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Catalysing Green Innovation programme winners
Updated 9 September 2020
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| Project title | Applicant | Project technology type | Project summary | OLEV funding | Total project cost | Location |
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| Disruptive cooling systems for electrification sub-systems | Ricardo Ltd | Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD) | Developing an electric motor concept embodying novel rotor, stator and distributed power electronics cooling technologies with 15-20% performance improvement over public domain automotive applications. | £190,231 | £380,462 | South East |
| Project HYDRO (Hydraulic Design to Revolutionise Off-highway) | JCB Earthmovers Ltd | Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD) | An industrial research project that aims to improve the efficiency and optimisation of hydraulic systems for heavy-duty, off-highway zero emission vehicles. The project will design, manufacture and commission a demonstrator vehicle which requires 40% less battery capacity, offering a significant cost saving opportunity. | £91,855 | £183,710 | West Midlands |
| Innovative EV bus bars (EVBus) | Samuel Taylor Ltd, TWI Ltd. | Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD) | Establish the feasibility of developing a process to manufacture multi-material connectors for both the electrification and power supply markets. | £96,866 | £134,833 | West Midlands |
| ALLOWS (Advanced liquid cooling of power electronics) | Hieta Technologies Ltd, Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult Ltd | Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD) | Feasibility study into the liquid cooling of power electronics. The project aims to develop more efficient cooling that reduces or eliminates some of the thermal barriers between electronic components and coolant, enabling chipset modules to become more power dense. | £154,094 | £245,884 | South West |
| Electrified Propulsion Systems: Digital Twin Based Design and Optimisation | Ricardo Ltd | Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD) | Produce a definition of a Digital Twin for electrified powertrain sub-systems for virtual product development, including model hierarchy, data exchange, historical data management and standardised interfaces. Simplified models using automatic model reduction, that allow faster interactions when results are required at small time scales. | £113,748 | £227,496 | South East |
| Gallium Nitride (GaN) traction inverter for ultra-low emission vehicles | Green Solution Engineering Ltd | Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD) | Prove the feasibility and quantify the economics of GaNDrive technology through design, build and testing of a 10kW traction inverter for ultra-low emission electric vehicles. | £99,786 | £142,551 | East of England |
| Advanced Cell Test Feasibility Study | Cognition Energy Ltd, Imperial College London | Batteries | Investigate advanced test methods to create a rapid cell chemistry characterisation tool that will allow EV developers to pick the highest performance cells for fast charging EVs, saving months or potentially years of testing. | £82,734 | £104,776 | South East |
| Graphene sensor for battery cell predictive monitoring (GENSOR) | DZP Technologies Ltd, University of Warwick | Batteries | Investigate the technical feasibility of novel graphene sensors for predictive monitoring and improved safety of lithium ion batteries. The vision is to establish the graphene sensor as an integral part of the Battery Management System. | £83,450 | £106,378 | East of England |
| SmartBat: Smart busbars for flexible battery pack design | CDO2 Ltd, DZP Technologies Ltd | Batteries | Demonstrate a new technology for flexible battery pack design and assembly, which allows the integration of sensors and switches to optimise pack energy density and safety. | £101,751 | £145,359 | South East |
| Commercialisation Roadmap for Niobium xEv Anodes (CORNEA) | Echion Technologies Ltd, Johnson Matthey PLC | Batteries | Develop a fast-charging battery for automotive applications based on Echion’s new anode material, Mixed Niobium Oxide (MNO), which enables a unique combination of safe, fast charging, high energy and power density, long cycle life and low cost. | £175,599 | £267,845 | East of England |
| Cold Sintering of Composites and Solid Electrolytes (CSi CASE) | Johnson Matthey PLC, University of Sheffield | Batteries | Develop a multi-layered solid state battery to address industrial challenges such as handling, processing, and scaled production of the electrolyte materials, which are critical to enable manufacturability of solid state batteries. | £128,088 | £197,544 | South East |
