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Skipso Weekly Digest

Cleantech Grants, Awards,


Incentives

August 1st - August 6th, 2009

enabling sustainable innovation www.skipso.com


Summary Skipso Cleantech Grants
• Number of Grants: 385
55%
• Value of Grants: $29billion 24%
4%

• Countries Covered: 22 4%
3%
2%
• New Grants this Week: 18
1%
1%
• Latest update: August 6th, 2009
1%

Other countries: Canada, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, China, India, Brazil,


Thailand, Switzerland, Holland, Singapore, UAE

158

100

57
31
20
9 9
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This Week on Skipso

• 18 new Cleantech Grants, Awards and


Incentives added to Skipso’s funding database

• Focus this week was on U.S. DOE’s Loan


Guarantee Programs, specific U.S. State
incentives as well as new International
Prizes and Awards

• The Skipso funding section this week has


reached 385 Cleantech grants and over $29b
in value, all are accessible for free on
http://www.skipso.com
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U.S. DOE - Loan Guarantee Programs
Loan Guarantee for Innovative Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy
and Advanced Transmission and Distribution Technologies
Encourage early commercial use in the U.S. of New or Significantly Improved Technologies in
energy projects that avoid, reduce, or sequester air pollutants or anthropogenic emissions of
greenhouse gases.
Grant Type: Loan Guarantee
Application Deadlines: Amount: $2.5 billion
Region: U.S.
First Part I Application Due Date: September 14, 2009
First Part II Application Due Date: November 13, 2009 http://www.lgprogram.energy.gov/2009-re
Last Part I Application Due Date: August 24, 2010
Last Part II Application Due Date: December 31, 2010

Loan Guarantee for Electric Power Transmission Infrastructure


Investment Projects
Loan guarantees from the U.S. Department of Energy in support of debt financing for
Transmission Infrastructure Investment Projects located in the U.S.
Grant Type: Loan Guarantee
Application Deadlines:
Amount: $750 million
Region: U.S.
Issue Date: July 29 2009
Part I Submission Due Date: September 14, 2009
http://www.lgprogram.energy.gov/2009-C
First Part II Submission Due Date: October 26, 2009

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U.S. State Incentives - Wyoming
Incentive Name Cleantech Focus Details

Wyoming - Renewable Renewable Energy & Energy • Grant Type: Tax Relief
Energy Sales Tax Efficiency • Amount: 100% Exemption
Exemption • Deadline: 30th June 2012
• http://revenue.state.wy.us

Wyoming - Small Energy Efficiency – Energy • Grant Type: Tax Relief


Business Energy Audit Audits of Uses and Losses • Amount: $4,000
Program • Deadline: Ongoing
• http://www.wyomingbusiness.org

Wyoming - Industrial Utility Rebate Program – • Grant Type: Production


Energy Efficiency Energy Efficient Heat Pumps Incentive
Programs and Water Heaters • Amount: Varies
• Deadline: Ongoing
• http://www.blackhillspower.com/cimktg

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U.S. State Incentives - Colorado
Incentive Name Cleantech Focus Details

Colorado - New Energy Renewable Energy & Energy • Grant Type: Installation
Economic Development Efficiency Projects
Grant Program - ARRA • Amount: $2 million
Funds • Deadline: 28th August 2009
• http://www.colorado.gov/energy/

Project C - The Colorado Carbon Offsets • Grant Type: Installation


Carbon Fund Projects
• Amount: Purchase emissions
reductions
• Deadline: Ongoing
• http://www.coloradocarbonfund.org/ind

Colorado - Sales and Use Renewable Energy – applies to • Grant Type: Sales Tax
Tax Exemption for systems which produce Exemption
Renewable Energy electricity from a renewable • Amount: 100%
Equipment resources • Deadline: 1st July 2017
• http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/inc

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U.S. State Incentives – New Mexico
Incentive Name Cleantech Focus Details

New Mexico – Advanced Solar PV, Solar Thermal • Grant Type: Tax Relief
Tax Credit electric, Geothermal Electric • Amount: 6% Credit / $60m
max
• Deadline: Ongoing
• http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/ecmd

