Skipso Weekly Digest

Cleantech Grants, Awards, Incentives

December 11th – December 18th 2009

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 Summary Skipso Cleantech Grants
• Number of Grants: 546
53%
25%
• Value of Grants: $38billion* 3%
3%
• Countries Covered: 40+ 3%
2%
• New Grants this Week: 6 2%
2%
• Latest update: December 18th , 2009 1%
1%

*Includes funds allocated for production incentives, loans, tax credits and Other countries: Canada, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, China, India, Brazil,
expired grants Thailand, Switzerland, Holland, Singapore, UAE , Nigeria, Other EU & African
countries

189

126

92

40 37
23 20 19

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 This Week on Skipso
• 6 new Cleantech Grants, Awards and Incentives added to
Skipso’s funding database and 2 previously added grants
updated for 2010

• Focus this week: UK Carbon Trust Grants and Incentives,

Canada Feed-in Tariffs (Ontario), US State Incentives (Maryland,
Nebraska), Wales Recycling R&D Grant, new Sustainable
Business Awards

• 2 Skipso Open Innovation Challenges are live: The Green Lighting

Challenge ($10k Cash Award) and the Concepts for CO2
Offsetting Challenge ($5k Cash Award)

• 2 grants and awards approaching application deadline

• The Skipso funding section this week has reached 546 Cleantech
grants, awards, incentives and over $38b in value, all are
accessible for free on http://www.skipso.com
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 UK Carbon Trust Grants & Incentives (1 of 2)

Applied Research Funding

• Grant Type: Research & Development

• Amount: Up to £500,000
• Geographic Focus: United Kingdom
• Deadline: 18th February 2010
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• The Applied Research scheme offers grants (of up to £500,000) to projects

which develop new low carbon technologies which will benefit the UK.

• Any business, university, public sector or voluntary organisation may apply

for a grant. A minimum 40% match funding is required, subject to State Aid
legislation.

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 UK Carbon Trust Grants & Incentives (2 of 2)

Interest Free Energy Efficiency

Loans

• Grant Type: Loans

• Amount: Up to £500,000 (was £400k)
• Geographic Focus: United Kingdom
• Deadline: Ongoing
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• Is your old equipment making your business uncompetitive? Or is it simply costing

a fortune in energy bills? Carbon Trust’s interest free loans give you the
opportunity to both modernise your business and reduce overheads, with your loan
repayments comfortably covered by your estimated energy savings.

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 Feed-in Tariffs (Ontario, Canada)

Ontario Feed-in Tariff Program

• Grant Type: Production Incentive

• Amount: Incentive varies
• Geographic Focus: Ontario, Canada
• Deadline: Projects commercial within 5 years
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• Ontario's feed-in tariff or FIT Program is North America's first comprehensive

guaranteed pricing structure for renewable electricity production. It offers
stable prices under long-term contracts for energy generated from renewable
sources, including: biomass, biogas, landfill gas, on-shore and off-shore
wind, solar photovoltaic (PV), waterpower.

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 US State-Incentives
Name Cleantech Focus Details

Maryland - Mid-Size Solar Solar Photovoltaic, Solar • Grant Type: Production

Energy Grant Program Thermal Heating Incentive
• Amount: $25k max incentive
• Deadline: 31st Oct 2010
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Maryland - Clean Energy Renewable Energy, Energy • Grant Type: Loans

Economic Development Efficiency, Energy • Amount: $7m total fund
Initiative Infrastructure • Deadline: 30th Apr 2010
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Nebraska - Commercial Green Buildings, Energy • Grant Type: R&D

and Industrial Energy- Infrastructure • Amount: $50k max
Efficiency Innovation incentive
Grant • Deadline: TBC for 2010
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 Waste Management & Recycling Wales

Zero Waste Action

• Grant Type: Research & Development

• Amount: 80% of total eligible costs
• Geographic Focus: Powys, Wales
• Deadline: 31st December 2010
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• The Powys Zero Waste project is funded through the Rural Development Plan 2007-
2013 with funding from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development
and Powys Council.

• The project will support private sector, community and social enterprise projects
reduce waste and improve recycling capacity in Powys.

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 New Sustainable Business Awards

The AlterEcho Sustainable

Business Boost Awards

• Grant Type: Prize / Award

• Amount: $50,000 in support services
• Geographic Focus: United States
• Deadline: 30th January 2010
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• The AlterEcho Sustainable Business Boost Award Awarding Up to $50,000 of

Environmental Consulting Services To One Ambitious Sustainability-Focused
Business with a Desire to Tackle an Environmental Business Challenge.

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 Skipso – Open Innovation Lab (1 of 2)
Refer a friend – Win $1,000!

The Green Lighting Challenge

• Grant Type: Prize / Award

• Amount: $10,000 / $1,000 referral fee
• Geographic Focus: Italy / International
• Deadline: 8th March 2010

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• GC is looking for innovative solutions and products to enhance the performance of its
LED-based product 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
required illumination coefficients and to expand its Green Lighting fittings to
motorways, urban areas, sports installations and other public areas.

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 Skipso – Open Innovation Lab (2 of 2)
Refer a friend – Win $500!

Concepts for CO2 Project Sourcing

• Grant Type: Prize / Award

• Amount: $5,000 / $500 referral fee
• Geographic Focus: Developing Countries
• Deadline: 25th January 2010
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• Myclimate, The Climate Protection Partnership, is looking for innovative approaches to

secure and expand the sourcing of carbon offsetting projects.

Win $5,000 for submitting the most compelling concept for myclimate to find and
approach Cleantech companies, technology providers and other organizations that
apply and implement CO2-reducing technologies and initiatives in developing
countries, mainly in the field of renewable energy and energy efficiency.

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