# Lontra awarded £1.5m Innovate UK grant for Blade Compressor power generation project

A consortium led by Lontra has received a £1.5 million Energy Catalyst grant from Innovate UK to apply its Blade Compressor as turbo compounding to improve fuel efficiency of 1MW power generation engines. The project takes the technology through concept to hardware and testing.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2017-02-16
- Where: United Kingdom
- Value: $1.86M (1.50M GBP)
- Status: announced
- Products: Blade Compressor, turbo compounding technology
- Sectors: [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Lontra](https://endata.com/companies/943.md)
- [Innovate UK](https://endata.com/companies/944.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [worldpumps.com](https://www.worldpumps.com/content/news/lontras-blade-compressor-to-increase-fuel-efficiency-in-power-stations), 2017-02-16: "A consortium led by European technology developer Lontra has been awarded a £1.5 million grant to apply its Blade Compressor technology."

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