What is the project?
This project will increase the market for renewable energy in the region by:
providing advocacy and research support services for renewable technologies to stimulate market demand and to help increase the supply of low carbon technologies. This will provide up-to-date information that can be used for planning consultations and enquiries, to help reduce barriers to installation and encourage uptake;
expanding market opportunities. This will involve identifying potential projects at a regional level that could stimulate demand for renewable technologies. Advocacy and technical support services will then be used to encourage uptake of renewables in such projects; and
providing technical support. This covers support in grid connection, specialist support through the planning process, and specialist support for the financing of renewable projects, including advice on establishing and partnering with EnergyService Companies (ESCos), innovative funding models and signposting to existing funding programmes.
The services will be targeted at technologies that have been identified as having substantial opportunity in the Northwest, in particular onshore/offshore wind, microgeneration and small scale renewables and energy from waste.
What is its purpose?
This project has been developed to increase the market for renewable energy in the region and to help grow the renewable energy companies within the environmental technologies sector.
How much funding has it received from ERDF?
£1 million.
How much funding has it received from other funding partners?
£1 million from all other project partners including the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA).
Who applied for this project?
Envirolink Northwest.
Who can I contact to find out more?
Nick Storer.
How can I contact them?
nick.storer@envirolinknorthwest.co.uk.