The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has awarded its Technical Third Party Support contract for the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio, “‘Lot 5 “ Energy Generation and Distribution’ to a team led by systems, engineering and technology company, Frazer-Nash Consultancy.
This £4.3 million, three-and-a-half year contract will see the team providing technical support to critical Net Zero Innovation Portfolio projects contributing to the development of new energy technologies, systems and processes. Frazer-Nash Consultancy is supporting the following technical areas within the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio:
- Hydrogen
- Nuclear
- Offshore wind
- Onshore wind
- Bioenergy
- Heat pumps and retrofit
- Heat distribution
- Biomass boilers
- Solar heating
By 2035 the UK aims to be powered entirely by clean electricity and by 2050 have net zero carbon emissions. BEIS is investing over £1 billion through its Net Zero Innovation Portfolio to achieve both these goals. In collaboration with the other Lot holders, Frazer-Nash Consultancy will support BEIS to develop its programmes, and to assess and monitor the projects that will be delivered within the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio.
Frazer-Nash Consultancy is being supported by a further 11 organisations to deliver Lot 5, many of whom are small and medium-size enterprises. The team includes Avieco, Baringa, Cambridge Architectural Research, the Centre for Sustainable Energy, Cornwall Insight, Costain, NNFCC, Sirius, Tadek, TNEI and TUV Nord.
David McNaught from Frazer-Nashwill lead the delivery of this support as the Project Technical Lead, David said:
“Our supply chain partners, including a significant complement of SMEs, will be key to successful delivery of this support contract, and we anticipate that they will be delivering many of the services. We look forward to forging stronger relationships with them and to opening up further opportunities for us all.”
Laura Brown, TNEI Networks and Innovation Team Manager says:
“It is a real pleasure to be involved with this exciting consortium helping on a strategic Net Zero initiative for the UK. Our specialist renewable energy consultants will be providing their expertise in energy generation and distribution including in innovation in theOffshore Wind sector. We can’t wait to get started!”
Stephanie Hay, Director of Networks and Innovation at TNEI comments:
“TNEI is dedicated to supporting the UK in realising our Net Zero ambitions so we’re thrilled to be part of such an important initiative.We’re part of a really strong consortium with a huge range of expertise across the energy supply chain and we’re very much looking forward to working with our partners and delivering exciting projects.”
Read more on the project on the Frazer-Nash website.
