LOCALISED Webinar

Title: Shoreham Port’s Decarbonisation Plan: Orchestrating Complexity for Mission-Driven innovation and technological integration

Speaker: Kyle Herman, Research Fellow (SPRU – Science Policy Research Unit), University of Sussex Business School

Abstract: The industrial decarbonisation challenge aims to accelerate the cost-effective decarbonisation of industry by developing and deploying low-carbon technologies. It aims to boost the competitiveness of key industrial regions and drive inward investment, creating and protecting jobs for a low-carbon global economy with growing low-carbon export markets.

Shoreham Port Industrial Cluster Decarbonisation Plans research project focuses on governance for industrial decarbonisation projects in Shoreham Port. The study aims to explore the diverse strategies, best practices, enablers and impediments, adopted by key actors and other core themes such as skills and social acceptance. It will focus on cross-collaborative learning from similar mini-clusters, especially those that have also recently been awarded UKRI funding. Furthermore, we will collect evidence on business models, planning & consenting, environmental permitting & licensing, standards, health and safety regulations, and skills & training to inform policymakers at local, regional, and national levels. The study is led by Professor Andy Davies, with support from a full-time research fellow, Dr. Kyle S. Herman, and further support from Stephan Manning. This project is funded by UKRI Local Industrial Decarbonisation Plan Competition: https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/1611/overview/4bb1cbb3-5978-497a-bbc7-b7980483d6cd

LOCALISED has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101036458.