| Design of Battery Packs for Reuse, Remanufacture and Recycling | AVL Powertrain Ltd | Batteries | Existing battery pack design processes will be assessed for suitability of end-of-life processes. Based on this assessment, new battery pack design guidelines will be developed to facilitate efficient reuse, remanufacture and recycling processes for electric vehicle batteries. | £68,996 | £137,992 | East of England |
| Battery Passport | Codesmith Technology Ltd, Electra Commercial Vehicles Ltd | Batteries | Battery Passport works across all battery manufacturers, Battery Management System providers and vehicle manufacturers to build battery data and offer recommendations to vehicle owners for extending battery life, by changing behaviour in areas such as maintenance and charging. | £152,980 | £339,956 | Yorkshire and The Humber |
| Connected BMS: Virtual Fleet Data for Battery Life Management | Ricardo Ltd | Batteries | Develop a test platform for monitoring and prognostics of battery health as part of a connected Battery Management System. | £112,481 | £224,961 | South East |
| REVEL (Retrofitting Electric Vehicles to Extend Lifetime) | Brill Power Ltd, Ate Power Ltd | Batteries | Develop a 48V battery prototype module featuring Brill Power innovative Battery Management System technology and AMTE battery technology. | £190,338 | £271,912 | South East |
| Lightweight Battery System with Thermal Control and Thermal Run-Away Prevention Features | ALP Technologies Ltd | Batteries | Using ALP's existing BRIC technology for energy storage, address the thermal runaway safety risk of Lithium ion EV batteries with the development of advanced thermal management features to meet high vehicle performance needs. | £106,915 | £152,735 | London |
| Pouch cell architectures for extremely fast charging | QDOT Technology Ltd, AMTE Power Ltd | Batteries | Assess the feasibility of optimising current pouch-cell architectures for heat extraction; combining the result with Qdot's battery cooling technology to enable extremely fast charging. | £162,662 | £232,374 | South East |
| Quick Change Sodium-Ion Traction Battery for Commercial Vehicle Applications | AJE Powertrain, Ltd Faradion Ltd | Batteries | Feasibility study exploring the benefits of applying sodium-ion cell technology to a traction battery pack for a medium range HGV, focussing on a swappable battery pack system. | £199,811 | £285,444 | North West |
| Adaptive Rapid-Charging for Li-Ion Batteries (ARC) | Edge Mobility Ltd | Batteries | Feasibility study evaluating the potential to extend the lifetime of rapid-charged battery systems with new battery management technologies that can accurately estimate changes in the health of the cells and control the battery's performance. | £127,194 | £181,706 | London |
| A multi-channel battery module balancer for safe battery commissioning | Hypermotive Ltd | Batteries | Explore the feasibility of an off-the-shelf, multi-channel battery balancer that is designed to support a wide range of battery chemistries, capacities and voltages, for use within battery manufacturing/assembly and servicing environments. | £73,870 | £105,529 | East Midlands |
| Accelerated Multiscale Modelling of Batteries (AMMBa) | D2H Engineering Services Ltd, University College London | Batteries | Improve the ability to simulate the performance of batteries quickly and accurately, thereby enabling better designs to be delivered in less time and at lower costs. | £135,129 | £189,834 | South East |
| Ultra-fast charging battery system for electrification of urban delivery vehicles | Mahle Powertrain Ltd, Allotrope Energy Ltd | Batteries | Develop a new type of battery pack which can be recharged at a rate of 1000 km/h, to enable aggressive downsizing of battery packs for urban delivery vehicles. | £101,398 | £186,831 | East Midlands |
| The Integrated Hydrogen Fuel Cell – Lithium-ion Battery Module (Hydrium) | Bramble Energy Ltd | Hydrogen Fuel Cells | Demonstrate fuel cells incorporated within conventional lithium-ion battery modules, enabling a duel fuel cell and battery pack unit within a vehicle. | £314,941 | £449,916 | South East |
| High-Performance Electrode Plate Coatings for Lightweight Fuel Cell Stacks (HiPerEPC) | Teer Coatings Ltd | Hydrogen Fuel Cells | Creating a high-performance electrode plate coating for lightweight fuel cell stacks. | £60,281 | £100,468 | West Midlands |
