# HII North-West Hydrogen Accelerator

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED](/buyers/centre-for-process-innovation-limited/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Sustainable Ventures Development Partners Ltd
- Award value: £150,000
- Award date: 12 February 2024
- Published: 19 February 2024
- Contract start: 15 February 2024
- Contract end: 14 February 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: f10fbb83-a02b-4f49-b601-fa4dd132d205-724425
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-72de0169-3f6f-4cb6-83d0-b69da28d1c0d

## Description

The HII consortium has a multifaceted approach supporting several work programmes\. One led by CPI of the HVMC, intends to partner with an ecosystem stakeholder to design, build and implement an early-stage hydrogen accelerator within the North-West of England\. With 3 key objectives the partner will: - Pipeline Development: Build a robust pipeline of innovation companies in the UK hydrogen supply chain focussed on applications with commercial potential - aligned to some/all of the HII hydrogen technical roadmap themes - Conditioning, Distribution and Control, Electrical and Thermal Management, Heat Generation, Feedstock and Carrier, Production, Storage, Metering and Monitoring, and Propulsion and Power Generation\. Implementation of programme: design, build and operate an accelerator within the North-West, partnered by the HII consortium, matching innovators with end users / hydrogen off-takers in 1-2 key regions to inform the best approach for a larger national scale project in the future\. Leverage of investment: Identify, develop, and leverage direct and in-direct investment into the accelerator and cohort companies it supports\. Development of a coordinated local and national/international ecosystem bringing together the hydrogen off-takers/end users to support implementation of the accelerator and potential future programmes\. Development of companies with the support of the HII consortium to leverage public and private investment into the accelerator cohort companies\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f10fbb83-a02b-4f49-b601-fa4dd132d205-724425)