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Energy Technologies Institute

The Institute’s remit is to invest in research and development to accelerate the development of secure, reliable and cost-effective low-carbon energy technologies towards commercial deployment. The Institute will play a major role in technology developments internationally in support of the UK's climate change goals.

The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) is being established as a 50:50 public-private partnership. The Government has already announced that it is prepared to commit up to £550 million, creating the potential for a £1.1 billion Institute over 10 years. Some of the world’s biggest energy and engineering companies are already involved in this unique venture and helping to drive the initiative forward – BP, Caterpillar, EDF Energy, E.ON UK, Rolls-Royce and Shell. Additional private sector partners are being identified to match the Government's commitment of up to £550m over the next decade.

On 20 September 2007, the public and private sector partners signed a Heads of Agreement to establish the ETI; and the Rt Hon John Denham MP, Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills announced that the ETI Shadow Board had agreed to:

• the appointment of Dr David Clarke as ETI Chief Executive; and
• the selection of the Midlands Consortium, led by Loughborough University with Birmingham and Nottingham, to host ETI Headquarters.

See Press Notice - 20/09/2007 under related links.

A detailed prospectus was published in September 2006 to seek broader participation and views on the ETI and an open information event was held on 11 October 2006. A copy of the prospectus, additional information on ETI and presentations from 11 October are available under related documents. If you would like to receive future updates on progress or register interest in working with the ETI, please complete the Expression of Interest Form, which should be returned to info@energytechnologies.co.uk. Further information is also now available on the ETI web site at www.energytechnologies.co.uk

Since the announcement in 2006, there has been extensive work to develop the detailed concept, governance arrangements, operational, funding and IPR models for ETI, and to identify initial technology programmes.

Research organisations across the UK were invited in January 2007 to provide information on energy related research capacity, capabilities and resources and to indicate any interest in hosting the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) Chief Executive and support staff. The submissions to host the ETI Chief Executive were considered by representatives of the industrial and public sector funding partners. A short-list of organisations/consortia was announced on 14 May 2007 to prepare more detailed proposals for further consideration over the summer, see Press Notice - P/2007/92 under related documents.

A final decision was made by the ETI Shadow Board when it met on 20 September 2007. Decisions are a matter for the ETI itself.