Tata Steel has recently announced its ‘Tata Steel – Sprint to Zero’ 2023 Challenge, to fund innovative research and development projects in low carbon hydrogen. A part of the UK-India Hydrogen Partnerships, the announcement was jointly made by Mr. George Freeman, Science Minister of UK, and Dr. Debashish Bhattacharjee, Vice President (Technology and R&D), Tata Steel, at IISc Bangalore.
Jul 13, 2023
Tata Steel announced ‘Tata Steel – Sprint to Zero’ 2023 Challenge, an initiative to fund innovative research and development projects in low carbon hydrogen that offers tech-led or tech-enabled solutions to address green hydrogen technologies for the industrial sector’s sustainable future. A part of the UK-India Hydrogen Partnerships, the announcement was jointly made by Mr. George Freeman, Science Minister of UK, and Dr. Debashish Bhattacharjee, Vice President (Technology and R&D), Tata Steel, at IISc Bangalore. The UK-India Hydrogen Partnerships builds on the UK-India Hydrogen Hub announced by the UK and Indian Prime Ministers in 2022. It will feature a range of private industry sponsored pilots to tackle 5 Grand Challenges – storage, transport, safety, production, and cost – faced by both countries.
Tata Steel is the first sponsor of the UK-India Hydrogen Partnerships sprint series, awarding EUR 80,000 funding to two innovative projects in low carbon hydrogen. As part of the challenge, the company will also offer experiential engagement to selected entities including a priority access to its integrated steel plants. The proposals bidding for the grant are expected to address two challenges: a) development and deployment of hydrogen technologies for greening the industrial sector and b) solutions for hydrogen storage/purification. The funding call is open for solutions from academia, start-ups and industries across India and the UK. The projects must be co-led by an Indian or a UK organization with a maximum of three partners per project, where at least one organization must be either from the UK or India, with a strong academic, research and development background. The last date for submission of proposals is August 31, 2023, and winners will be announced by October 2023. The projects will commence from November 2023 and will last for 9-12 months.
