Cleantech Grants, Awards, Incentives - Weekly Update (March 19th)

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Skipso Weekly Digest

Cleantech Grants, Awards, Incentives

March 12th – March 19th 2010

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Summary Skipso Cleantech Grants


• Number of Grants:

• Value of Grants:

• Countries Covered:

• New Grants this Week:

• Latest update:

640

$39billion*

40+

7

March 19th, 2010

*Includes funds allocated for production incentives, loans, tax credits and expired grants

SKIPSO WEEKLY DIGEST: MARCH 12th – March 19th



This Week on Skipso


• 7 new Cleantech Grants, Awards and Incentives added to Skipso’s fundingdatabase

• Focus this week: US and UK Cleantech Start-up Competitions, US StateIncentives (Minnesota), new Scotland Waste, Recycling and Air Qualitygrants

• Live Skipso Open Innovation Challenges: University CleanTech Challenge –Phase 2 (£5k Cash Award) The Green Lighting Challenge ($10k Cash Award)

• 10 grants and awards approaching application deadline

• The Skipso funding section this week has reached 640 Cleantech grants,

awards, incentives and over $39b in value, all are accessible for free onhttp://www.skipso.com/grants/grid.html






US Cleantech Start-up Competition (2 of 2)


California Clean Innovation “Fast Pitch” Competition

• The Fast Pitch Competition provides early stage, clean technology companies aplatform to showcase their business to a panel of Venture Capital judges and a wide array of

conference attendees. All participants will receive valuable, interactive feedback and attentionfrom industry leaders and professional investors.

• Grant Type: Start-ups• Amount: $10,000• Geographic Focus: US• Deadline: 11th April 2010

http://www.cacleaninnovation.com/fast_pitch.htm




UK Green Start-up Competition


Venture Candy – Green Category

• Venture Candy rewards talented businesses with the exposure and profile they need totransform themselves from budding enterprises into talked-about brands.

• In the Green section we’re looking for businesses whose primary objective is to make ourenvironment a cleaner, greener more enjoyable place in which to live.

• Grant Type: Start-ups• Amount: £50,000 in advertising + business support• Geographic Focus: UK • Deadline: 6th April 2010

http://www.venturecandy.co.uk/index.html




Scotland Cleantech Grants (1 of 3)


Zero Waste Scotland Plastics Capital Grant Programme

• Zero Waste Scotland is launching a £5 million capital grant programme on behalf of theScottish Government to develop plastics reprocessing infrastructure in Scotland.

• The programme can provide financial assistance towards facilities capable of sorting, recyclingand reprocessing a range of plastic waste, thereby diverting a minimum of 20,000additional tonnes from landfill per annum.

• Grant Type: Installation Projects• Amount: £5,000,000 fund• Geographic Focus: UK, Scotland• Deadline: 30th August 2010

http://www.wrap.org.uk/wrap_corporate/funding/capital_grants/spp001_funding.html






Construction Waste Recycling and Infrastructure Programme

• The Construction Waste Recycling and Infrastructure Programme is provided by the Wasteand Resources Action Programme (WRAP) to stimulate investment in additional

processing capacity for facilities that process and recycle construction, demolition andexcavation waste from construction sites into reusable materials for re-processors.

• Grant Type: Installation Projects• Amount: £180,000• Geographic Focus: UK, Scotland• Deadline: 31st March 2011

http://www.wrap.org.uk/wrap_corporate/funding/capital_grants/mrf 100_construction.html






Scotland Air Quality Grants

• Local authorities across Scotland can receive grants to help them fit equipment to theirvehicle fleets that reduces harmful emissions. It is hoped the funding will enable local

authorities to improve air quality as part of their statutory local air quality managementresponsibilities.

• Grant Type: Installation Projects• Amount: 30% of total project costs• Geographic Focus: UK, Scotland• Deadline: Ongoing

http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/scotland/Scotland-Welcome-page/Business-and-Public-Sector-in-

Scotland/Grants/Local-authority-Air-Quality-Grants




US State Incentives (Minnesota)


Minnesota Xcel Energy - Solar*Rewards Program

• Xcel Energy's Solar*Rewards Program provides an incentive for residential andcommercial customers that install grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) systems of at least 0.5

kilowatts (kW) and less than 40 kW.

• The incentive takes the form of an up-front rebate of $2.25 per watt DC.

• Grant Type: Production Incentive• Amount: $ 2.25/W DC• Geographic Focus: US, Minnesota• Deadline: Ongoing

http://www.xcelenergy.com/Minnesota/Residential/RenewableEnergy/Solar_Rewards/Pages/home.aspx




Skipso – Open Innovation Lab (1 of 2)


The Green Lighting Challenge

• Grant Type: Prize / Award• Amount: $10,000 / $1,000 referral fee• Geographic Focus: Italy / International• Deadline: 26th March 2010

http://www.skipso.com/innovation.html

• GC is looking for innovative solutions and products to enhance the performance of its LED-basedproduct line and extend its functional application to a wider range of fittings.

• Win $10,000 cash award for submitting solutions that will allow GC to meet the requiredillumination coefficients and to expand its Green Lighting fittings to motorways, urbanareas, sports installations and other public areas.

Refer a friend – Win $1,000!




Skipso – Open Innovation Lab (2 of 2)


University CleanTech Challenge

• The CleanTech Challenge is a student competition jointly hosted by London Business School and University College London where students from top European business and engineering schools compete in cross-functional teams. The challenge is to develop innovative clean technology

ideas from the concept phase to a stage in which they would attract Series A funding or otherwisebe self-sustainable.

• Grant Type: Prize / Award• Amount: £5,000• Geographic Focus: Europe• Deadline: 19th March 2010 (Phase 2)

http://www.cleantechnologychallenge.com






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