Hydrogen BECCS Innovation Programme Phase 1 Competition

The Hydrogen BECCS Innovation Programme will fund the development of technologies which can produce hydrogen from biogenic feedstocks and be combined with carbon capture.

It forms part of BEIS's £1 billion Net Zero Innovation Portfolio, which aims to accelerate the commercialisation of innovative clean energy technologies and processes.

Through a pre-commercial procurement Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) BEIS is looking to fund the development of innovative Hydrogen BECCS technologies and solutions across three categories: 1.

Feedstock pre-processing: The development of low cost, energy & material efficient technologies which will optimise biogenic (including biomass and waste) feedstocks for use in Advanced Gasification Technologies.

2.

Gasification components: The development of Advanced Gasification Technology components focusing on improving syngas quality and upgrading for generation of hydrogen.

3.

Novel biohydrogen technologies: The development of novel biohydrogen technologies which can be combined with carbon capture. e.g. dark fermentation, anaerobic digestion, waste water treatment.

SBRI is a well-established pre-commercial procurement route to connect public sector challenges with innovative ideas from industry, supporting companies to generate economic growth and enabling improvement in achieving government objectives.

BEIS is looking to conduct this SBRI under two phases: Phase 1 (total budget £5m) will last 7.5 months and will support multiple projects to scope and develop a feasible prototype demonstration project to be run in Phase 2.

Phase 2 (total budget to be confirmed subject to final approval) takes the most promising projects from Phase 1 and supports the proposed physical demonstration of their innovation.

This invitation to tender is for Phase 1 of the programme.

Only applicants successful in securing Phase 1 funding and completing the Phase 1 deliverables will be eligible to apply to Phase 2.

The maximum budget available for each Phase 1 project is £250,000, the minimum is £50,000.

A virtual Supplier Engagement Workshop was held on 23rd November 2021 to provide potential suppliers with an opportunity to understand more about the competition and to ask questions.

The slides from this event and Q&A are published with this notice.

Please note this invitation to tender is also advertised on .gov as part of the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio Collection.