New Mexico - Renewable Geothermal, Solar, Wind, • Grant Type: Tax Relief
Energy Production Tax Landfill Gas, Waste • Amount: $0.01/kWh for wind
Credit and biomass $0.027/kWh
(average)
• Deadline: 1st January 2013
• http://www.cleanenergynm.org

New Mexico - Energy Energy Efficiency • Grant Type: Sales Tax


Efficiency & Renewable Exemption
Energy Bond Program • Amount: Varies / $20 Million
in bonds outstanding
• Deadline: Ongoing
• http://www.nmfa.net/loan/?t=State%20

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International Prizes and Awards
Prize Name Cleantech Focus Details
The Lee Kuan Yew World Urban planning projects, urban • Grant Type: Prize / Award
City Prize policies and programmes, • Amount: $210,000
urban management, as well as • Deadline: 30th November
applied technology in urban 2009
solutions. • http://www.leekuanyewworldcityprize.c

Volvo Environment Prize Outstanding innovations or • Grant Type: Prize / Award


scientific discoveries in • Amount: $190,000
environmental and • Deadline: 15th November
sustainability fields 2009
• http://www.environment-prize.com/
Champions of the Earth Renewable Energy – applies to • Grant Type: Prize / Award
systems which produce • Amount: Non-monetary
electricity from a renewable • Deadline: 1st December 2009
resources • http://www.unep.org/champions/

UNEP Sasakawa Green Solutions to Combat • Grant Type: Prize / Award


Environment Prize Climate Change • Amount: $200,000
• Deadline: 30th September
2009
• http://www.unep.org/sasakawa/about.a

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Cleantech Grant of the Week
Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Grant Programme

• Grant Type: Installation Projects


• Amount: 50% of project costs
• Country: United Kingdom
• Duration: Ongoing

http://www.cenex.co.uk/igp_index.asp

• Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Grant Programme is provided by the UK


Department for Transport and is being delivered on their behalf by the Centre
of Excellence for Low Carbon and Fuel Cell Technologies (Cenex)

• Funding is available for public and private sector organisations to develop the
infrastructure required to increase the use of alternative fuels, such as
hydrogen, electricity, and biogas. Projects can include developing charging
points for electric vehicles, and refuelling stations for hydrogen, natural
gas/biomethane

• The fund is open to applications from public and private sector organisations
of all sizes.

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Upcoming Application Deadlines (1 of 2)
Grant Name Focus Details
Technology Strategy Transportation – Vehicles • Grant Type: Prize / Award, UK
Board - Low Carbon • Amount: $10 million
Vehicles • Deadline: 6th August2009
• http://www.innovateuk.org/deliveringin

Recovery Act - Ground Source Heat Pumps • Grant Type: R&D, U.S.
Geothermal Technologies • Amount: $5 million
Program: Ground Source • Deadline: 6th August 2009
Heat Pumps • http://www07.grants.gov/search/synop

Recovery Act: Carbon Carbon Capture and • Grant Type: Installation Proj.,
Capture and Sequestration U.S
Sequestration from • Amount: $3 million
Industrial Sources and • Deadline: 7th August 2009
Innovative Concepts for • http://www.fossil.energy.gov/programs
Beneficial CO2 Use

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Upcoming Application Deadlines (2 of 2)
Grant Name Focus Details
Recovery Act: Advanced Sustainable Materials • Grant Type: Installation Proj.,
Energy Efficient Building U.S.
Technologies • Amount: $75 million
• Deadline: 8th August2009
• http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jse

Recovery Act: Solid State Renewable materials – solid • Grant Type: R&D, U.S
Lighting Core – Round VI state lighting • Amount: $8 million
• Deadline: 10th August 2009
• http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do

Recovery Act: Large Wind Wind - design and construction • Grant Type: R&D, U.S
Turbine Drivetrain of a large dynamometer • Amount: $45 million
Testing Facility facility for testing 5 to 15 MW • Deadline: 13th August 2009
rated drivetrains • http://www.grants.gov/search/search.d

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