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The Energy Project Enabling Fund

The third round of our Energy Project Enabling Fund (EPEF) is now open for applications!

Through round 3 of this programme, capital grants of between £30,000 and £245,000 are available to Community Energy Groups, Public Sector Organisations, charities, and other eligible organisations wanting to deliver local energy projects.

This funding has been provided by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero as part of their commitment to the Local Net Zero Hubs and has been allocated by the NEY Net Zero Hub to facilitate the development and delivery of local energy projects in the North East and Yorkshire region.

All successful projects must be completed, and funding drawn down, by the end of September 2025.

Successful projects will be expected to include match funding of a minimum of 50% of the overall project value, with at least 20% of this coming from commercial investment, and applicants will be required to provide a statement of UK Subsidy Control compliance from a reputable source to support their application.

Successful applicants will receive grant funding in arrears against evidence of spend so you must be confident they your organisation can manage these payment terms if your application is successful.

Please read the guidance document in full before you apply. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at enquiries@NEYnetzerohub.com.

Please submit completed applications and supporting documents to enquiries@NEYnetzerohub.com by midnight on 8^th December 2024.

EPEF Investment Panel

As part of its commitment to ensuring a robust appraisal process that leads to the most effective allocation of EPEF funding, the Hub has recruited an EPEF Investment Panel of independent advisors. The role of the Investment Panel is to provide expertise and challenge during the assessment of applications, helping to shape recommendations to the Hub’s Board. The Panel brings a wealth of expertise and knowledge and their input will help the Hub to optimise the fund’s potential outputs and outcomes.

EPEF3 Guidance Document

EPEF3 Application Form

In October 2022, seventeen successful Energy Project Enabling Fund Projects were offered a combined grant award of £422,295.90, with an additional two projects being offered funding in November, resulting in an overall grant offer of £476,449.90 across nineteen successful EPEF projects. The additional £76,449.90 above the original grant pot of £400,000 was sourced from the Hub’s budget to ensure a wide range of the strongest proposals could be supported.

Successful projects are as follows:

Coastal Regeneration, Sewerby Methodist Church
Insulation, Solar Power and LED Lighting for St Augustine’s Centre, Halifax
Freedom House, The Basement Recovery Project
Mayford House Surgery Solar Project
Heat Decarbonisation of Two Oil Powered Ambulance Stations, Yorkshire Ambulance Service
Project Zephuros, Hartlepower
BBIC EV Project, Barnsley Business and Innovation Centre
Replacing Solid Fuel Heating System, The Edlington Hilltop Centre
Zetland Carpark Solar PV Scheme, Middlesbrough Council

St John’s Church Solar Panels Project
Ferryhill Football Renewables
Warm Welcome, St Margaret’s Parish Church, Frizinghall
Project EV Whitby, Whitby Group Practice
Solar PV installation – Stokesley School
Solar PV installation – Northallerton School
Slaley Commemoration Hall – Battery Storage Solution
FAR Community Centre
South Holderness In Need: Energy (SHIN:E) Project, South Holderness Methodist Circuit
GPCC Solar Project, Great Park Community Centre

In August 2023, ten successful Energy Project Enabling Fund Projects were offered a combined grant award of £535,423 and match funding of 675,408.62.

Successful projects are as follows:

Peacock & Verity Community Spaces
Yorkshire North and East Methodist District
Norham Community Energy
Hartlepool Borough Council
Acomb Parish Council Climate Change Sub-committee (APCCCS)
Wickersley Partnership Trust
South Tyneside Council
City of Doncaster Council
Community Action Northumberland
Calderdale and Huddersfield Solutions Ltd

Energy Project Enabling Fund

The Energy Project Enabling Fund

In August 2023, ten successful Energy Project Enabling Fund Projects were offered a combined grant award of £535,423 and match funding of 675,408.62.

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