| Connected Secure in Cable Control and Protection Device for Electric Vehicle charging supporting mode 2 and 3 use | EV Parts UK Ltd, University of Exeter | EV Charging Infrastructure | Creating a reliable, connected, sustainable and secure charging device at a competitive price, aimed at increasing wider adoption of EVs. | £165,592 | £226,972 | South West |
| ABOVE (Applying Battery Optimised Vehicle charging Environments). | Agile Sustainable Venture, Development Partners Ltd | EV Charging Infrastructure | Feasibility of Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) charging with battery-enhanced charging infrastructure, removing the need for grid upgrades. Also developing optimisation algorithms which improve the response times for key markets and mitigate potential vehicle unavailability for charging without impacting the grid services. | £138,494 | £197,848 | London |
| CCS V2x | Indra Renewable Technologies Ltd | EV Charging Infrastructure | Project building on existing technology (based on the competing CHAdeMO standard) will develop a variation of the hardware for the Combined Charging System (CCS) standard, extending V2G and vehicle-to-home capabilities of EVs equipped with CCS inlets. | £349,782 | £499,689 | West Midlands |
| Connected Smart Charging | Miralis Data Ltd, Envisij Ltd | EV Charging Infrastructure | Building on a previous smart charging project, develop optimised algorithms that create smart charging schedules for fleets taking into consideration tariff optimisation, charge levels, grid load balancing, prioritisation, and demand side response. | £257,817 | £368,310 | North West |
| AC charging with EV metadata and State-of-Charge (ACES): for truly smart charging and V2G | Hypervolt Ltd | EV Charging Infrastructure | Feasibility study to optimise smart charging and V2G in residential charging. | £80,059 | £114,370 | London |
| EV infrastructure investment calculator (EVIC) | Zeta Specialist Lighting Ltd, Urban Integrated Ltd | EV Charging Infrastructure | Develop a site locator and business case investment tool into an investment calculator which will demonstrate to investors the likely return on investment from charging infrastructure deployment. | £136,968 | £195,669 | South East |
| SDC Power Core - Novel ZEV supercharging hardware | Petalite Ltd | EV Charging Infrastructure | Building on an Innovate UK rail project, develop a charging platform prototype based on a patent pending EV charging "SDC". This has 50% less components, higher reliability, longer working life than existing products. | £318,826 | £455,465 | West Midlands |
| Real-Time Distributed Optimisation of Dualed Transport & Electrical Networks | City Science Corporation Ltd, University of Exeter | EV Charging Infrastructure | Develop a fully integrated, real-time transport-electric-hydrogen network simulation and optimisation engine to deliver the most cost-effective planning and operation of new transport-integrated electrical/hydrogen systems. | £210,826 | £266,934 | South West |
| Novel high power EV charging system for fleets, HGVs and public charging | EVC Powertech Ltd | EV Charging Infrastructure | Evaluating the feasibility of a rapid electric vehicle charging solution by creating a single site-wide charger that can charge up to 24 vehicles simultaneously. | £209,966 | £299,951 | West Midlands |
| Expanding Urban E-mobility | Urban Electric Networks Ltd, Albright Product Design Ltd | EV Charging Infrastructure | Designing, prototyping, testing and costing for manufacturing a modified version of the UEone, a pop-up charge point, designed to accelerate EV adoption in urban areas. | £135,410 | £193,443 | South West |
| Ox Gul-E | Oxford Direct Services Trading Ltd, Oxfordshire County Council | EV Charging Infrastructure | Develop a design and prototype for a purpose built 'cable gully', which can be used to safely transit an EV charging cable from a home charger to EV parked at the kerb, allowing the user to use their home energy supply to charge their vehicle. | £160,233 | £202,942 | South East |
| Advanced grid, billing and asset metering services for home EV charging | EV Dot Energy, Indra Renewable Technologies Ltd | EV Charging Infrastructure | Test the feasibility of delivering advanced grid and billing services using smart charging software and smart chargers, providing services back to energy utilities and system operators. | £163,115 | £246,790 | South East |
| Autonomous Robotic Arm charging solution trial. | UPS Ltd, Powerhydrant Europe Ltd | EV Charging Infrastructure | Developing an innovative automated robotic arm for EV charging of fleets at the UPS Camden centre. This technology has the potential to facilitate charging of autonomous vehicles and high-power trucks. | £204,370 | £314,709 | London |
