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Find similar grantsCalSEED Initiative is sponsored by California Energy Commission (CEC). Supports early-stage clean energy entrepreneurs in California with grants up to $700,000 to advance their concepts and prototypes.
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Watch our series of videos highlighting our awardees: CalSEED Stories Play/Pause video Your browser does not support the video tag. Video montage of the CalSEED team at work. Investing in California’s clean energy future Developing the next generation of clean energy entrepreneurs through early-stage grants of up to $700k.
Administered by New Energy Nexus , CalSEED is one of several initiatives funded by the California Energy Commission EPIC program to advance energy innovation. CalSEED grants of up to $700,000 are awarded to early-stage clean energy entrepreneurs to accelerate California’s clean energy goals.
Reinforcing the Backbone of Electrification CalSEED Cohort 7 Prototype Awards Announcement The Coolest Hours Are the Ones You Don’t Pay For From prototype to powerhouse: how CalSEED helped spark Antora Energy’s growth “Due to our involvement with CalSEED, we plan to support a more equitable society by seeking diverse candidates in our hiring practices and providing differentiated products that specifically increase clean energy access, increase jobs, and provide economic opportunities to disadvantaged, low-income, and vulnerable communities.
” —SolarFlexes, CalSEED Cohort 3 Company The California Sustainable Energy Entrepreneur Development Initiative (CalSEED) is a $48m grant program created to help early-stage California clean energy startups bring their concepts and prototypes to market. CalSEED is administered by New Energy Nexus on behalf of the California Energy Commission. Want to apply but have questions?
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Clean Hydrogen Program (GFO-25-308 - Distributed Clean Hydrogen Production with Onsite End Use (H2ONSITE)) is sponsored by California Energy Commission (CEC). This program provides financial incentives to eligible in-state projects in California for the demonstration or scale-up of the production, processing, delivery, storage, or end use of clean hydrogen, including projects using electrolyzers. Projects must reduce sector-wide emissions, benefit diverse areas of the state, and maximize air quality, equity, health, and workforce benefits.
GFO-25-603 - California’s National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program – Solicitation 6 Community Charging is sponsored by California Energy Commission (CEC). This program funds projects that strategically deploy electric vehicle charging stations with publicly accessible, high-powered, direct current fast chargers to support light-duty EV travel along major corridors as required under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEV…
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