INCENTIVE: SIF innovation from idea to impact

About this episode

The episode discusses the completion of the INCENTIVE SIF Beta project and shares insights from the team on their learnings and future plans.

INCENTIVE is the first SIF Beta project to reach completion. In this episode, members of the INCENTIVE team share their learnings and future plans with us.  As the first project to complete, dissemination of their outcomes - including collaboration, continuity of the work and deployment of the technology after the SIF funding stops - provides valuable insights, especially for other Beta projects.  In this episode, SIF programme director Jodie Giles speaks with energy systems innovation lead Suraj Paneru. We also welcome INCENTIVE partners Robert Keast from the Carbon Trust, Callum Henderson from SSE, and Adnan Mahmood of SSEN. For more on the Strategic Innovation Fund: www.ofgem.gov.uk/sif See the SIF programme page on Innovate UK's Business Connect website: Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund

People in this episode

Host: Jodie Giles

Guests: Suraj Paneru, Robert Keast, Callum Henderson, Adnan Mahmood

Topics covered

• SIF Beta project
• innovation
• energy systems
• collaboration
• technology deployment
• business insights

Keywords

• SIF
• innovation
• energy systems
• collaboration
• technology
• business
• deployment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Carbon Trust, SSE, SSEN, Ofgem, Innovate UK

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