The U.K. Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on March 9 announced it will invest £4 million ($5.57 million) in projects that aim to increase the production of sustainably sourced biomass in the U.K.
The biomass funding is being offered as part of a larger £92 million investment in green technologies that has been made available from the government’s £1 billion Net Zero Innovation Portfolio. Of that £92 million, £68 million will go to energy storage technologies, and £20 million will go to floating offshore wind, with the remaining £4 million supporting sustainable biomass.
The BEIS is now accepting applications for the £4 million through its biomass feedstocks innovation competition. New innovations supported with the funding will help scale-up sustainably sourced biomass feedstocks and the production of energy crops, including forestry. The funds will also help achieve improvements in yield, cost reductions and profitability, according to the BEIS.