SBRI Competition – Open Digital Solutions for Net Zero Energy
Up to 9 months
Up to £300k
09.03.2022
The aim of the competition is to develop open software, hardware and data solutions that address the challenges of transforming to a net-zero energy system in the UK. The competition will stimulate the development of collective equity for the sector and the creation of communities to support the development of reusable and open net-zero energy solutions.
Your open solutions should accelerate the delivery of net-zero energy in the UK. The outputs should be adopted by first users and have the potential to be supported and adopted by the wider community and other users across the energy sector.
Check Your Eligibility
Open approaches can accelerate digitalisation whilst prioritising system security and protecting customers. You must demonstrate that your open approaches and solutions can:
You can develop an open solution, across the value chain, for any of the following net-zero energy sectors:
Your open solution can be software, hardware, firmware, or a data solution. Example open solutions could include a heat pump controller, wind turbine location optimisation software, digital twin, smart sensors, battery management system, building heat loss software, heat network control system.
Your project must:
Projects will NOT be funded that:
To lead a project, you can: