Cleantech Grants, Awards, Incentives - Weekly Digest (Oct 9th)

Skipso Weekly DigestCleantech Grants, Awards, Incentives

September October 2nd – October 9th 2009

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Summary Skipso Cleantech Grants


Other countries: Canada, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, China, India, Brazil, Thailand, Switzerland, Holland, Singapore, UAE

•Number of Grants:

•Value of Grants:

•Countries Covered:

•New Grants this Week:

•Latest update:

467

$35billion*

25

10

October 9th, 2009

SKIPSO WEEKLY DIGEST: OCTOBER 2nd - OCTOBER 9th

54%

24%

4%

4%

3%

2%

1%

1%

1%

1%

174

10786

38

1431

410

*Includes funds allocated for production incentives, loans, tax credits

This Week on Skipso


• 10 new Cleantech Grants, Awards and Incentives added to Skipso’s funding database

• Focus this week was on Recovery Act Funding for New Graduates in Science, U.S. State Incentives (Pennsylvania), new Canada Renewable Energy Grants, UNEP’s sponsored Rural Energy Start-up Grants (Africa, China, Brazil)

• 14 grants and awards approaching application deadline

• The Skipso funding section this week has reached 467 Cleantech grants, awards, incentives and over $34b in value, all are accessible for free on http://www.skipso.com


Recovery Act Funding


Recovery Act Funding for New Graduate Fellowships in Science,

Mathematics and Engineering

The program supports outstanding students to pursue graduate training in basic research in areas of physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, engineering,

computational sciences, and environmental sciences relevant to the Office of Science and to encourage the development of the next generation scientific and

technical talent in the U.S.

• Grant Type: Research & Development• Amount: $50k per year ($12.5 million total

fund)• Geographic Focus: U.S.• Deadline: 30th November 2009

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U.S. State Incentives (Pennsylvania 1 of 2)


Incentive Name Cleantech Focus Details

Pennsylvania - Alternative Energy Production Tax Credit

Tax Credits on Renewable Energy Projects

•Grant Type: Tax Relief, US•Amount: 15% on investments•Deadline: 31st Dec 2016•Visit website

Pennsylvania - DCED Alternative and Clean Energy Program

Wind, Hydro, Bio-energy, Geothermal other Renewable Sources

•Grant Type: Loans, US•Amount: $165m grant program•Deadline: Ongoing•Visit website


U.S. State Incentives (Pennsylvania 2 of 2)



Pennsylvania - DCED Wind and Geothermal Incentives Program Credit

Wind and Geothermal energy technologies

•Grant Type: Loans, US•Amount: $25m grant program•Deadline: Ongoing•Visit website

Pennsylvania - DCED Solar Energy Incentives Program

Solar Energy Technologies •Grant Type: Loans, US•Amount: $80m grant program•Deadline: Ongoing•Visit website


Canada Cleantech Grants



Canada SmartWay Certified Technology Fund

Transport: Efficient Technologies for Heavy Vehicles

•Grant Type: Inst. Proj., Canada•Amount: N/A•Deadline: 30th Oct 2009•Visit website

ecoENERGY for Renewable Power

Renewable Sources: Solar, Wind, Hydro, Marine, Bio-energy, Geothermal

•Grant Type: Incentive, Canada•Amount: $1c per kWh / 10 years•Deadline: 31st Mar 2011•Visit website


Cleantech Grant of the Week (1 of 3)


AREED - African Rural Energy Enterprise Development

AREED provides early-stage funding and enterprise development services to entrepreneurs, helping build successful businesses that supply clean energy

technologies and services to rural and peri-urban African customers.

• Grant Type: Start-ups• Amount: Varies• Geographic Focus: Africa• Deadline: Ongoing

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CREED - China Rural Energy Enterprise Development

• In the biologically rich and diverse northwest Yunnan Province and neighbouring areas of Western China, the China Rural Energy Enterprise Development (CREED) initiative is helping to create a sustainable energy development path for rural people

• CREED builds on the “REED approach” developed by project partner E+Co to couple Enterprise Development Services (EDS) with closely targeted start-up financing for entrepreneurs

• Grant Type: Start-ups• Amount: up to $150,000• Geographic Focus: China – Yunnan Province• Deadline: Ongoing

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REED - Brazil Rural Energy Enterprise Development

• B-REED (Brazil Rural Energy Enterprise Development Programme), a US$2 million initiative with funding primarily from the United Nations Foundation

• B-REED employs E+Co’s “enterprise centered” approach of providing enterprise development services (“EDS”), together with early stage capital, up to $250,000, in the form of debt, equity, or a mezzanine structure.

• Grant Type: Start-ups• Amount: up to $250,000• Geographic Focus: Brazil – northeast regions• Deadline: Ongoing

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