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IEA TCP Alternate Delegates

Awarded to British Geological Survey, Energy Systems Catapult Ltd, Engage Consulting Ltd +5 more

Department for Energy Security & Net Zero(buyer)

Published
Published 1 April 2025
Deadline
Closed 6 May 2025

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The Department for Energy Security & Net Zero awarded contracts to eight organisations to provide Alternate Delegate services for ten International Energy Agency Technology Collaboration Programmes covering hydrogen, solar heating and cooling, district heating and cooling, user-centred energy systems, bioenergy, energy in buildings and communities, smart grids, photovoltaics power systems, industrial energy-related technologies, and geothermal energy. The successful bidders will represent the UK at executive committee meetings, liaise with industry, prepare annual reports, manage national expert teams, and facilitate knowledge transfer between the TCPs and DESNZ, with the contract awarded on 10 June 2025 for a total value of £336,375.76.

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Lots (10)

  • Hydrogen

    The Hydrogen TCP coordinates and facilitates R&D across the hydrogen value chain (production, storage, distribution, power, heating, industry) to: accelerate hydrogen implementation optimise environmental protection improve global energy systems and grid management

    £37,200Won by Frazer Nash Consultancy Ltd
  • Geothermal (including leading an annex on mine energy)

    The TCP currently undertakes diverse tasks related to environmental impacts, data collection and information, emerging geothermal technologies, geothermal heating and cooling, mine water energy, and subsurface energy storage. The UK leads the Mine Water Energy Expert group, which facilitates increased exploration of mine water energy across the UK. The Mine Water Symposium 2024 had speakers and workshops which discussed current schemes, modelling mine water energy systems, thermal storage, raising awareness of mine water energy and regulatory needs.

    £86,356Won by British Geological Survey
  • Solar Heating and Cooling (SHC)

    The SHC TCP covers solar thermal (flat plate, tube collectors, PV Thermal), solar cooling and covers many solar based technologies such as solar reactors (e.g. for production of hydrogen) The TCP has a strong focus on the integration of solar thermal technologies into low carbon systems such as district heating and flexible building heat, the scope is deliberately wide and also covers the use of PV to heat.

    £36,000Won by Tony Day
  • District Heating and Cooling (DHC)

    The IEA DHC research programme addresses technical and policy issues aimed at lowering environmental impact of heating and cooling. The IEA DHC deals with the design, performance and operation of distribution systems and consumer installations. Currently district heating & cooling is still a relatively nascent albeit fast growing sector in the UK whereas European (and international) countries have a significantly more mature DHC Industries from which the UK can benefit from.

    £23,760Won by Engage Consulting Ltd
  • User-Centred Energy Systems

    The User-Centred Energy Systems mission is to provide evidence from socio-technical research on the design, social acceptance and usability of clean energy technologies to inform policy making for clean, efficient and secure energy transitions. Objectives focus on areas where user choices and actions play a large role in determining both the variability and overall level of power and energy use.

    £38,220Won by University of Plymouth Enterprise Ltd
  • Bioenergy

    Bioenergy currently provides the largest fraction of renewable energy in the UK; over half of the 15.5% share of total energy consumption from renewables in 2023. The mission of IEA Bioenergy is to increase knowledge and understanding of bioenergy systems to facilitate the market deployment of environmentally sound, socially acceptable, and cost-competitive, low-carbon bioenergy systems and technologies, and to advise policy and industrial decision makers accordingly.

    £38,400Won by Zoenergy Ltd
  • Energy in Buildings and Communities (EBC)

    The EBC TCP coordinates international research and innovation on energy in buildings and communities, with the aim of furthering energy efficiency and decarbonising energy use of the building stock. Projects typically cover a wide range of research themes spanning from integrated planning and community scale energy systems to thermal fabric of individual buildings and monitoring energy use of these through case studies. Current priorities include low tech, robust and affordable technology, energy efficient cooling in hot and humid or dry climates, and holistic solution sets on a district level.

    £38,040Won by UCL Consultants Ltd
  • International Smart Grid Action Network (ISGAN)

    The ISGAN TCP strives for the accelerated development and deployment around the world of smarter, cleaner electricity grids—as in “smart grids”. ISGAN research explores how electricity grids will play a key role in building system flexibility, maintaining system reliability, and enabling more rapid GHG emission reductions through: Dynamic management of electricity demand Better utilization of existing electricity generation assets Integration of growing supplies of both utility-scale and distributed clean energy systems, especially renewables, battery storage, and the expanding fleet of EVs

    £38,400Won by Energy Systems Catapult Ltd
  • Photovoltaics Power Systems (PVPS)

    The PVPS TCP conducts joint projects in the application of photovoltaic conversion of solar energy to electricity. This includes tasks related to PV sustainability activities, reliability and performance, transport, off-grid and edge-of-grid PV, and building-integrated PV. The IEA PVPS programme aims to realise its mission through the following objectives: PV technology development Competitive PV markets An environmentally and economically sustainable PV industry Policy recommendations and strategies Impartial and reliable information

    £38,400
  • Industrial and Energy Related Technologies and Systems (IETS)

    The TCP aims to increase awareness of progress in new technologies and energy efficiency opportunities in industry. The work included in IETS ranges from specific developments of process or energy technologies to overall system aspects, for practically all types of industry types.

    £38,400

Key details

Country
United Kingdom
Status
In delivery
Category
Services
Estimated value
£432,000
Procedure
Open
SME suitable
Yes
Published
1 April 2025
Questions by
15 April 2025
Deadline
Closed
Classification (CPV)
Research services

Award outcome

Awarded value
£336,376
Award date
10 June 2025
Contract period
1 June 2025 → 30 March 2029
Winners
  • British Geological Survey
  • Energy Systems Catapult Ltd
  • Engage Consulting Ltd
  • Frazer Nash Consultancy Ltd
  • Tony Day
  • UCL Consultants Ltd
  • University of Plymouth Enterprise Ltd
  • Zoenergy Ltd

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  1. Contract

    27 August 2025

  2. Contract

    12 June 2025

  3. Tender Update

    24 April 2025

  4. Tender Update

    22 April 2025

  5. Tender Update

    1 April 2025

  6. Contract Notice

    1 April 2025

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