U.S. Department of Energy Offers Vouchers to Support Cleantech Innovation

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has set up a $20 million federal initiative to support cleantech innovation. The DOE is offering vouchers, valued between $50,000 and $300,000, to help advance cleantech manufacturing, vehicles, buildings, and alternative energy sources.
According to an article on EfficiencyMarkets.com:

Five national energy laboratories will provide vouchers to more than 100 small clean tech innovators, so they can access the labs’ expertise and tools to test, validate, and introduce new products, expand their businesses, and grow the clean energy sector.
The labs also will help the businesses with outreach, merit review coordination and match making between businesses and experts throughout the national laboratory network, according to the DOE.
Set to begin later this summer, the program will be lead  Oak Ridge National Laboratory ($5.6 million), National Renewable Energy Laboratory ($4.9 million), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ($4.2 million), Sandia National Laboratories ($2.8 million), and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory ($2.7 million).

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