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Small and medium-sized enterprises (companies with fewer than 250 full-time employees and annual turnover of no more than €40 million, or an annual balance sheet total – total assets net of depreciation – of no more than €27 million) may continue to receive support for single company R&D through BERR’s Grant for Research and Development. This business support product replaces the Smart Scheme and can provide up to £500,000 of funding for exceptional projects.
Companies wishing to seek support for non-collaborative R&D in the new and renewable energy area may also apply to the Carbon Trust, which has tri-annual calls.
The Seventh Research Framework Programme (FP7) and Intelligent Energy - Europe (IEE) both contribute towards the achievement of EU policy in relation to the rational use of energy and the increased use of renewable energy sources.
The EU’s Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development is the main instrument through which research is supported at European level. The Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) took over form FP6 on the 1st January 2007 and will run for 7 years. The focus of the research and demonstration actions in this Work Programme will be on accelerating the development of energy technologies towards cost-effectiveness for a more sustainable energy economy for Europe (and world-wide) and ensuring that European industry can compete successfully on the global stage.
There are many untapped opportunities to save energy and encourage the use of renewable energy sources in Europe, but market conditions do not always help. Intelligent Energy Europe funds projects that remove the barriers to the market uptake of these technologies. The Intelligent Energy - Europe programme is the EU's tool for funding action to improve these conditions and move us towards a more energy intelligent Europe.
