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IDRIC is supported by the UK Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge (IDC).
The IDC is funded by £210 million from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund which is expected to be matched by funding of up to £261 million from industry.
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Mid-2020s
Two low carbon clusters.
The decarbonisation of industrial clusters is of critical importance to the UK’s ambitions of cutting greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. The UK Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge (IDC), part of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) aims to establish the world’s first net-zero carbon industrial cluster by 2040 and four low-carbon clusters by 2030.
2030
An additional two low carbon clusters.
IDRIC has been formed to support the IDC through funding a multidisciplinary research and innovation centre to accelerate decarbonisation of industrial clusters.
IDRIC works with academia, industry, government and other stakeholders to deliver the multidisciplinary research and innovation agenda needed to decarbonise the UK’s industrial clusters.
2040
The world’s first net-zero carbon industrial cluster.
IDRIC connects and empowers the UK industrial decarbonisation community to deliver an impactful innovation hub for industrial decarbonisation. The establishment of IDRIC as the “one stop shop” for research and innovation, as well as knowledge exchange, regulation, policy and key skills will be beneficial across the industry sectors and clusters.
In summary, IDRIC is connecting stakeholders, inspiring and delivering innovation and maximising impact to help the UK industrial clusters to grow the UK’s existing energy intensive industrial sectors, and to attract new, advanced manufacturing industries of the future.