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In addition, applicants should address the following:
- Financial Position - The business plan must be accompanied by a financial outline that allows for a detailed appraisal of the organisation's economic viability.
- Management Experience - Teams should demonstrate any relevant sector experience combined with the ambition to turn their business plans into reality.
- Market Assessment - The business plan should detail what the key commercial market is and the critical market drivers.
- Competitive Advantage - The business proposition should demonstrate a clear competitive advantage with respect to a specific need or market demand.
- Identify Funding - As Carbon Trust Investments will only invest up to 50% in any one transaction, other private investors must be identified.
- Technical and Innovation Evidence - The business plan will need to demonstrate innovation either through a step-change in technology design or in the application of a technology process.
- Confirmation of Intellectual Property Protection - What Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) already exist prior to the investment, and how any IPR arising during the investment will be protected and exploited.
- All Investments Need to be UK-Based.
If you believe that your business meets all the criteria above, you should check whether your technology falls within our definition of clean energy technologies.
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