6 new Cleantech Grants, Awards and Incentives added to Skipso’s funding database
Focus this week: New US State Incentives (California, Massachusetts), Mexico Cleantech Challenge, International Student Sustainability Competition, new UK Carbon Reduction Scheme
12 grants and awards approaching application deadline
The Skipso funding section this week has reached 656 Cleantech grants, awards, incentives and over $39b in value, all are accessible for free on http://www.skipso.com/grants/grid.html
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1. Skipso Weekly Digest
Cleantech Grants, Awards, Incentives
April 2nd – April 9th 2010
enabling sustainable innovation www.skipso.com
2. Summary Skipso Cleantech Grants
• Number of Grants: 654
• Value of Grants: $39billion*
• Countries Covered: 40+
• New Grants this Week: 6
• Latest update: April 9th, 2010
*Includes funds allocated for production incentives, loans, tax credits and expired grants
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3. This Week on Skipso
• 6 new Cleantech Grants, Awards and Incentives added to
Skipso’s funding database
• Focus this week: New US State Incentives (California,
Massachusetts), Mexico Cleantech Challenge, International
Student Sustainability Competition, new UK Carbon
Reduction Scheme
• 12 grants and awards approaching application deadline
• The Skipso funding section this week has reached 656 Cleantech
grants, awards, incentives and over $39b in value, all are
accessible for free on http://www.skipso.com/grants/grid.html
SKIPSO WEEKLY DIGEST: APRIL 2nd – APRIL 9th enabling sustainable innovation www.skipso.com
4. US State Incentives – California
California Sales Tax Exemption for Alternative
Energy Manufacturing Equipment
• Grant Type: Tax Exemption
• Amount: 100% exemption
• Geographic Focus: California, US
• Deadline: 1st January 2021
http://www.treasurer.ca.gov/caeatfa/sb71/index.asp
• SB 71 of 2010 established an exclusion from the state's sales and use tax for the purchase of
renewable energy equipment, combined heat and power equipment, and alternative
transportation equipment in California
• Project owners will need to apply to the California Alternative Energy and Advanced
Transportation Financing Authority (CAEATFA) to receive the sales tax exclusion.
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5. US State Incentives – Massachusetts (1 of 2)
Massachusetts DOER – Green Communities
Grant Programme
• Grant Type: Installation Projects
• Amount: $1,000,000
• Geographic Focus: Massachusetts, US
• Deadline: 28th May 2010
http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eoeeaterminal&L=3&L0=Home&L1=Energy%2c+Utilities+%26+Clean
+Technologies&L2=Green+Communities&sid=Eoeea&b=terminalcontent&f=doer_green_communities_gc-grant-
program&csid=Eoeea
• In 2008, Massachusetts enacted the Green Communities Act and created the Green
Communities Division within the Department of Energy Resources (DOER) to support
Massachusetts communities towards a sustainable future, specifically in terms of energy use.
• The Green Communities Division offers educational, technical, and networking support to
the states' communities.
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6. US State Incentives – Massachusetts (2 of 2)
Massachusetts – Commonwealth
Community-Scale Wind Initiative
• Grant Type: Installation Projects
• Amount: $2,000,000
• Geographic Focus: Massachusetts, US
• Deadline: 4th May 2010
http://masscec.com/index.cfm?pid=11047
• The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center’s (MassCEC) Community-Scale Wind Initiative
awards grants for qualifying wind projects with a nameplate capacity greater than or
equal to 100 kilowatts (kW).
• A project is eligible for funding if it is located at a commercial, industrial, institutional, or
public site, and if the electric system will be served by a Massachusetts investor-owned electric
utility company or a Municipal Light Plant Department
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7. Mexico Cleantech Challenge
Cleantech Challenge Mexico 2010
• Grant Type: Start-ups
• Amount: Recognition, Funding and Business Support
• Geographic Focus: Mexico
• Deadline: 24th April 2010
http://www.cleantechchallenge.org/wb3/wb/ctc/cleantechchallenge
• Business plan competition for Mexican Cleantech start-ups
• El Cleantech Challenge México 2010 es el primer torneo abierto de empresas y proyectos
de tecnología limpia en México. Es un concurso a través del cual buscamos encontrar el
mejor proyecto de negocio o empresa de tecnologías limpias (cleantech) aplicable en México y
el resto del mundo.
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8. Sustainable Innovation Student Challenge
The Dow Sustainability Innovation
Student Challenge
• Grant Type: Prize / Award
• Amount: $10,000
• Geographic Focus: Selected Universities
• Deadline: Annual
http://www.dow.com/studentchallenge/index.htm
• The Dow Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge recognizes and rewards
Students and Universities for their innovation and research of sustainable solutions to
the world’s most pressing social, economic and environmental problems.
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9. UK Carbon Reduction Scheme
Foundation
• Grant Type: Installation Projects
• Amount: £50,000
• Geographic Focus: Selected Universities
• Deadline: 5th April 2010
http://foundation.climatefund.org.uk/
• Foundation is a carbon reduction scheme financed by the Northwest Regional
Development Agency, along with private donations from businesses and individuals, which is
being managed by Groundwork Northwest.
• It will provide grants for North West of England-based charities, community groups,
public sector bodies and not-for-profit organisations to carry out projects that will reduce
energy use and make significant carbon dioxide emissions savings.
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