English to Chinese: Government launches latest round of £1m green transport technology grants General field: Bus/Financial Detailed field: Energy / Power Generation | |
Source text - English Government launches latest round of £1m green transport technology grants
Green tech start-ups are being invited to apply for a share of almost £1m in government funding to support innovative transport projects that cut carbon emissions, enhance air quality, and improve infrastructure resilience, the Department for Transport (DfT) announced yesterday.
Now in its tenth year, the Transport Technology Research and Innovation Grant is open for applications from entrepreneurs and innovators developing new ways of creating a better transport system, with up to £30,000 available for each project, according to the DfT.
The Minister for the Future of Transport, George Freeman, said the £960,000 Grant was expected to attract £5 of investment for every £1 allocated to help tackle air pollution, carbon emissions and fix potholes on UK roads.
"We now have an exciting opportunity to stimulate the brightest thinkers in our universities and small business networks to try out novel solutions to fix legacy problems across our transport system and realise their visions for the future," he said. "Schemes like this grant will ensure the UK retains its reputation as a world-leading innovator, and I encourage early-stage businesses in the transport sector to apply for the funds available."
Previous recipients of funding from the grant scheme include e-bike company Flit. Managing director of the company Alex Murray said the funding allowed the firm to build its first prototype and get the firm "off the ground".
| Translation - Chinese 政府推出最新一輪的1百萬英鎊綠色運輸科技資金補助
英國運輸部於2019年10月初宣布,綠色科技新創公司受邀申請將近100萬英鎊的政府資金,用以支持能夠減少碳排放的創新運輸項目、改善空氣品質、以及增進基礎設施的恢復能力。
英國運輸部表示,運輸科技研究以及創新基金已經來到第10年,現在開放讓想發展更新更好的運輸系統的企業家與創業家申請,每一個項目基金高達3萬英鎊。
未來運輸部部長喬治佛里曼(George Freeman)表示,96萬英鎊的基金預計能讓每花在處理空氣汙染、碳排放、修理路面坑洞的1鎊,就有5鎊的投資。
「我們現在有個非常令人興奮的機會,那就是鼓勵我們大學中的睿智思想家與一些商業人脈來嘗試新的解決方案去搞定我們運輸系統裡長久以來的遺毒,並且了解他們對於未來的願景。」他說。「這樣的資金計畫能確保英國保住全球先驅創新者的名譽。我鼓勵還在初期發展階段的商業運輸案子可以去申請還有空缺的資金。」
之前接受資金計畫補助的人包含e-bike公司Flit。公司常務董事愛力克斯穆瑞(Alex Murray)表示,這筆資金讓公司能夠建立出試作模型,並讓公司上軌道。
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