Innovate UK x Ofgem
Strategic Innovation Fund Animations
2 x animations explaining the amazing funding opportunities for energy sector innovators to help the UK meet its net zero targets.

The Brief
Innovate UK and Ofgem approached us with a brief to help promote and explain there Strategic Innovation Fund. The Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) aims to help transform gas and electricity networks for a low-carbon future. It funds projects that could speed up the transition to net zero at the lowest cost to the consumer
This scale of innovation will not ‘just happen.’ It takes vision, fresh thinking, investment, working together, and the right processes to find the highest-potential projects and bring them to reality. They wanted us to create 2 animations.
The first to explain the background of the SIF, why it was set up and what its aims are. The second to explain how innovators can get involved/bid for funding from the SIF programme.

Our Solution
Working in collaboration with the Innovate UK and Ofgem teams we created a script, storyboard and style frames for the animations. We chose to create a soft, friendly and colourful animation style that was upbeat and hopeful in tone to reflect the positivity of this campaign's message.
We chose to represent many of the existing SIF projects (wind turbines, AI regulated energy systems, Hydrogen gas transport systems etc) in a simplified and subtle manner so that the message wasn't lost on the specifics of existing projects.
The animations have been extremely well received and the illustrative artwork is being used within annual reports and social media content within the SIF team's promotional activity.
You can view Animation 1 here: https://vimeo.com/1051468245
You can view Animation 2 here: https://vimeo.com/1061279049




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