| Advanced Grid Services Provided by Optimised EV Community and Fleet Charging | SNRG Ltd, Cranfield University | EV Charging Infrastructure | Feasibility study to identify the technical requirements for a software platform/app for owners and drivers of fleet vehicles as well as EV communities and develop Advanced Grid Services. | £158,397 | £200,595 | East Midlands |
| VHF rectification for fleet and HGV wireless charging solutions | Inductive Power Projection Ltd, University of Warwick | EV Charging Infrastructure | Develop a high-powered very high frequency rectifier to provide fleet and HGV wireless charging solutions at significantly enhanced power densities. | £110,110 | £143,218 | North West |
| Feasibility Study: The Smart EVSE Franchise (Em)powering Global Charge Networks | Hypervolt Ltd | EV Charging Infrastructure | Feasibility study into a technology to create substantial efficiencies in the global EVSE value chain, helping the business expand globally without requiring a physical presence. | £75,636 | £108,052 | London |
| Apartment Block EV Charging Feasibility | Mina Digital Ltd, Evergreen Smart Power Ltd | EV Charging Infrastructure | Feasibility study to build the business case and prototype necessary for smart hardware and software integrations to enable people who live in apartment blocks to rent a chargepoint for their parking space on demand. | £77,834 | £111,191 | Yorkshire and The Humber |
| Rapid Automotive Composites Engineering (RACE) | Icomat, NCC Operations Ltd | EV Light Weighting | Develop and commercialise manufacturing methods for hybrid metal-composite parts and apply it to a representative automotive component. | £174,644 | £221,068 | South West |
| Assessment of electroformed hydrogen tank liner | Ultima Forma Ltd, NCC Operations Ltd | EV Light Weighting | Feasibility study assessing the use of a new patented electroformed material for high-pressure hydrogen storage in vehicles powered by hydrogen fuel cells. | £133,278 | £168,706 | South East |
| ENABLE | Fiba Tech Industries Ltd, NCC Operations Ltd | EV Light Weighting | Investigate the development of novel phenolic sheet moulding compounds for automotive applications, which will improve the strength to weight ratio and deliver the safest products for composite applications in terms of fire, smoke and toxicity characteristics. | £135,353 | £171,333 | South West |
| Vaircon - Continuously variable air-conditioning drive for PSV | Magnomatic Ltd, Eminox Ltd | Electric Powertrain and Vehicle Transmission | Develop a Magnetic Continuously Variable Transmission (mCVT) system that is optimised for automotive ancillary drive applications. | £193,185 | £294,074 | Yorkshire and The Humber |
| QPLZEV(c) Roadsweeper Concept Feasibility | Quattro Plant Ltd, University of Exeter | Electric Powertrain and Vehicle Transmission | There are no Zero Emission powertrains on the market which can fit into a road sweeper and satisfy the demands of a normal working cycle. This project will design and test a hybrid electric/fuel cell powertrain for road sweepers. | £294,466 | £499,332 | South West |
| Feasibility study into electric powertrain for the OX developing market utility truck | The Global Vehicle Trust, Potenza Technology Ltd | Electric Powertrain and Vehicle Transmission | Demonstrate the commercial and technical feasibility of an electric powertrain for a truck designed for poor roads and infrastructure. This will be the world's first electric vehicle designed for the developing world. | £103,620 | £158,921 | West Midlands |
| Cargo POD | Westfield Sports Cars Ltd, Cranfield University | Electric Powertrain and Vehicle Transmission | Develop an electric in-wheel powered aircraft cargo pod with an innovative integrated Carbon Ion fast charge pack, capable to charge in minutes. A vehicle demo is planned for the Dubai Expo with the DIT and Emirates in Nov 2021. | £296,978 | £386,109 | West Midlands |
| Invo-CVT; Zero Emissions Electro/mechanical Drive train suitable for 50 t + HVG applications. | Involution Technologies Ltd, Contract Innovation Ltd | Electric Powertrain and Vehicle Transmission | Develop an electric drive train to be retro fitted into the largest HGV's enabling full electric, zero emissions operation at lower cost against diesel powertrains. | £111,006 | £179,920 | West Midlands |
| Feasibility Project to Significantly Extend Range of ZEVs via Novel Ultra-High Efficiency Direct Drive System | Deregallera Ltd | Electric Powertrain and Vehicle Transmission | Develop and demonstrate using simulation and laboratory testing, an ultra-high efficiency direct drive system that can be retrofitted to a current production zero emission vehicle (ZEV). | £215,006 | £307,151 | Wales |
