Securing public sector decarbonisation funding sources and agreement on what to spend are key enablers to delivering your decarbonisation strategy

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Decarbonisation funding guides

Our guides will help you work out what your projects will cost and apply for available grants for the public sector – including applying to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)’s delivery body Salix Finance for grants from the Low Carbon Skills Fund and/or the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme.

Providing the organisation with all documentation needed to secure budget and/or write a robust bid for funding.

Who should use this guidance?

This Public Sector Decarbonisation Guidance was commissioned by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), formerly the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the Cabinet Office to help public sector bodies and their decarbonisation partners understand the best route to Net Zero. We aim to help deliver decarbonisation projects at scale, as well as support grant funding applications, to enable rapid progress on reducing carbon emissions.

This Guidance takes learnings from the Modern Energy Partners (MEP) programme and expertise from across Energy Systems Catapult to provide guidance on funding heat decarbonisation and energy management.

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Main Guide - Funding

This guide provides information on how you might generate estimates for your decarbonisation programme and identify available funding sources such as the Low Carbon Skills Fund and the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme. Information on how to secure sign off for your projects is also included.

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We use this information for internal research purposes to help us better understand which energy sector stakeholders are interested in which areas of our work. We do not share your details with any third parties.

If you do not wish to complete the form, please email communications@es.catapult.org.uk to request a digital copy.

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Funding: Extra Guides

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  • Decarbonisation grants and funding sources table
  • What do the numbers mean?
  • Business case checklist
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Decarbonisation grants and funding sources table

This document provides information on the main public sector decarbonisation grant and funding schemes, with links to where you can find guidance and apply.

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We use this information for internal research purposes to help us better understand which energy sector stakeholders are interested in which areas of our work. We do not share your details with any third parties.

If you do not wish to complete the form, please email communications@es.catapult.org.uk to request a digital copy.

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What do the numbers mean?

This guide provides a breakdown of the typical types of numbers that are considered best practice to generate as part of your decarbonisation programme and an easy guide on how to interpret them. This will help with getting business cases signed off and applying for Salix Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS) funding.

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We use this information for internal research purposes to help us better understand which energy sector stakeholders are interested in which areas of our work. We do not share your details with any third parties.

If you do not wish to complete the form, please email communications@es.catapult.org.uk to request a digital copy.

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Business case checklist

This checklist covers the areas you’ll likely need to cover when pulling a business case together under the Five Case Methodology and securing the required permissions/internal signoff to progress the project.

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We use this information for internal research purposes to help us better understand which energy sector stakeholders are interested in which areas of our work. We do not share your details with any third parties.

If you do not wish to complete the form, please email communications@es.catapult.org.uk to request a digital copy.

Salix Finance

Since its formation in 2004 up to 31 March 2022, Salix has helped public sector organisations commit to more than 21,500 projects by administering £2.7 billion of funding, with projects saving 1.1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually.

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