UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
09/27/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/26/2021 17:18
Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF) Phase 2: Autumn 2021 - how to apply
Phase 2: Autumn 2021 provides up to £60 million of grant funding for the following project types:
- studies - feasibility and engineering studies to enable companies to investigate identified energy efficiency and decarbonisation projects prior to making an investment decision
- energy efficiency - deployment of technologies to reduce industrial energy consumption
- deep decarbonisation - deployment of technologies to achieve industrial emissions savings
is delivering this phase of the competition for England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Competition dates
Phase 2: Autumn 2021:
- opens to applications on Monday 27 September 2021
- closes on Monday 6 December 2021
Eligibility
The Phase 2: Autumn 2021 competition is open to businesses of any size registered in England, Wales or Northern Ireland. To be eligible, your business must operate an existing site which falls into the following codes:
| Eligible industrial processes | SIC codes |
|---|---|
| Mining and quarrying |
05101 through to 05200 07100 through to 08990 09900 |
| Manufacturing | 10000 through to 33200 |
| Recovery and recycling of materials | 38320 |
| Data centre | 63110 |
Businesses are allocated a code at the time of registering at Companies House. You need to check your business code to make sure you are eligible. If a parent company has a Code that does not reflect the activity carried out at the site of the proposed application, for example where a data centre is owned by a telecoms company, you may be eligible.
Please contact the team at if you have any questions about your eligibility at [email protected].
The guidance document provides more detail on the eligibility criteria.
Funding
The funding will be awarded as grants towards the total costs of successful proposals. To be eligible, proposals must fall within the stated minimum and maximum award thresholds in the table below. Unless otherwise specified, thresholds refer to the minimum and maximum grant that you can apply for.
| Funding applied for | Minimum threshold per application | Maximum threshold per project |
|---|---|---|
| Energy efficiency deployment projects | £100,000 | £14 million |
| Deep decarbonisation deployment projects | £100,000 | £30 million |
| Engineering studies | £50,000 (total eligible cost) | £14 million |
| Feasibility studies | £30,000 (total eligible cost) | £7 million |
How to apply
Applications are open.
Please read the guidance on this page before completing the application form.
Get in touch
If you need more information about Phase 2 of the and / or the application process for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, please contact the team at via email at [email protected].
We also offer an eligibility screening service which you can use if you have any queries about your proposed application. Type 'Eligibility screening assessment request' as the subject line of your email if you require this service.
If your site is based in Scotland, you can apply for the Scottish Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (SIETF) : contact @gov.scot for more information.
Read our Phase 2 policy statement which explains the design choices.