Just Transition Fund for the North East and Moray: funding awards

Robert Gordon University

Digital Innovation Lab

Digital Innovation Lab initially supporting the construction sector to decarbonise before addressing challenges across a range of sectors.

2022-2024

£1,340,000

The James Hutton Institute

HydroGlen

Green hydrogen farming pilot to acquire new knowledge to switch from increasingly high levels of fuel poverty to self-reliant, net-zero carbon energy producers in rural communities.

2022-2026

£6,960,000

The James Hutton Institute

Just Transition Hub

Net zero innovation hub with a land-use and agriculture focus, located within the grounds of the James Hutton Institute (Hutton) campus in Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen.

2022-2025

£7,192,000

Moray Council

Just Transition Masterplan – Moray Council

Five interlinked projects to support Moray’s journey away from fossil fuels, including projects to support offshore renewables, creation of a local hydrogen economy, natural capital approach to offsetting, and redeveloping derelict land and premises.

2022-2024

£881,000

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, and Moray Councils

NESS Carbon Capture Feasibility Study

Study to determine if there is a viable project to retrofit carbon capture systems to the NESS energy facility.

2022-2023

£100,000

The Food Hub (NES)

SeedPod

Seedpod aims to be the go to centre for innovation and growth in the net zero food and drink industry. The Just Transition Fund has contributed £3.1m towards the cost of building and fitting out the £27 million project.

2022-2024

£3,100,000

Social Investment Scotland

Social Enterprise Just Transition Fund

Delivery of a blended finance approach(part loan/part grant) focused on  supporting charities and social enterprises to transition to net zero.

2022-2024

£1,500,000

Energy Transition Zone Ltd

Supply Chain Pathway and Energy Transition Challenge Fund

Supporting companies to enter new energy markets, and delivering capital investment grants to help energy supply chain companies take advantage of low carbon sector opportunities.

2022-2026

£9,800,000

Energy Transition Zone Ltd

Energy Transition Skills Hub (formerly Advanced Manufacturing Skills Hub)

The Skills Hub will be a focal point of the Energy Transition Zone Skills Campus and will aim to deliver the skills and training needed to support net zero transition.

2022-2024

£4,500,000

VSA

Easter Anguston Farm

Feasibility study setting out plans for a centre of excellence focusing on 4 areas: STEM, Farm-to-Fork, woodland adventures and linking people to services to help their health and wellbeing.

2022-2023

£504,447

OPITO

Energy Skills Passport

Development and deployment of a digital offshore energy skills passport to support the transition of skills and jobs across the rapidly changing industry.

2022-2024

£3,700,000

National Energy Skills Accelerator (NESA)

Pilot Energy Transition Skills

Assessing the net zero energy transition skills landscape from now until 2030, identifying gaps/ demand and designing and delivering pilot training to address these.

2022-2024

£1,000,000

University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI Moray)

Moray Net Zero Bottlenecks

Collaborative study focused on the current and future skills requirements and labour supply chain bottlenecks in Moray as it transitions to Net Zero.

2022-2024

£209,596

Net Zero Technology Centre

Hydrogen Offshore Production (HOP2)

Project to demonstrate that offshore hydrogen production and storage is feasible through the repurposing of existing assets to produce green hydrogen.

2022-2026

£2,120,000

Ripcell

Sustainable Solvent Recovery/EV Battery Recycling

Pilot to test technology using pot ale (whisky waste product) to deploy a “green solvent” to be used in recycling batteries.

2022-2024

£626,734

Shine Engineering

Tidal Rotor Generator

Pilot to develop tidal rotor generators to create a source of green energy in the region.

2022-2024

£167,200

Seaweed Energy

Wave Energy Converter

Pilot to develop wave energy converters to create a source of green energy in the region.

2022-2024

£100,100

North East Scotland Climate Action Network (NESCAN) Hub

Just Transition Communities Project

This pilot study aims to address the question of how communities can be involved in and help to drive the process of designing, creating and delivering a Just Transition through a range of participative approaches, including Climate Assemblies.

2022-2026

£1,054,096

Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce/Campaign for North East Rail (CNER)

Buchan Sustainable Transport  Study

Study to examine possible travel interventions in Dyce, Ellon, Peterhead, and Fraserburgh to accelerate the region’s transition to net zero.

2022-2024

£250,000

Park Ecovillage Trust and Findhorn Innovation Research and Education

Findhorn Ecovillage

Four feasibility studies looking at shifting from conventional housing to net zero housing and transportation within the context of the ecovillage and beyond.

2022-2023

£226,775

Findhorn, Nairn, and Lossie Rivers Trust

Findhorn Watershed Riverwoods Pilot

Habitat restoration of the Findhorn watershed, beginning with an unbroken network of riparian woodland along its riverbanks, supporting the restoration of Wild Atlantic Salmon populations.

2022-2025

£969,972

tsiMoray, Aberdeen Council of Voluntary Organisations, Aberdeenshire Voluntary Action, NESCAN Hub and Money4Moray

Just Transition Participatory Budgeting

£1 million of the Fund will be allocated to participatory budgeting every year over the lifetime of this parliament.

2022-2025

£4,210,000

Opportunity North East

North East Adventure Tourism

Project to transform the region into a world class destination for adventure tourism by facilitating the development of high quality, sustainable facilities and low carbon infrastructure.

2022-2024

£2,097,000

The Cabrach Trust

The Cabrach Distillery

Development of distillery, a Community Interest Company for the Cabrach region that will use its revenues for rural regeneration and a community led regeneration master plan.

2022-2023

£361,767

North East Scotland Climate Action Network (NESCAN) Hub

Capacity Support

Staff resource costs to support delivery of the Just Transition Communities Project.

2022-2026

£324,192

ORE Catapult

Large Scale Synthetic Mooring Line Test Rig

Build and design of large scale synthetic mooring line test rig.

2025-2026

£500,000

Maritime Developments Ltd

Cable Handling Facility

Purchase and installation of 10,000 tonne offshore carousel and product highway package to support Offshore Wind industry.

2025-2026

£2,914,916

Verlume Ltd

Orah Assembly and Deployment

Subsea battery storge and energy management system.

2025-2026

£2,593,400

Fraserburgh Harbour Commissioners

Enabling Renewable Energy Infrastructure

Support the Ground Investigation required to unlock Phase 1 (North Breakwater Extension) of the Fraserburgh Harbour Development.

2025-2026

£2,471,712

Moray Council

Development of a Strategic Outline Case for Moray Growth Deal Skills and Development Project

Develop a HM Treasury Green Book compliant Strategic Outline Case for the green engineering skills project, as part of the Moray Growth Deal.

2025-2026

£40,000