In addition, ten feasibility studies into innovative ideas that could significantly contribute to CO2 abatement will share an additional £650,000 of government support. All the studies will be led by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
One of the projects will address the design, development and demonstration of a highly efficient aeration system for wastewater treatment plants.
The grant funding, from the Technology Strategy Board (www.innovateuk.org) will help to support innovative solutions for carbon abatement technologies for large single-point emitters of CO2, including fossil-fuelled power plants and energy-intensive industries such as chemical and metal processing, paper, glass, ceramics and cement.
Iain Gray, Chief Executive of the Technology Strategy Board, said:
"The development of cost-effective carbon abatement technologies is essential from both environmental and business perspectives. Their successful development will contribute to economic growth and could provide the UK with significant business opportunities both nationally and in the global market."
The four major projects will be led by E.ON New Build & Technology Ltd, Guardian Global Technologies Ltd, Newton Industrial Group Ltd and Stopford Projects Ltd. The other projects are:
- The development and evaluation of coating materials for advanced fossil fuel plants co-firing biomass or converted to biomass firing;
- The development and demonstration of breakthrough sensor technology for monitoring CO2 storage;
- The development, design, deployment and demonstration of a microwave plasma gasification plant for the generation of energy from industrial waste streams.
The ten feasibility studies will be carried out by Applied Seismology Consultants Ltd, Calix (Europe) Ltd, Carbon Sequestration Ltd, Ceram Research Ltd, cmcl innovations, Energy Environmental Ltd, European Spectrometry Systems, Latent Power Turbines Ltd, Progressive Energy Ltd and Timmins CCS Ltd.
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