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Supply Chain Fund

Homes as Power Stations (HAPS) is a pioneering project to support the adoption of the ‘HAPS approach’ in the Swansea Bay City Region (SBCR).

The HAPS approach is a way to make homes more energy-efficient and cost-effective. It involves integrating energy-efficient designs and renewable technologies in new and existing homes. The aim is to reduce a home’s reliance on existing energy networks.

Neath Port Talbot Council is leading the project on behalf of the four local authority partners in the SBCR: 

  • Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
  • City and County of Swansea
  • Carmarthenshire County Council
  • Pembrokeshire County Council

Project activities

The project is made up of several linked activities, including:

  • supporting the adoption of energy-efficient designs and renewable technologies in homes
  • developing a sustainable, skilled regional supply chain for renewable technologies in homes
  • conducting an extensive monitoring and evaluation programme

Available funding

The £7m Supply Chain Development Fund is available to the Swansea Bay City Region. The fund has three main aims.

  1. Develop a regional supply chain of technologies to help address fuel poverty.
  2. Ensure there are enough regional skills to manufacture, install and maintain the technologies.
  3. Establish the region as a centre for excellence in renewable technologies.

Grants

The grants available are:

  • minimum grant - £100,000
  • maximum grant - £1 million

We can discuss applications outside of these amounts on a case-by-case basis.

Expression of interest call

We want to gauge the interest in addressing the first aim.

Most of the required technologies are not currently available within the region. They are imported or sourced from other areas of the UK or from overseas. How can your company change this?

The fund intends to identify a potential supply chain that is as wide as possible. The fund will do this through a competitive open call for proposals focused on technologies such as:

  • Intelligent Energy Systems (IES)
  • heat pumps
  • power walls
  • battery for domestic dwellings
  • solar PV
  • infrared

The open call will include:

  • start-up companies - to encourage them to invest in these technologies
  • small businesses - to enable them to build capacity
  • larger companies - to diversify to include these technologies in their product offerings
  • inward investment - so businesses can set up, grow, employ local people and support the region's economic development
Future calls may be made to support the 2nd and 3rd fund aims.

Outputs and outcomes

There are specific outputs and outcomes which projects need to deliver. These will be monitored and reported as part of the fund's terms and conditions.

Development of a regional supply chain

The first key output is expected to be the successful development of a regional supply chain. This supply chain will focus on HAPS-related environmental technologies and equipment and their:

  • manufacture
  • sourcing
  • installation
  • operation
  • management
  • maintenance

The goal is for the supply chain to be:

  • robust
  • sustainable
  • skilled
  • long-lasting, with the potential to establish the region as a centre of excellence

Apply

Please read the HAPS application guidance document below before completing the Expression of Interest form.

Downloads

  • Supply Chain Fund - HAPS application guidance (DOCX 311 KB)
  • Supply Chain Fund - HAPS Expression of Interest application form (DOCX 310 KB)
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