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Winners include:
- Shoreham Port Industrial Cluster, an
established cluster with 175 businesses
based on the 110-acre site, which will
explore ways to reduce emissions and
improve local air quality by working
with local councils
- Industrial Decarbonisation for
Northern Ireland (ID-NI), which will
develop plans to help local businesses
increase their productivity while also
cutting emissions, embracing the
opportunities that a low carbon future
will offer
- Decarbonising the Midlands Aerospace
Cluster (DMAC), who will work with
key players in the region’s aerospace
supply chain, identifying manufacturing
processes that contribute to greenhouse
gas emissions and potential solutions
The Industrial Energy Transformation
Fund will also offer support for
businesses to switch to more energy
efficient technologies through a new
phase.
Previous winners have included:
- Pioneer Foods in Peterborough – a
leading cereal manufacturer, to improve
the energy efficiency of their 3 industrial
ovens by replacing burners, minimising
heat loss and installing new motors
- Cemineral in Lincolnshire – a supplier
of cement products for housing and
infrastructure, to convert its conveyance
and processing systems to electric
power, helping to reduce their carbon
emissions
- Natural World Products in Dunmurry
– a producer of peat-free composts and
soil conditioners, to replace dieselpowered equipment with electric
equivalents.
These announcements are part of
the government’s commitment to
spend more than £12 billion on energy
efficiency by 2028, helping more
households and businesses to benefit
from lower bills and cleaner energy.
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