UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £25 million for pre-commercialisation projects. This funding is from the UKRI R&D Missions Accelerator Programme through the Clean Energy Superpower Mission.
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) will invest up to £25 million from the Consumer Led Flexibility (CLF) Challenge as part of the Clean Energy Superpower Mission within the UKRI R&D Missions Accelerator Programme.
This is subject to a sufficient number of high quality applications being received.
The aim of this competition is to support businesses and innovators who are developing novel AI and digital solutions and other innovative product and service solutions. This competition will accelerate consumer led flexibility and scale to system adoption by 2030. Being able to evidence how your solutions will achieve impact by 2030 and contribute to the minimum two Gigawatts (GW) flexibility target is central to this opportunity.
Your proposal must develop solutions that enable flexible loads to be better utilised in system operation. Proposals should demonstrate clear staged CLF outcomes, credible commercial pathways and strong knowledge sharing plans. Learnings should then inform future CLF policy, regulation and investment decisions across the wider system.