“We will be working in partnership with Lancashire’s new low carbon innovators and our established advanced manufacturers seeking to diversify into low carbon component manufacture, driving the development and funding of new green technology products.

“RedCAT’s mission is to ensure support for the manufacture and adoption of low carbon tech across Lancashire to drive economic green recovery and resilience. We’re looking to create manufacturing opportunities and jobs in Lancashire and to see low carbon innovation from the county exported overseas as part of the move towards a global net zero carbon future.”

“The Getting Building Fund at its heart is about creating new economic opportunities post pandemic, and RedCAT, Lancashire’s Centre for Alternative Technologies, being launched here in Accrington today, will do exactly that. By helping to fund and grow the County’s low carbon technologies jobs and expertise, supporting advanced manufacturing and the export of UK designed and built low carbon technology to the world. This is exactly what we mean when we look at levelling up, putting Hyndburn and the County at the heart of innovation and development”.

“I’m delighted that the Getting Building Fund has supported this important project that is helping to unlock Lancashire’s potential as a net zero county and economy. RedCAT will not just help Lancashire decarbonise but will also drive a sustainable recovery from the pandemic.”