Industrial Hydrogen Accelerator Programme

Funding for innovation projects that can demonstrate end-to-end industrial fuel switching to hydrogen.

The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has launched the £26 million Industrial Hydrogen Accelerator Programme.

The competition supports projects generating evidence on end-to-end industrial fuel switching to hydrogen. It will cover the full technology chain, from hydrogen generation and delivery infrastructure through to industrial end-use, including the integration of the components in a single project.

The competition will fund demonstrations and, where needed, feasibility and FEED studies:

• the feasibility studies will explore how systems could be designed and provide information on the technical requirements and costs
• the demonstration projects will construct end-to-end industrial hydrogen systems, from hydrogen production to end-use, to prove their feasibility and provide further evidence on the real-world performance and costs

It forms part of the BEIS £1 billion Net Zero Innovation Portfolio, which aims to accelerate the commercialisation of innovative clean energy technologies and processes through the 2020s and 2030s.

Programme structure

• Stream 1: Demonstration projects – Grant (up to £10 million in grant funding per project). This strand of the competition is now closed.
• Stream 2A: Feasibility studies – SBRI (up to £400,000 in SBRI funding per project). This strand of the competition is now closed.
• Stream 2B: Demonstration / FEED projects – Grant (up to £7 million available per project) - open only to projects who have completed feasibility studies in Stream 2A. This strand is currently open to applications.

Find out more about Stream 2A and how to apply.

First published 4 May 2022