Cleantech Grants, Awards, Incentives - Weekly Update (May 14th 2010)

Skipso Weekly Digest
Cleantech Grants, Awards, Incentives

May 7th – May 14th 2010

enabling sustainable innovation www.skipso.com

Summary Skipso Cleantech Grants

• Total Number of Grants: 675

• Value of Grants: $39billion*

• Countries Covered: 40+

• New Grants this Week: 5

• Latest update: May14th, 2010

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

SKIPSO WEEKLY DIGEST: MAY 7th – MAY 14th enabling sustainable innovation www.skipso.com

This Week on Skipso

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

• Focus this week: Spain and Portugal Feed-in Tariffs, Global
Cleantech Innovation Challenge, Wales Sustainable
Development Fund, Ireland Hydro Electricity Generation
Grants

• 10 grants and awards approaching application deadline

• The Skipso funding section this week has reached 675 Cleantech
grants, awards, incentives and over $39b in value, all are
accessible for free on http://www.skipso.com/grants/grid.html


Solar Feed-in Tariffs (Spain)

Solar PV Feed-in Tariff Spain

• Grant Type: Production Incentive
• Amount: 0,34 €/kWh to 0,31 €/kW
• Geographic Focus: Spain
• Deadline: Will be revised in 2011

http://www.epia.org/policy/national-policies/spain/legislation.html

• The new FiT establishes a quarterly “pre-registration mechanism”. The regulated tariff for
each official announcement will be calculated according to the existing demand within the
previous announcement, with a decrease in the remuneration if the quarterly cap is totally
covered. This mechanism can lead to a decrease of the tariff between 10% and 16% per year
depending on the market segment.


Solar Feed-in Tariffs (Portugal)

Solar PV Feed-in Tariff Portugal

• Grant Type: Production Incentive
• Amount: 0.6175 EUR/kWh
• Geographic Focus: Portugal
• Deadline: 31st December 2013

http://www.epia.org/policy/national-policies/portugal/legislation.html

• The support for Photovoltaics in Portugal radically changed in April 2008 with the introduction
of the Renewables-on-Demand Programme, published as law Decree 363/2007, replacing
the Independent Power Producer (IPP) scheme and setting new tariff levels. On top of the new
FiT (special regime) some investment subsidies, soft loans and a reduction in VAT are also
available.


Global Innovation Cleantech Challenge

The Next 50 Global Innovation Challenge

• Grant Type: Prize / Award
• Amount: INR 500,000
• Geographic Focus: India / Global
• Deadline: 25th May 2010

http://www.onebillionminds.com/category/next50

• We are looking to discover 50 early stage innovators from around the world who can
change the way we work or live. If you are one and wish to turn the spotlight on you, this is
the opportunity you have been waiting all along for.

• If your innovation is in or across the areas of Agriculture, Cleantech, Financial Inclusion,
Education and Technology, join us today and submit your innovation for evaluation.


Wales Sustainable Fund

Sustainable Development Challenge Fund

• Grant Type: Prize / Award
• Amount: £40,000
• Geographic Focus: Wales
• Deadline: 24th May 2010

http://ecosapiens.squarespace.com/documents-presentations/wales-sustainability/

• The Sustainable Development Challenge Fund is provided by the Welsh Assembly
Government in support of the One Planet: One Wales sustainable development strategy.
Funding is available to support new, innovative project ideas for sustainable development
concepts that have the capacity to move the agenda forwards and will address community,
business and third sector needs.


Northern Ireland Hydro Generation Grant

NIE Energy – Help with Hydro

• Grant Type: Installation Projects
• Amount: £20,000
• Geographic Focus: Northern Ireland
• Deadline: 31st December 2010

http://ecosapiens.squarespace.com/documents-presentations/wales-sustainability/

• The Help with Hydro is provided by NIE Energy as part of the NIE SMART programme.
The scheme can provide grants to businesses and other organisations to install renewable
hydro-electricity generation equipment on properties that they own.


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