Net Zero Industry Wales, the South Wales Industrial Cluster, and partners across the region are preparing to bid into UKRI’s Local Innovation Partnerships Fund (LIPF) – a £500m revenue grant fund which will run over a five-year period. We are seeking expressions of interest for anchor projects and wider project opportunities from stakeholders across local … Continued
Net Zero Industry Wales spoke to Lucy Hoggins, Director of Resilience Sustainable Solutions (RSS), about its project with WEPA UK to explore innovative, sustainable packaging options. Lucy launched the business in 2014; she talked to us about the project’s aims and ambitions, and what funding might be available for other businesses looking to undertake their own … Continued
Net Zero Industry Wales spoke to Pembrokeshire-based Dr Robin Daniels, Managing Director of Redpill Group, about how they are supporting nature-based solutions as a cornerstone of Wales’ net zero ambition. What’s the NZIW × Redpill Group partnership about? Our goal is to integrate investment in net zero infrastructure with nature — planning and funding energy, … Continued
Net Zero Industry Wales (NZIW) and RenewableUK Cymru have today (1 September) unveiled a landmark ‘Wales Clean Growth Map’ — highlighting a £9 billion investment opportunity for Wales’ renewable energy projects and low-carbon industries. The map, which can be accessed here, is designed to help legislators, policymakers, and investors visualise the full-scale and strategic alignment … Continued
Net Zero Industry Wales spoke to our new member Techniquest about their work to engage young people, open up new pathways, and support the take up of STEM subjects in schools and colleges across Wales. Can you tell us about how Techniquest came about? The UK’s longest-established Science Discovery Centre, Techniquest, was founded in 1986 … Continued
Net Zero Industry Wales spoke to FSEW about their recent success in making low carbon transport commercially viable and helping clients to accelerate their efforts to reduce their carbon footprint across all modes of freight transportation. Based in Wentloog, Cardiff, FSEW is a privately-owned freight forwarding company that is working to decarbonise the intermodal freight … Continued
Net Zero Industry Wales spoke to Water to Water about their recent success in achieving funding through Round 3 of the South-West Wales Launchpad. Water to Water was founded in Scotland in 2017 with a goal to develop green hydrogen communities locally and globally to accelerate the transition to a net-zero emissions future. Tell us … Continued
Net Zero Industry Wales’ (NZIW) annual EmpowerCymru conference took place last Monday (10 March) at Techniquest in Cardiff Bay, with 200 delegates in attendance. Returning for its second year, the event aimed to bring together the decarbonisation community to identify solutions to some of the challenges facing the clean energy transition in Wales. EmpowerCymru included … Continued
We are proud to present our plan for a Welsh Chapter of the UK Industrial Strategy. You can read more about our proposal below.
We are delighted to have five sponsors of EmpowerCymru 2025; they are all major players in the decarbonisation and net zero space. We wanted to turn the spotlight onto them and see what they are doing to support Wales in its journey to net zero and a just transition. PLATINUM SPONSORVale Vale is one of the largest … Continued