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Industry News
MO: Met Office experts were at the RenewableUK 2012 Annual Conference & Exhibition in Glasgow last week, demonstrating how investment in scientific research can be applied to weather & climate services to help the wind energy market onshore & offshore.
DECC: 4 bidders have been short listed for the next phase of the UK’s £1bn Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) competition. The 4 were selected from 8 bids received after a thorough evaluation process that considered project deliverability, value for money, and the Government’s timetable to deliver a cost-competitive CCS industry in the 2020s.
The successful projects are now being invited to take part in a period of intensive commercial negotiations with Government before decisions on which projects to support further are taken in the New Year.
Press release & links ~ Carbon Capture, Use and Storage (CCUS) Action Group ~ Carbon capture and storage: lessons from the competition for the first UK demonstration
BIS: 7 new university & business research partnerships in sectors including life sciences, energy efficiency and advanced manufacturing have been announced recently by David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science. The new projects double the number of winning bids from the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund (UK RPIF) to 14.
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