According to the Technology Strategy Board’s EG&S strategy for 2008-2011, the KTN would focus on several technology areas, including offshore wind, wave and tidal, carbon abatement technologies (including higher efficiency plants, biomass co-firing and carbon capture & storage), hydrogen and fuel cells, maximizing oil & gas resources and future emerging opportunities.
The company would lead a team comprising of APGTF (Advanced Power Generation Technology Forum), AEA Technology, Synnogy, ITF (The Industry Technology Facilitator) and UKERC (UK Energy Research Center).
The EG&S KTN would promote collaboration and knowledge sharing between developers nationally and internationally and enable industry to identify suitable funding opportunities. UK and EU grant and support schemes for energy generation technology developers are provided by various bodies. The Knowledge Transfer Network would act as a ‘front door’ helping developers navigate the UK and EU funding landscape so they get the best support available to progress their technology development. Membership of the KTN is free of charge and open to the entire energy community, including industry, investor, academia, innovators, government bodies and regulators.
Registered EG&S KTN members can access advisory services aimed at facilitating business and technological success, including R&D funding and collaboration building, project financing, supply-chain opportunity, technology investment and updates, market and policy information. These services would be delivered through an interactive web portal, Enquiry Helpdesk as well as networking and partnership brokering events.
Brian Cane, Head of TWI’s Power and Energy Systems, appointed the EG&S KTN Director, said: “The new KTN provides a great opportunity to speed progress towards UK Low Carbon economy and energy security targets and I intend that it will deliver real and measurable benefits to the Energy Generation & Supply community”
The EG&S KTN would be formally launched at the Technology Strategy Board’s ‘Innovate 09’ event at the Business Design Center, London on October 13, 2009.
