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Catapulting growth in 2023 and beyond
In the face of many challenges – changing customer desires, cost pressures, supply chain disruption, expected regulatory changes and fierce competition – UK innovation is on the rise. This article showcases how Catapults helped to deliver great results for business and industry in 2023; it summarises our predictions for technology-driven advances in 2024 and the years ahead.
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Energy Systems Catapult statement on the Clean Power 2030 Action Plan
The government’s Clean Power 2030 Action Plan represents a pivotal moment in accelerating the decarbonisation of the UK’s electricity grid. Delivering cleaner energy to homes, businesses, and transport is essential if we’re to green our grid and get to Net Zero. The Government has committed to building new infrastructure at an unprecedented scale and pace and it is vital that the ambition on the demand side matches up.
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Energy Systems Catapult statement on the Clean Power 2030 Action Plan
The government’s Clean Power 2030 Action Plan represents a pivotal moment in accelerating the decarbonisation of the UK’s electricity grid. Delivering cleaner energy to homes, businesses, and transport is essential if we’re to green our grid and get to Net Zero. The Government has committed to building new infrastructure at an unprecedented scale and pace and it is vital that the ambition on the demand side matches up.
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Heat pumps recommended by 85% of consumers
85% of participants in the Electrification of Heat Demonstration Project had already or, were likely to recommend a heat pump to a friend or family member, citing their reliability, easy-to-use nature, and low levels of noise. Funded by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and led by Energy Systems Catapult with support from LCP Delta and Oxford Computer Consultants, the Electrification of Heat Demonstration Project sought to understand the technical and practical feasibility, and constraints of a mass rollout of heat pumps into British homes.
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