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Seven British entrepreneurs have been awarded a share of £292,000 from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc) to spur on innovation in the bioenergy sector.
The award is part of Decc’s £2 million three phase wetland biomass to bioenergy competition that was launch in October last year.
EcoCZERO has been awarded the most from Decc, £50,000, while Cranfield University, AMW-IBERS, Natural Synergies and Carbon Compost have been given £49,400, £48,524, £48,060, and £46,812 respectively.
Adapt and AB Systems have also received £36,560 and £12,180 of funding respectively from Decc.
Energy and climate change minister Greg Barker said: “It’s great to see that seven organisations across Great Britain have come forward with exciting and innovative ideas to drive this forward, and I wish them every success with the development of their plans.”
The successful applicants will receive help and guidance from a group of wetland management experts in the Somerset Levels and Moors, and the Broads, Fens and Suffolk coast area to get the most out of their designs.
At the end of this first phase the organisations involved will be required to produce a report on their ideas to be assessed by a panel of experts, who will then decide which organisations will go through to the second phase of the competition, and bid for a share of £1.7 million to trial project ideas in wetland conditions.
Organisations through to phase 2 of this competition will be announced in spring 2013.
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