Cenex, or the Centre of Excellence for Low Carbon & Fuel Cell Technologies, is a UK industry-led public-private partnership

Public-private partnership

Public–private partnership describes a government service or private business venture which is funded and operated through a partnership of government and one or more private sector companies...

, i.e. a UK government initiative set up and supported by the Department of Trade and Industry (now the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform was a United Kingdom government department. The department was created on 28 June 2007 on the disbanding of the Department of Trade and Industry , and was itself disbanded on 6 June 2009 on the creation of the Department for Business,...

). It was set up to assist UK industry in building competitive advantage from moves to a low carbon economy. It was established in April 2005.