Design and execution of research and development

Tender description

BEIS is seeking a contractor (or consortium) to develop, in consultation with government technical and analytical experts, a methodology to assess the RD&D needs of low carbon energy demand and supply technologies, sectors and themes towards 2050. The contractor will then pilot and revise the methodology, ready for it to be used to give UK government insights into the potential of technology to: — Reduce deployment costs; — Generate benefit to the UK; — Meet UK climate change targets. To develop, in consultation with government technical and analytical experts, a methodology to assess the R&D needs of low carbon energy demand and supply technologies, sectors and themes towards 2050. The contractor will then pilot and revise the methodology, ready for it to be used to give UK government insights into the potential of technology to: — Reduce deployment costs; — Generate benefit to the UK; — Meet UK climate change targets. The methodology is being prepared to be applied to low carbon energy supply, demand and whole system technologies covered by themes such as: 1. Renewables; 2. Smart systems and integration; 3. Nuclear; 4. Decarbonising the built environment; 5. Decarbonising heavy industry. Themes will be subdivided into sectors, with both sector and theme innovation needs being assessed by the methodology, as well as a whole energy system view towards 2050.