# Pensana and partners win Innovate UK grant to develop a low carbon RE supply chain

- Link: https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/pensana-and-partners-win-innovate-uk-grant-to-develop-a-low-carbon-re-supply-chain/4121127733
- Published: 2023-09-20T07:20:02+01:00
- Author: Emily Johnson

**Pensana Plc** ([LON:PRE](https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/company/pensana-rare-earths-plc/pre.l)),
working in partnership with Polestar, Route2 and the Universities of Leeds and Hull,
has been awarded £316,643 in grant funding by Innovate UK under its CLIMATES programme.
The partnership will work together to develop a low carbon sustainable supply chain
for rare earth magnets.

The Project is backed by the UK Government and will use Pensana and Polestar’s low
carbon and ESG engineering to review and measure impacts, and identify opportunities,
to further reduce carbon in the rare earth products vital for the energy transition.

> Nusrat Ghani, Minister of State at the Department for Business and Trade, has 
> highlighted the importance of rare earths in the CLIMATES programme saying _“Rare
> earth elements underpin so much of what makes everyday life and work possible,
> from the cars we drive to the phones we use. It is essential that, in a rapidly
> changing world, we do all we can to ensure resilient supplies of these and other
> critical minerals__.__We are laser-focused on securing robust supply chains, for
> the growing, green industries that will deliver jobs and prosperity across the
> UK in the decades to come.__“_ 

> Danny McNeice, Pensana’s [Sustainability](https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/sustainability-green-stocks-news)
> Manager commented _“We believe Polestar__0 will set the standard for the electric
> vehicle industry, while Route2 ha__s developed__ market-leading__socio-economic
> impact measurement software and we are delighted to work with them and our academic
> partners at Leeds and Hull Universities to __establish__ a UK-centric sustainable
> __rare-earth supply chain from “mine to magnets”._

The CLIMATES programme is a £15 million fund set up to develop critical mineral 
supply chains within the UK. Strand 1 was launched in February 2023 with a focus
on stimulating research on rare earths across the UK. 

Pensana Plc has already developed a strong approach to sustainability through the
publishing of its Blueprint for Sustainable Rare Earths and has, through market-
leading low-carbon design and renewable power agreements at both its UK and Angolan
projects, placed itself well on the way to achieving its strategic goal to be a 
leading  low embedded carbon supplier of rare earth products on the market.

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