What We Do

“I refuse to condemn my sons’ generation and future generations to a planet that’s beyond fixing. We are going to take everyone with us as we transition to a new green economy. This means ensuring that all our jobs are fit for the future. We must act now, and in the North of Tyne we have a plan – one that is for people, and for jobs.”
Mayor Jamie Driscoll, North of Tyne

NTCA is focused upon championing and enabling the growth of heat networks and geothermal energy projects in the region. Currently, the North East has a pipeline of heat network projects valued at over £500m and possesses nationally leading projects.

Energi Coast’s mission is to champion the offshore wind sector and promote the strengths of the North East England supply chain.

NTCA is working with the existing Energy Central partnership, comprised of Advance Northumberland, Port of Blyth, Northumberland County Council and the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult to identify innovation and growth opportunities for businesses.

Green skills was identified as priority sector and we are proud to partner with local providers on four exciting Green skills programmes. 

A supply chain programme designed to boost supply chain growth and productivity in the North of Tyne and wider North East England region’s offshore wind and subsea sectors.

The Tyne has the innovative minds and forward-thinkers to test, build and power new technologies. It has the skills, the commitment and the pure graft to be a driving force in building a new, zero carbon future. Together, the Tyne’s businesses are powering offshore and energy innovation.

NTCA provides £800,000 as part of the £1.34m Business Energy Saving Team (BEST) project. Delivered by Newcastle City Council between February 2023 – January 2025 on behalf of the whole North of Tyne region, BEST is supporting SMEs and Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprises to reduce energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions, thereby increasing business resilience and adaptive capacity to achieve net zero targets and support economic growth.  

Working as a key delivery partner of the North East and Yorkshire Net Zero Hub, NTCA is supporting the delivery of the LEAD in the North East. The LEAD programme is funding projects piloting new approaches to provide in-person energy advice across the North East between Summer 2023 and March 2025.

In 2021, NTCA commissioned the Energy Savings Trust, in partnership with Accelar and Frontier Economics, to develop a robust evidence base to inform the business case for a large-scale housing retrofit programme. 

NTCA has funded the ‘Get Zero Get Zellar’ online sustainability platform for businesses operating across all three local authorities.

Government has selected the North East as one of 8 national trial areas to receive a share of the £4 million Digital Connectivity Infrastructure Accelerator. It will fund the Future Connectivity Partnership, led by the NTCA to boost vital 4G/5G connectivity in the region.

NTCA has invested £10 million to support the growth of the digital sector across the North of Tyne.

Digital Pathfinders is a free-to-access programme focused on helping businesses and community organisations across the North of Tyne adopt digital technologies to address the challenges they’re facing.

The Green New Deal Fund is a low carbon investment fund established by NTCA and managed by Amber Infrastructure Group.

NTCA is delivering the £2.3m North East Energy for Growth Accelerator Programme in partnership with local authorities across the North East to accelerate low carbon energy projects.

The North of Tyne Cabinet agreed a £25m of investment into Offshore Renewables until 2028, as part of the Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change Blueprint.

NTCA is a key partner of Net Zero North East England, a collaboration between local government, business, education, the public sector and civil society to drive a comprehensive regional approach to tackling the climate emergency.

NTCA is a partner of the North East and Yorkshire Net Zero Hub, one of five Net Zero Hubs across England, funded by the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero.

NTCA leads the delivery of the North East Energy Catalyst  a partnership which is aiming to establish an integrated energy system, providing a productive, clean economy for communities across the globe.  

The North of Tyne Citizens’ Assembly on Climate Change saw 50 citizens in the region come together to discuss how the region can combat climate change.

NTCA have worked with Ashden to create a new way of developing policies to deliver climate action and powerful community benefits, focusing upon the day-to-day needs of local people in the region.

NTCA, in partnership with Northumberland County Council and the UK Government Towns Fund, is funding the £13.6m Energy Central Learning Hub. Once completed, the hub will provide a range of state-of-the-art industrial training, education and STEM-related skills facilities.

The Just Transition Research Project, led by the Energy Democracy Project, has been developed to examine what a just transition means to workers, communities and businesses in our region and identify pathways for socially inclusive decarbonisation.

NTCA is funding the £400,000 Green Growth Skills Foresighting Project, in partnership with Newcastle University, Newcastle College, Northumberland College, EPNE and the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult.  

NTCA and all 3 constituent Local Authorities declared a climate emergency in 2019. The Combined Authority is therefore working to become a Net Zero organisation.

The Northumberland Line Economic Corridor spans the North of Tyne’s three Local Authority areas, connecting our people to key innovation and employment assets within Newcastle City Centre, our housing sites and business parks in North Tyneside, and the towns and places and growing ‘green economy’ cluster in South East Northumberland.