ZE-Gen Technology Accelerator

The ZE-Gen Technology Accelerator is a multi-stage funding competition, with up to £10.8 million in funding available to accelerate the development and commercialisation of renewable energy-based alternatives to fossil fuel generators in Nigeria and the Philippines.

The Accelerator aims to fast-track the innovations needed to effectively replace fossil-fuelled generators with renewable energy-based alternatives across a range of technology and business models and is divided into 3 phases:

Phase one: ‘Discover’

In the initial ‘Discover’ phase, a share of £2m is being awarded for project feasibility studies and consortium building over 10 months. To catalyse consortium building with in-country partners, a representative from the technology lead of each project will attend a funded in-person visit to Nigeria or the Philippines during this phase, to connect with local collaborators in their target region.

The second and third phases will be separate closed competitions, open only to projects funded in the previous phases, and subject to the progress of projects and availability of funding.

  • AED ENERGY LTD

  • ALP TECHNOLOGIES LTD

  • ANFANI LTD

  • BOTANIC ENERGY LIMITED

  • BPP CABLES LIMITED

  • CENTRE FOR ENERGY EQUALITY LTD

  • DOUBLEMSC SOLUTIONS LIMITED

  • DPSUN LIMITED

  • EJA-ICE LIMITED

  • GAMMA MEON LTD

  • GAUSSION LTD

  • HINCKLEY EWASTE RECYCLING UK LIMITED

  • MOBILE POWER LTD

  • MOONLIGHT ENERGY LTD

  • PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL PRODUCTS LTD

  • SLEEKABYTE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

  • SWANBARTON LIMITED

  • THINKCLOCK LTD

  • TREE ASSOCIATES LTD

  • WAVE INSIGHT LTD

Phase two: ‘Lift-off’

This phase will see a subset of innovators selected from the ‘Discover’ phase progress to focus on industrial research and product development to test innovations.

Phase three: ‘Flight’

The final ‘Flight’ phase will focus on experimental development, involving the demonstration and validation of innovations in either Nigeria or the Philippines.

Organisations interested in collaborating with the Technology Accelerator projects are invited to join the B2match networking portal: https://ze-gen-accelerator-collaboration-building.b2match.io

Interested parties are encouraged to reach out as ZE-Gen expands into new geographies and initiatives.

Please contact the ZE-Gen team via: ze-gen@carbontrust.com