Energy and Low Carbon Technologies

With growing urban populations and clean air and water becoming ever more important, Coventry & Warwickshire is at the forefront of developing these clean air technologies of the future. The area is a centre of energy head-quarter activity. It is also a leading centre of university and private sector R&D activity, from low-carbon electric and hybrid powertrain technology, lightweighting, energy storage and sustainable building technologies. Leading local names include National Grid, E.on, Calor Gas, Severn Trent Water, Baxi and GE Power Conversion. They benefit from the central UK location, access to a wide range of skills and two leading research universities in the University of Warwick and Coventry University. The excellent road and rail links here support access to Kingsbury Fuel Depot, the largest inland fuel storage depot in the UK.

Coventry & Warwickshire is home to a number of emerging centres of excellence: The National Low Carbon Centre at Stoneleigh Park, a unique game-changer in the low carbon and clean tech market; the Advanced Propulsion Centre located at The University of Warwick.