Resources

10th November 2025

Net Zero Basque Industrial Super Cluster

6th November 2025

Industrial Decarbonisation Northern Ireland

How is Northern Ireland approaching industrial decarbonisation? BCIC WM has worked closely with Invest NI and industry in Northern Ireland since 2023 on their decarbonisation efforts. Here Eugene Heaney from Invest NI sets out the benefits they are seeing.

3rd November 2025

Small Modular Nuclear Options

Micro nuclear plants are common in submarines and offer a way to power regional industries worldwide. These slides set out how 20MW plants are manufactured and might be applied in the West Midlands.

1st November 2025

Electrify Industry and University of Birmingham Slides from Annual Conference 2025

The three key recommendations from Electrify Industry to Government and a statistical breakdown of West midlands regional energy demand.

20th October 2025

2025 Energy and GVA Statistics

BCIC is the most diverse industrial cluster in the WMCA, with 4 sub-sectors demanding more than 1000 GWh/yr of energy and total demand of over 11,000 GWh/yr.

20th October 2025

Briefing on electricity costs exemption schemes for energy intense companies

There are currently four separate schemes exempting energy intense companies in GB[1] from a substantial portion  of industrial electricity costs (see figure 1). These schemes can be worth over £75/MWh […]