ETI response to LCICG reports on technology innovations in bioenergy and heat
19 September 2012
19th September 2012
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has welcomed two new reports issued today by the Low Carbon Innovation Co-ordination Group (LCICG). The ETI is a founding member of the LCICG.
The Technology Innovation Needs Assessment (TINA) reports on bioenergy and heat are featured on a brand new website launched by the LCICG today – www.lowcarboninnovation.co.uk
The reports explore the commercial potential, key economic benefits and challenges for investment of these technologies to the UK.
Andrew Haslett, Director of Strategy Development, ETI, said: “The ETI continues to welcome the opportunity to work collaboratively with the other members of the LCICG, both through the development of the reports and in the development of the new website. Tackling the challenge of affordability, security and sustainability relies on taking a pragmatic approach to energy technologies and innovation. We must focus on what is practical and that means finding solutions that works for participants across the supply chain – producers, suppliers investors and importantly end consumers. These reports complement our own modelling and research, which provide the context for the ETI’s own focus on developing the UK’s future energy technologies to produce affordable, secure and sustainable energy solutions for the country’s future requirements.”
The TINAs and the new website have been developed by the Low Carbon Innovation Coordination Group (LCICG), which is made up of a range of different bodies including the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), the Carbon Trust, the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI), the Technology Strategy Board (TSB), the Scottish Government, Scottish Enterprise, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), and other organisations with significant low carbon innovation interests.
The first TINA on offshore wind was published in February 2012. Further TINAs including CCS, marine energy and electricity networks and storage were published in August 2012.
Notes to Editors:
For further information, please call Richard Robinson at the ETI on 01509 202026 or 07500 049626.
● The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) is a public-private partnership between global industries – BP, Caterpillar, EDF, E.ON, Rolls-Royce and Shell – and the UK Government.
● Public sector representation is through the administration of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, with funding channelled through the Technology Strategy Board and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. The Department of Energy and Climate Change are observers on the Board.
● The ETI is focused on accelerating the deployment of affordable, secure low-carbon energy systems for 2020 to 2050 by demonstrating technologies, developing knowledge, skills and supply-chains and informing the development of regulation, standards and policy.
● www.eti.co.uk
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has welcomed two new reports issued today by the Low Carbon Innovation Co-ordination Group (LCICG). The ETI is a founding member of the LCICG.
The Technology Innovation Needs Assessment (TINA) reports on bioenergy and heat are featured on a brand new website launched by the LCICG today – www.lowcarboninnovation.co.uk
The reports explore the commercial potential, key economic benefits and challenges for investment of these technologies to the UK.
Andrew Haslett, Director of Strategy Development, ETI, said: “The ETI continues to welcome the opportunity to work collaboratively with the other members of the LCICG, both through the development of the reports and in the development of the new website. Tackling the challenge of affordability, security and sustainability relies on taking a pragmatic approach to energy technologies and innovation. We must focus on what is practical and that means finding solutions that works for participants across the supply chain – producers, suppliers investors and importantly end consumers. These reports complement our own modelling and research, which provide the context for the ETI’s own focus on developing the UK’s future energy technologies to produce affordable, secure and sustainable energy solutions for the country’s future requirements.”
The TINAs and the new website have been developed by the Low Carbon Innovation Coordination Group (LCICG), which is made up of a range of different bodies including the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), the Carbon Trust, the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI), the Technology Strategy Board (TSB), the Scottish Government, Scottish Enterprise, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), and other organisations with significant low carbon innovation interests.
The first TINA on offshore wind was published in February 2012. Further TINAs including CCS, marine energy and electricity networks and storage were published in August 2012.
Notes to Editors:
For further information, please call Richard Robinson at the ETI on 01509 202026 or 07500 049626.
● The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) is a public-private partnership between global industries – BP, Caterpillar, EDF, E.ON, Rolls-Royce and Shell – and the UK Government.
● Public sector representation is through the administration of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, with funding channelled through the Technology Strategy Board and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. The Department of Energy and Climate Change are observers on the Board.
● The ETI is focused on accelerating the deployment of affordable, secure low-carbon energy systems for 2020 to 2050 by demonstrating technologies, developing knowledge, skills and supply-chains and informing the development of regulation, standards and policy.
● www.eti.co.uk