| Powertrain for zero emission HGVs | Arcola Energy Ltd | Electric Powertrain and Vehicle Transmission | Following on from Arcola’s previous R&D projects on hydrogen fuel cells buses, design and validate a fuel cell powertrain for 18 tonne HGVs. | £346,760 | £495,372 | London |
| Motorcycle Front Wheel Electric Drive & Regeneration | White Motorcycle Concepts Ltd | Electric Motorcycle, Quad, Trailer | Develop a prototype aerodynamic electric motorcycle incorporating front wheel kinetic energy recovery. Building upon a patent pending concept, the integration of this range extender is only possible due to the front-end stability benefits of this concept. | £198,111 | £283,016 | East Midlands |
| Electric Motorcycle with Modular, Configurable Battery System | Brace Technology Tirius Ltd | Electric Motorcycle, Quad, Trailer | Design and develop a dual-sport (on and off-road with 250-450cc engine size) e-motorcycle which utilises modular, quick change, off-board charging energy storage plus a bespoke electrified powertrain developed in 2 prior NVN projects. | £266,149 | £380,213 | North West |
| EAVmove – Feasibility Study into the expansion of zero-emission EAV products into the Passenger Transport market (PHV) | Electric Assisted Vehicles Ltd | Electric Motorcycle, Quad, Trailer | Feasibility study expanding the current EAV product line eCargo bikes into the passenger mobility market: a four-wheeled electric-assisted pedal-powered passenger vehicle (Taxi), capable of carrying up to 3 passengers. | £156,512 | £223,588 | South East |
| Project ZERAUD Proof of Concept Hybrid Truck Trailer Prototype | Clairvaux Ltd | Electric Motorcycle, Quad, Trailer | Produce a prototype electrified semi-trailer that can be coupled to a tractor unit for proof of concept work and for demonstration to end users / potential investors in preparation for larger scale trials and pre-production development work. | £255,525 | £365,036 | North West |
| EV ASSIST – Feasibility Study of Vehicle-User-Network Optimisation | Enable ID Ltd, West Midlands Combined Authority | EV software / Mobility Technology | Assess the technical feasibility and commercial potential of "EV Assist", a personalised travel assistant that will use artificial intelligence and machine learning to increase use of electric vehicles and infrastructure. | £196,249 | £259,119 | West Midlands |
| Precision range estimation for EVs utilising advanced battery modelling | Spark EV Technology Ltd, University of Warwick | EV software / Mobility Technology | Develop an optimised predictive battery model for range estimation with machine learning capability to adapt to the tolerances between batteries for each vehicle unique drive and charge cycles. This will be tested on a Nissan Leaf in real world conditions. | £133,699 | £169,239 | East of England |
| Hy4Fleets | EDF Energy R&D UK Centre Ltd | EV software / Mobility Technology | Feasibility study that will develop and test the value for an assessment tool to support decision making and encourage the transition of diesel-powered HGVs and bus fleets to hydrogen fuel cell fleets. | £51,045 | £102,090 | London |
| High-Efficiency, Low-GWP Transport Refrigeration (HELGTRe) | Sunswap Ltd, Imperial College London | EV Refrigeration and Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) | Develop a high-efficiency transport refrigeration unit using a low global warming potential working fluid. | £123,488 | £157,309 | London |
| Monolithic MOFs for efficient vehicle HVAC systems | Immaterial labs Ltd | EV Refrigeration and Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) | Addresses HVAC efficiency as a critical challenge for the wider adoption of electric vehicles through the development of a filter that enables the recirculation of cabin air, omitting the need to heat and cool fresh air. | £193,095 | £275,850 | East of England |
| Air Cooling for EV Thermal Management (AIRCOOL) | Fetu Ltd | EV Refrigeration and Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) | Validate the FeTu's novel Air-Cycle, a refrigerant free cooling system, in a purpose-built test rig that simulates an electric vehicle thermal management system. | £150,115 | £214,450 | Yorkshire and The Humber |
| HEV waste heat recovery system | Sunamp Ltd | EV Refrigeration and Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) | Explore the challenge of maintaining HEV cabin heating when the engine is off using thermal energy storage devices. | £123,458 | £176,368 | Scotland |