Turning Innovation into Impact: The SIF Approach

About this episode

This episode explores the Strategic Innovation Fund's approach to commercialisation and deployment in the energy sector.

In this first episode of a two-part series, we explore what commercialisation and deployment mean within the Strategic Innovation Fund, and how the SIF team is working to drive impact at scale across the energy system through funded innovation. We explore the SIF team's internal framework for assessing projects, along with the support the team provides to networks and third-party innovators to help embed new solutions. The conversation also covers network culture, the price control mechanism, and why pace and delivering value for billpayers are crucial. Stay tuned for Part Two, which will focus on what it takes to deploy proven innovation at scale across the energy system. https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/energy-regulation/technology-and-innovation/innovation/strategic-innovation-fund-sif

Topics covered

• commercialisation
• deployment
• energy system
• innovation
• impact
• project assessment

Keywords

• Strategic Innovation Fund
• SIF
• energy system
• innovation
• impact
• project assessment
• network culture
• price control mechanism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Strategic Innovation Fund, SIF, Ofgem

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