of a high value, electrified automotive supply at scale in the UK.
This is an expression of interest (EoI) competition. If your application is successful, you will be invited to apply to a full stage competition strand when it is published.
To lead a project or work alone your organisation must:
- be a UK registered business of any size
- carry out its project work in the UK
- intend to exploit the results from or in the UK
- address the requirements of the Automotive Transformation Fund
To collaborate with the lead, your organisation must:
- be a UK registered business, academic institution, charity, not-for-profit, public sector -
organisation or research and technology organisation (RTO) -
carry out its project work in the UK
- intend to exploit the results from or in the UK An organisation can lead on or collaborate in any number of applications.
This is an expression of interest (EoI) competition. You must have a successful application in this competition before you can be invited to apply to the full stage competition.
YOUR PROJECT
Your project must support the industrialisation at scale of an electrified automotive supply chain.
Your total eligible project costs and project duration must be appropriate and in proportion to the planned objectives and prioritisation within the Automotive Transformation Fund.
To discuss if your project falls outside of the eligibility criteria, you must contact the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) directly at ATF@apcuk.co.uk at least 10 days before the competition closes. APC will decide whether to approve your request.
Your application can focus on one of these:
- capital investment only
- capital and associated R&D activity Your proposal must prioritise the scale up in areas mentioned in the Automotive Transformation Strategy. This includes but is not limited to:
- batteries
- motors and drives
- power electronics
- fuel cell
- recycling of any of the above SPECIFIC
THEMES Your project can focus on one or more of the following:
BATTERIES
- cathode materials and manufacturing
- anode materials and manufacturing
- electrolyte
- cell assembly components (including separators)
- cell or module assembly
- cell testing
- battery pack components
- battery pack assembly and test MOTORS
& DRIVES
- magnet materials and manufacturing
- electrical steel materials and manufacturing
- electrical machine assembly
- drive line components
- assembly and test into complete drive unit POWER
ELECTRONICS
- wide band gap semi-conductors
- sensors
- passives
- power electronics assembly FUEL
CELL
- MEA -
catalysts
- bipolar plates
- gas diffusion layer
- air handling systems
- balance of power
- fuel cell stack assembly
- storage tanks
- fuel delivery (where specifically required for development purposes) RECYCLING
- e-motors
- batteries
- fuel cells
- power electronics The Automotive Transformation Fund provides detailed information on the specific themes of this competition.
In the full stage competition, the Automotive Transformation Fund will fund:
- capital investment through the BEIS Central Grants & Loans Team -
associated industrial research as defined in the guidance on categories of research and ‘Aid for
research and development projects’ If you want help to find a project partner, contact KTN’s Transport
team: KTN London
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London, N1 0QH
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VEHICLES Brought by the extraordinary innovations in processing power, artificial intelligence, machine learning, sensors, and business models we are on the edge of profound changes in the way in which people and goods move around. The emergence of Connected and Automated Vehicles presents us with transformational opportunities for safety, access to mobility, lower emissions and increased efficiency and productivity of our transport systems.
By 2035 this new industry is estimated to be worth £62 billion for the UK, with more than £440 million joint investments by the government and industry already made in more than 90 R&D projects involving more than 200 companies.
The KTN inputs into policy programmes, facilitates knowledge transfer, and can support organisations in their journey towards improving the future of mobility.
They do this by helping organisations in finding solutions to their challenges, connecting them to the right potential partners and making sure they succeed.
Since the end of 2017, the team has helped UK organisations win more than £60 million in R&D grants as well as achieve projects value of more than £90 million.
https://ktn-uk.org/transport/ https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/application/create/start-application/896
ROUND
10 CALLS FOR PROPOSALS: The proposed Smartnet™
system is dual fuel, as well as load levelling - potentially an international hydrogen
and electricity supply network.
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