SBRI Low Carbon Hydrogen Supply 2 Competition Stream 2

Descriptions

The Low Carbon Hydrogen Supply 2 (HYS2) competition is the follow on from the highly successful Low Carbon Hydrogen Supply (HS1) [1] competition and aims to accelerate the development of a wide range of innovative low-carbon hydrogen supply solutions to enable development of a hydrogen economy compatible with net zero targets. [1] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hydrogen-supply-competition The Low Carbon Hydrogen Supply 2 competition is split into two streams: Stream 1 and Stream 2. HYS2 Stream 1 will be for market entry solutions at Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) 4-6 and HYS2 Stream 2 will be for more mature solutions/technologies at TRLs 6/7 (HS1 was a single stream competition open to TRL 4-7 technologies). Stream 1 and Stream 2 are independent competitions in legal terms, and each has its own separate pre-commercial procurement process. This Contracts Finder Notice is for Stream 2 only. Stream 2 aims to identify, support and then develop credible innovative hydrogen supply or enabling technologies to bring about a step change in their development. Stream 2 competition will be run as a single-phase competition. Stream 2: Demonstration (up to £30m) The Stream 2 competition will support the physical demonstration of a wide range of technologies and solutions over a number of themes which are Low Carbon Hydrogen Production solutions, Zero Carbon Hydrogen Production solutions, Hydrogen Storage and Transport solutions and Net Zero Hydrogen Supply solutions. This competition will support the physical demonstration of the hydrogen supply solution, including engineering design, build, trial, decommissioning, market assessment, and knowledge dissemination. The demonstration study should either demonstrate the entire hydrogen supply solution (where necessary simulating scenarios of the hydrogen uses), or key components or a prototype in a relevant environment, or further develop and demonstrate the physical design of new solutions to enable low carbon hydrogen supply solutions. Companies will also develop technical and business plans for market deployment. For the physical demonstration, this competition will only provide funding to develop, build, trial (and decommission if required) to the system boundary of the innovative solution and the ancillary equipment required to run the trial. It will not provide funding for end-to-end hydrogen projects or end use equipment such as boilers, pipe networks, refuelling stations or modes of transportation (such as buses and ships). This competition will only support demonstration projects where the core technology being developed has not been previously operated widely or in a commercial environment. Stream 2 competition has been assigned a maximum budget of £30m. The maximum funding available per project is £10m. Stream 2 Projects must be completed by 1 February 2025.