Delivering Energy Audits for New Phase of South Yorkshire Carbon Reduction Funding

We are delighted to be appointed onto the framework of the South Yorkshire Shared Prosperity Fund Low Carbon Project for the third consecutive year.

The scheme which has been expanded thanks to an additional £1.6 million investment, has been created to help SMEs across the region reduce their carbon emissions.

We have been selected following the success we had last year and on a similar Sheffield City Council-led project called the Low Carbon Business Support Project which ran in 2022.  

In the first phase, the project supported 223 businesses with £3.2 million in funding. The second phase will run until March 2026 and aims to support a further 144 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Sheffield, Barnsley, Doncaster, and Rotherham.

Our specialist energy managers will be providing on-site energy audits, followed by detailed energy reports that will help companies identify savings and develop improvement plans.

About the grants

As part of the Low Carbon scheme, businesses will have the opportunity to apply for funding towards eligible interventions identified in their carbon survey.

The grant will part-fund improvements, with the business making up the rest of the funding itself.

The funding is allocated as follows:

• For projects costing up to £20,000 you can apply for a 50% grant contribution

• For projects costing more than £20,000 you can apply for a grant contribution of £10,000

The minimum grant you can apply for is £1,500 (for a project with a total cost of £3,000).

To be eligible to take part in this new scheme, businesses must:

• be a Small or Medium Sized Enterprise (SME), meaning 250 employees or fewer, with a turnover of less than £36 million

• have commercial premises in South Yorkshire – the scheme cannot support home-based businesses

• not have received more than £315,000 Minimal Financial Assistance subsidy over the last 3 years

• be able to provide 12 months' energy bills to establish baseline energy use (or however many months you’ve been in your premises, if less than 12 months)

To find out more, including whether you qualify for support, please contact our team.

0330 0022180

info@pepgb.com