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Policy News – October 2022
Our Policy Team produce a monthly summary of ongoing policy developments relevant to industrial decarbonisation at UK level and in the devolved administrations.
You can find their most up to date News bulletin in the Resource Section of our website here.
To subscribe to the IDRIC Industrial Decarbonisation Policy News, please contact us at policy@idric.org.
IDRIC Regional Cluster Meetings
This Autumn, IDRIC is bringing together academics and industry to share the outcomes of IDRIC’s research so far, discuss industry’s research and innovation needs and lay the groundwork for new collaborative partnerships.
In the coming months, IDRIC will be launching calls for:
- a second wave of research projects focussed on delivering impact in the industrial clusters
- a secondment scheme to facilitate exchange of expertise
- an ongoing flexible funding mechanism to respond to pressing industry needs
Collaboration of industry and research within and across all of the UK’s Clusters is key to IDRIC achieving its decarbonisation goals. We are keen that as many organisations as possible are able to take advantage of funding streams and meet potential partners.
In the past fortnight we had successful Regional Cluster Meetings in the Humber, Scotland, the Northwest and South Wales. This week and next we are in:
Black Country: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/410383617447
Teesside: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/410370658687
Information about Solent will be released soon.
If your work is related to industrial decarbonisation whether research or industry, please contact one of our team on info@idric.org.
CO2RE – Sandpit Event, 3 October 2022
Funded through the UKRI SPF Greenhouse Gas Removal Demonstrators (GGR-D) Programme, CO2RE will co-ordinate the Programme and conduct solutions-led research to evaluate a balanced portfolio of economically, socially and environmentally scalable GGR options, with associated policy design, engagement and outreach. This will enable the UK to lead internationally on achieving global net–zero emissions, consistent with the Paris Agreement. Find out more about what we do below.
Join them for a 1-day “Sandpit” 3 Oct in Leeds where you will have the opportunity to shape a new funding opportunity.
Note: IDRIC’s research programme includes key projects on Greenhouse Gas Removal (GGR):
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- ‘Biobalance’ – Prof. Marcelle McManus (University of Bath) https://idric.org/research-innovation/academic-research-projects/#toggle-id-37
- ‘Industrial NETs using alkaline minerals’ – Dr. Phil Renforth (HWU) https://idric.org/research-innovation/academic-research-projects/#toggle-id-34
First IDRIC Partner & Stakeholder Forum (IDRIC-1): June 2022, Edinburgh
You can read more about this successful event in our Event Report.
IDRIC Quarterly Newsletter
It’s been a busy Q2 for IDRIC. Read the review of all our initiatives here.
Building Momentum: IDRIC’s first Parliamentary reception
With less than 90 months to go to reach our 2030 emissions reduction targets, it has never been more important to ensure that Net Zero remains firmly on the national political agenda.
IDRIC’s first Parliamentary reception in Westminster in June gave the opportunity to discuss with UK policy makers the contribution of industrial decarbonisation toward Net Zero and the crucial role of research and innovation in its delivery.
We were thrilled to bring together partners from across the industrial decarbonisation community in one room to share success stories and discuss crucial next steps.
It was great to have representatives from the UK’s largest industrial clusters from Teesside and Humber, the Solent, South Wales and the Black Country, to the North West and Scotland, coming together, fostering connections and showing the importance of working together across sectors and regions.
Thanks for helping us to showcase the impact of IDRIC’s research and innovation contributions to the industrial decarbonisation challenge.
Huge thanks to MPs, policy makers and academic and industry partners engaging in the conversations of the evening, and to those who sent messages of support. A special thank you to our host Jacob Young MP for his hospitality and ongoing support in raising awareness of these issues.
Supporting UK’s energy-intensive industry in reducing CO2 emissions from steel and cement, to chemicals and food & drink production is not only a key for reaching UK’s Net Zero targets, but also for ensuring the economic and social benefits of this transition throughout the UK.
At IDRIC, experts from 23 UK universities and more than a 100 partners from industry, government and the Third Sector, are working hard to support this journey through a whole-systems programme of transformative research and innovation.
The IDRIC Policy Team will contintue to focus the conversation on the policy and regulatory support we need to accelerate industrial decarbonisation in the UK with our upcoming policy white paper and the next Industrial Decarbonsiation Policy Forum after the summer. For more info, contact us at policy@idric.org.
EPSRC Engineering Net Zero Week – Panel Chair: Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer
Please join us online or in person for this EPSRC Engineering Net Zero Week event:
From ambition to action: Challenges and opportunities for a rapid urbanising world
Wednesday 22 June
13:45-14:35
Speakers:
Professor Marcelle McManus – University of Bath, Professor of Energy and Environmental Engineering & Director of the Centre for Sustainable and Circular Technology
Mr Fergus Tickell – SGN Energy Features, Industrial Clusters and Business Development Lead
Professor Benjamin Sovacool – University of Sussex, IDRIC Research Co-Director
Dr Maxine Akhurst – Scottish Cluster, Principal Geologist and Project Leader, IDRIC Academic Cluster Lead
To attend online or in person please register here:
Read more about the background to this subject on our Blog published by UKRI
1 year since IDRIC was officially announced
We have been working hard in the past year and have built a great team.
This year has also seen:
- The launch of 43 research projects
- More than 100 researchers working on IDRIC project from across the UK
- 52 Engagement Activities
- 7 Influences on Policy
- 3 Awards
In less than 2 weeks we are welcoming our partners and wider stakeholder community to the first First IDRIC Partner & Stakeholder Forum (IDRIC-1).
We are excited to bring together UK industrial clusters and researchers to discuss research and innovation activities, impact and opportunities to achieve industrial decarbonisation and reach net zero targets
We have many initiatives planned in coming months so please do sign up to stay up to date with all our news.