Turning innovators into entrepreneurs with performance validation, real-world consumer testing, business model analysis and system integration that start-ups can afford
Accelerating innovators to tackle the hardest challenges on the way to Net Zero
Energy Systems Catapult provides technical, commercial and policy expertise to drive innovation across the whole energy system.
Our independent and technology-agnostic approach, has built a trusted track record in thought leadership, collaborative R&D and commercial delivery. We deliver world class Net Zero modelling and cutting-edge systems engineering through to digital and data science and real-world innovation trials that drive start-ups to success.
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Supporting energy companies and networks, industrial sites and commercial businesses to navigate to Net Zero.
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Supporting government, local authorities and innovators to create the new policies, markets, business models and technologies we need to deliver Net Zero.
What we offer
Energy Systems Catapult supports innovators to commercialise energy products, services and business models.
Consumer Insight and Proposition Design
Energy market research, user experience (UX) and service design, and consumer trials. Helping innovators see beyond what people say to understand what they do.
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Harnessing Digital and Data
Utilise a range of services, tools and expertise, such as data science, algorithms and artificial intelligence or access existing consumer and technical data.
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Business Model Innovation
Well-designed business models help companies to de-risk new innovations, streamline operations and maximise the value they create for customers.
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Test & Demonstration
Offering a range of labs, tools and expertise drawing on cutting-edge data science, whole systems modelling and in-depth consumer insight to help innovators accelerate to market.
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Large Scale Innovation Trials
Designing, recruiting, managing and analysing large scale innovation trials to deliver the evidence and impact needed to create new markets for innovations.
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Tool and Labs
Offering practical models, tools and labs to help innovators tackle the hardest challenges on the way to Net Zero
Energy Launchpad
Turning clean energy innovators into entrepreneurs. Propelling SMEs step-by-step through technical validation towards commercial vindication.
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Living Lab
Quick, safe and affordable. Rapidly design, market-test and launch innovative energy products, services and business models with real people in over 500 connected homes.
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Home Truths® consumer panel
Get feedback from thousands of homes with the only UK consumer panel backed by thought leaders in energy policy, business modelling and systems engineering.
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Work with us
Work with us to accelerate the transformation the UK energy system to Net Zero. Select the option which best describes you.
Innovators
Energy System Catapult helps drive the UK towards Net Zero by turning low carbon innovators into entrepreneurs with expertise that start-ups can afford.
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Industry
Energy System Catapult is your essential partner in help decarbonise industrial and other complex sites at least cost.
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Government
Innovation is crucial to transforming the energy system to achieve Net Zero carbon emissions and to help clean companies flourish. We work with governments and regulators, academia, industry and innovators, applying world class systems thinking to deliver the evidence and action plans needed by Government to achieve Net Zero by 2050.
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Utilities
With a 360 ⷪ view of the zero carbon innovation landscape, we can help energy suppliers and network operators identify the right pathway to Net Zero by 2050 – utilising whole systems modelling, systems engineering and supply chain solutions with high-growth potential innovators.
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Commercial Estates
Energy System Catapult develops systematic, repeatable and scalable approaches to decarbonising commercial property – from business parks to campuses and other complex sites – at least cost.
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Local Places
Energy Systems Catapult helps local places build robust strategies to navigate to Net Zero. Combining cutting edge whole system modelling with local stakeholder insights to support informed investment decision-making with consumers at the heart.
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