Skipso Weekly Digest

Cleantech Grants, Awards, Incentives

October 23rd – October 30th 2009

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 Summary Skipso Cleantech Grants
• Number of Grants: 488
54%
24%
• Value of Grants: $35billion* 4%
4%
• Countries Covered: 25 3%
2%
• New Grants this Week: 7 1%
1%
• Latest update: October 30th , 2009 1%
1%

*Includes funds allocated for production incentives, loans, tax credits Other countries: Canada, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, China, India, Brazil,
Thailand, Switzerland, Holland, Singapore, UAE

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 This Week on Skipso

• 7 new Cleantech Grants, Awards and Incentives added

to Skipso’s funding database

• Focus this week: new UK R&D, installation projects and

Cleantech loans; U.S. State Incentives (New England,
New York State, Hawaii)

• 14 grants and awards approaching application deadline

• The Skipso funding section this week has reached 488

Cleantech grants, awards, incentives and over $34b in
value, all are accessible for free on http://www.skipso.com

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 Cleantech Grant of the Week
Challenge Fund for Deep
Geothermal Energy

• Grant Type: Research & Development

• Amount: £6,000,000
• Geographic Focus: U.K.
• Deadline: 20th November 2009
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• £6 million in capital grant funding is being made available over the next two
financial years to explore the potential for deep geothermal power in the UK,
helping companies carry out exploratory work needed to identify viable sites

• Projects whose ultimate object is deep geothermal energy exploitation in England,

Scotland and Wales are eligible to bid to the fund

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 Scotland Energy Efficiency Awards
Energy Efficiency Design
Awards 2010

• Grant Type: Installation Projects

• Amount: £1,000,000
• Geographic Focus: Scotland
• Deadline: 19th April 2010
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• The Energy Efficiency Design Awards (EEDA) are a £1 million Scottish

Government initiative intended to promote innovative improvements to the
energy performance of Scotland's existing homes

• The awards are open to communities and housing providers and are aimed
primarily at the large proportion of Scotland's existing housing

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 UK Interest Free Loans
Interest Free Energy
Efficiency Loans

• Grant Type: Loans

• Amount: £400,000
• Geographic Focus: U.K.
• Deadline: Ongoing
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• Our 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

• Loans are available to SMEs and to larger companies that don’t fall under the
Carbon Reduction Commitment – this typically equates to those that spend less than
£500,000 a year on electricity

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 U.S. State Incentives (1 of 2)
Incentive Name
NYSERDA - Energy $mart
Commercial Lighting
Program Incentives
New Generation Energy -
Community Solar Lending
Program
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Cleantech Focus
Incentives for energy-
efficient lighting projects
implemented by
participants in NYSERDA's
Commercial Lighting
Low interest loans for the
installation of solar electric
and solar water heating
systems via its Community
Lending Program (New
England)
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Details
• Grant Type: Inst. Proj., US
• Amount: $460K budget
• Deadline: 31st May 2010
• Visit website
• Grant Type: Inst. Proj., US
• Amount: $5k to $100k
• Deadline: Ongoing
• Visit website
 U.S. State Incentives (2 of 2)
Incentive Name Cleantech Focus Details
Massachusetts – MTC Grants up to $40,000 for • Grant Type: Inst. Proj., US
Commonwealth feasibility studies for • Amount: $600K budget
Hydropower Initiative hydropower facilities or • Deadline: 31st May 2010
$600,000 for • Visit website
rehabilitation/redevelopmen
t/ development of
hydropower facilities

Honolulu - Real Property Property tax exemption for • Grant Type: Installation Proj.,
Tax Exemption for alternative energy US
Alternative Energy improvements • Amount: $5k to $100k
Improvements • Deadline: Ongoing
• Visit website

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