Over the last few years Worcestershire County Council and its partners have supported businesses to reduce their own greenhouse gas emissions, develop low carbon technologies and innovations. These improvements have gone hand in hand with helping businesses to reduce costs and improve competitiveness
How we can help your business?
Energy Saving
Funding LED lighting, Heating, Compressors, Equipment
Generating Your Own Energy
Funding Solar, Biomass, Air & Ground Source Heat Pumps
Innovations in Low Carbon Technology
Funding Commercialisation Costs, Marketing, Prototypes, IPR
Creating Wildlife Habitats
Supporting Bio-Diversity Enhancements
A Low Carbon Future
Worcestershire Energy Strategy
Reducing Emissions, Increasing Renewables, Low Carbon Jobs
See How We’ve Helped Worcestershire Busiensses*
*Achieved with grants from the European Regional Development Funded Business Energy Efficiency Programme and Low Carbon Opportunities Programme from October 2016 to June 2020.”
Latest News
Turning your Low Carbon idea into a profitable business
Local organisations are being invited to attend the upcoming Low Carbon virtual event on "Turning your Low Carbon idea into a profitable business". The market for low carbon and environmentally friendly products and services is thriving, and growing rapidly. There has...
Clean Growth programme launches to help businesses
Worcestershire County Council’s ERDF-funded Programmes Business Energy Efficiency Programme (BEEP) and Low Carbon Opportunities Programme (LOCOP) are joining forces, coming under the same banner, known as Clean Growth. Both BEEP and LOCOP offer 12 hours of free...
Opportunities in the Low Carbon Goods and Services Market
The Low Carbon Opportunities Programme is presenting a second series webinar ‘Opportunities in the Low Carbon Goods and Services Market’ on the 11th November 2020 at 16.00!
RENEWABLE ENERGY ADVISORS ARE READY TO HELP
The Low Carbon Opportunities Programme (LOCOP) have contracted Briar Associates to support Worcestershire businesses to consider and install Renewable Energy such as Solar PV, Geothermal heat systems, Biomass boilers, Air, Ground or Water Source Heat Pumps. Our aim is...
Low Carbon Opportunities Programme Extended for Three More Years
A programme that has helped businesses across Worcestershire to generate their own energy or develop goods and services, that reduce carbon impact, has been extended for a further three years with a grant of over £1.6 million being provided by the European Regional...
BEEP Continuing to Offer FREE Energy Assessments and Funding
Worcestershire County Council’s Business Energy Efficiency Programme (BEEP) continues to offer free energy and resource efficiency assessments, advice and grant funding from £1k to £20k to SMEs throughout Worcestershire and the Marches. The first BEEP Programme ran...
Chess Plastics make significant electricity savings thanks to Low Carbon Opportunities Programme grant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qWRu6ErsQs Chess Plastics Ltd are a plastic injection moulder based in Droitwich.Finance Director, Gareth Olden explains how some of the machinery they use is quite old, uses a lot of power, is expensive to run...
Low Carbon Technology Insights Breakfast Briefing
Battery Storage. Find out more about electrical energy storage in a business context. Energy storage is a key solution to meet the challenge of the transition to renewable energy while also helping to stabilise energy costs and reduce CO2 emissions. Electrical energy...