We're not a slide-deck consultancy. We shape concepts, make the economics stack up, secure financing, and deliver on the ground — from early idea to something funded, built, and operational.
At Clarium, we blend deep sector expertise with a bias for action — shaping concepts, making the economics stack up, and delivering on the ground. Our offering spans both energy and water networks, under the Ofgem and Ofwat innovation regimes alike.
We develop concepts aligned to sector priorities and lead submission of innovation applications — then manage governance, reporting, risk and delivery post-award. We take the lead in drafting compelling innovation bids that are fully compliant, at no cost.
Ofgem's flagship innovation mechanism: £500 million for 2026–2031 with an additional £50 million deployment fund. Designed to drive transformational innovation with a mandatory pathway to business-as-usual adoption.
Over £300 million available for 2026–2031. Faster-turnaround funding available annually to licensed network operators — ideal for early-stage concept development and technology trials.
Over £400 million in water innovation allowance available for 2026–2031. We work with multiple GB water utilities seeking innovation partners with relevant technology and research.
We take the lead in drafting fully compliant bids. Reduced admin and bid-writing pressure on innovators, with handling of all regulatory, commercial and reporting requirements on your behalf.
We define bankable opportunities, build a team set up to succeed, and own and deliver work packages — identifying, structuring and sourcing capital across project stages.
We identify and frame bankable opportunities — defining the problem, the market, the regulatory environment, and the team needed to succeed.
We structure capital across project stages — from early development funding through to construction and operational financing.
We own and deliver work packages, managing stakeholders, navigating regulations, gathering market insights and developing economic models throughout.
Expert guidance on the GB transmission and distribution connection queue — strategy, sequencing and engagement with network operators to avoid delays and costs.
We support direction setting with clear, grounded insights — and build economic models, commercial frameworks and investment analysis to support internal decision making.
We build the analytical foundations that support investment decisions, regulatory submissions and strategic planning — models that decision-makers can trust and use.
Supporting network operators through the regulatory price control cycle — from business plan development through to Ofgem engagement and final determination responses.
We gather and synthesise market intelligence to inform strategy — understanding what competitors, regulators and technology providers are doing and planning.
Identifying the right stakeholders and engaging them effectively — from regulators and network operators to investors, developers and communities.
For GB electricity, gas and water networks: one front door to the capabilities, partners and innovators that turn ideas into funded, deployed solutions.
Technical, commercial, economic, regulatory and bid-writing capability combined in one accountable team. Every engagement starts and ends here.
More than 20 global expert associates spanning energy networks and adjacent fields — specialist depth available on demand, without big-firm overhead.
Leading UK universities including Birmingham, UCL and Warwick. A live pipeline of lower-TRL, cutting-edge research ready to be connected to live network challenges.
A curated base spanning network monitoring, flexibility and DER, storage, hydrogen and green gas, asset health, and data and AI. We know who is credible and investment-ready.
We support the full journey — shaping early-stage ideas into concepts that networks can actually adopt and operate.
Concepts are shaped from the outset to meet current Ofgem expectations and network operator priorities — not retrofitted later.
We have active relationships with all GB network operators and multiple water utilities who are actively seeking innovation partners.
We build and strengthen consortia — bringing in the right technical, academic and commercial partners to make bids compelling.
Our embedded relationships mean we know the live challenges — not just the published ones — giving your research a head start.
We map the path from where your research is today to a funded, deployed network trial — and then walk it with you.
Our structured support across the innovation lifecycle has successfully taken ideas from concept to real-world deployment across multiple utilities in GB.
We support innovators to identify cutting-edge research and novel technologies that are relevant to GB utilities.
We lead workshops between utilities and innovators to brainstorm and define low-TRL solutions aligned to real network problems.
We structure ideas into viable, scalable and actionable products for utilities that align with regulatory priorities.
We secure funding by translating ideas into strong, coherent innovation bids — at no cost to the innovator — for each stage of the project.
We don't step back after funding. We stay on to support delivery execution through to deployment, handling regulatory, commercial and reporting requirements on your behalf.
Trusted across GB energy and water — with a strong track record of successful innovation funding applications under both the Ofgem and Ofwat regimes.
The defined innovation challenges across energy and water — the targets, the real intent behind each, and where we help innovators connect. We'll keep building this out over time.
Ofgem's Strategic Innovation Fund — £500m for 2026–2031 — has shifted decisively toward deployment over learning: ideas must map to a defined challenge and a credible route to business-as-usual. We help innovators do exactly that.
The Ofwat innovation landscape spans over £740m across three funds, with the same shift toward deployment at scale. We've secured £20m+ for clients across 25+ Ofwat bids — and we map your innovation to the right challenge and stream.
We are actively looking to connect leading academic research and innovative technology with live network problems. If you are working on solutions relevant to any of the SIF challenges, or have a network innovation, infrastructure or strategic advisory need, we would welcome a conversation.