September Newsletter
Cambridge Cleantech
The UK’s leading cleantech innovation network, bringing together pivotal people to make climate impact.
The UK has a new Prime Minister and the country is set to participate in the COP27 conference in Egypt this year, amid all the related negotiations and trading around climate targets and deliverables. Currently, the UK, in its bid to achieve the 2050 net zero goals, has announced a slew of new measures and policies. However, the outcome depends upon efficient implementation and management of these policies. Globally, there is extensive debate and discussion on climate change targets and there is creeping scepticism on the ability of the government to tackle the mother of all emergencies: climate change.
Cambridge Cleantech, in partnership with Michael Page, are delighted to announce that we will be hosting a debate at the Cambridge Union on the topic, ‘Can National Governments Tackle Climate Change?’. Join us for free and hear from key experts in the sector!
New Members
Billmonitor: Telephony Cost Reduction and Monitoring
Billmonitor finds the mobile plan that works best for you, saving you money and time. 90% of organisations can save 50% on costs, check how much you can save here.
Advisor to various cleantech start ups as well as mentor and investor in this space.
Consultancy building productive partnerships between organisations in China and the UK.
Karfu is a new impartial mobility comparison website.
South East Consortium (SEC) is a central purchasing body. They are a not for profit organisation providing services relating to public procurement. Their members manage 466k homes between them – giving them immense buying power. They also create intelligent frameworks for the sector to use.
Thermap Through aerial mapping, we're building energy performance models of individual buildings to be used for retrofit prioritisation, planning and validation.
Request an e-introduction to our new members.
Apply to Pitch at Cleantech Venture Day
Deadline for applications: 22nd September 2022
Pitch day: Winter 2022/23
Apply to pitch in front of an audience of sustainability-minded investors
The last Cleantech Venture Day held in May 2022 was attended from stalwarts in sustainable impact investment including At One Venture, Barclays, Blue Pelican Capital, Clean Growth Fund, One Planet Capital, and Viridis Capital.
Companies that have pitched before have gone on to win millions in funding, so don't miss this great opportunity!
Companies from around the world can apply to pitch.
Events
Can National Governments tackle the climate emergency?
28th September Cambridge Union | Free for all
With the war in Ukraine, economic uncertainty, and the election of a new PM, both governmental climate actions and COP26 decisions seem to be on standby in the UK. Is it too much to expect the governments to tackle the climate crisis as well as other emergencies?
Come and Speak or Attend! Decarb Network Symposium: Innovations in UK Building Retrofits
30th September Cambridge, Maxwell Centre | Free for all
The Decarb Network SIGs come together in this symposium to dive into novel emerging technologies that can decarbonise retrofitting.
Data Centres: The elephant in the room to achieve net-zero targets?
5th October Online | Free for members
In a fast-growing digital world, Data Centres are essential to our activities from IoT to machine learning and blockchain. However, storing data consumes vast amounts of energy and releases heat. Join us to learn and discuss how the cleantech sector can play an important role to solve these problems and help to achieve Net Zero targets.
Climate Positive Solutions For Sustainable Smart Homes
14th October Online | Free for members
Come and hear how local flourishing start-ups have developed solutions for retrofitting and making your buildings more energy efficient. This is not a sale pitch but a discussion on how we can help our city achieve net-zero and be part of the solution against global warming. Come and join us!
Scaling up Opportunities
Cambridge Display Technology is looking for solutions in agri-related solutions
Apply by 16th Oct CDT is currently looking for solutions, services and technologies in the field of agri-tech with a focus on: Soil Carbon Sequestration, biological derived alternatives for crop protection (e.g. pheromones, non-GMO microbes, peptides, oligos), Biostimulants/Biofertilisers (e.g. non-GMO nitrogen fixing bacteria), Technologies that enable biomanufacturing of biological Ag products, Biochar, Woody waste biomass utilisation, Soil remediation, or Technologies that could promote biodiversity (e.g. omics)
Events from our Partners
Join us at the People, City, Planet Festival
17 - 18th September Shirley Primary School, Cambridge | Free
Over the two days, our project team will share early plans, listen to people’s views and provide the public with an important opportunity to get involved in shaping the future of the largest brownfield regeneration project in the city.
One of this year’s most important sustainability gathering: London Climate Technology Show 2022
19th – 20th October Olympia, London
Connecting Global Climate Technology Stakeholders for a sustainable future.
Support Programmes
Entries for net zero climate champions’ are open!
Apply by 21st Sep
These annual awards celebrate all those individuals delivering on this urgent agenda at all levels. To achieve net zero across our homes and places we need people to drive change and this Power List supports your work. By entering you will be featured as part of this movement.
Funding
APC22: Industrialising net-zero automotive technology
Apply by 7th Sep 2022
The aim of this competition is to seek proposals for collaborative R&D projects that design, develop and manufacture technology that will work towards delivering net-zero carbon emission on-vehicle technologies for on-road or off-road vehicles.
Industrial Energy Efficiency Accelerator (IEEA): Phase 3 and 4
Apply by 19th Sep 2022
The BEIS IEEA is a funding programme designed to support partnerships between developers of energy/resource efficient technologies and industrial companies willing to demonstrate the technologies on-site.
Zero emission road freight battery and hydrogen demonstration
Apply by 12th Oct 2022
This competition will focus on the largest heavy goods vehicles (HGVs). The programme will support government’s commitment to end sales of all new, non-zero emission HGVs by 2040 and enable continued cross border freight.
Looking for more opportunities? Become a member to receive our quarterly grant alert, a bite-sized update of the latest funding opportunities in cleantech.
News from our Network
How to…Save money on your phone bills?
Our member Oxwash raises £10m for space-inspired laundry service.
Scotland to legislate for EV charge points on new build homes.
Watch again: Doing business in the USA
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