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The US Division of Power (DOE) is out with one other spherical of cleantech bulletins right now.
Clear Power Cybersecurity
Initially, the Clear Power Cybersecurity Accelerator (CECA) program, working with the US DOE’s Workplace of Cybersecurity, Power Safety, and Emergency Response (CESER) in addition to some utilities, is transferring ahead with work on the best way to enhance cybersecurity within the electrical sector.
“Following a profitable first cohort, CECA convened a second spherical addressing the complexity of commercial management programs (ICS) and dangers arising from incomplete system visibility,” the DOE studies. “A newly launched abstract report particulars CECA’s analysis of Asimily’s danger administration platform, examined by the Nationwide Renewable Power Laboratory (NREL). The platform raised visibility of linked units by bolstering capabilities in system inventories, system vulnerability mitigation, danger modeling, menace detection, and incident response.”
Hmm, attention-grabbing. I feel.
“The report stems from a collaborative effort between business and Federal stakeholders that gives innovators with a complete platform to develop and check cybersecurity applied sciences for an more and more diversified grid that features clear power applied sciences.”
Okay, I’ll be sincere — after studying via the entire press launch on this, I’m none the wiser. They’re working to enhance cybersecurity within the electrical sector, notably in a brand new period with extra renewable power. I get that. However the particulars are past my pay grade (which, I’ll admit, isn’t very excessive). If you wish to dive into them, although, right here’s the total report. (Aspect observe: Ought to we be publishing the total report on these cybersecurity issues for the unhealthy guys to learn?)
Clear Power Tech Startups
Transferring on to one thing less complicated, the DOE’s Workplace of Know-how Transitions (OTT) right now introduced 5 Section 2 winners within the Power Program for Innovation Clusters (EPIC) Spherical 3. (Section 2 and Spherical 3? Huh? This was presupposed to be getting less complicated.) “EPIC Spherical 3 is a multi-phase funding alternative that goals to encourage power innovation ecosystems, enhance native clear power enterprise productiveness, and enhance the business success of power tech startups. Now in its third consecutive 12 months of competitors, the EPIC program has gained recognition as a worthwhile useful resource for organizations supporting clear power innovation and entrepreneurship,” the DOE notes. Nicely, that makes it extra clear.
Skipping a bunch of quotes from notable folks praising this system they’re related to, I wished to see who these 5 winners have been, and figured that’s what pursuits you, too. Fortunately, the DOE offered a map of the place they — and former winners — are headquartered, after which a pleasant abstract of the 5 winners that’s principally in plain English.
- Arrowhead Heart at NMSU, Las Cruces, NM — Arrowhead RenewTech Incubator will construct on in-house incubator choices, specializing in rising power and water applied sciences. Cohorts will both work with Nationwide Lab applied sciences obtainable for licensing or remedy group/business challenges with their very own or lab applied sciences.
- ClimateHaven, Inc., New Haven, CT — ClimateHaven MVP will present enterprise assist providers to firms in Connecticut, specializing in early-stage firms, with sector-specific assist within the subject of inexperienced chemistry/engineering. The award for this group is co-funded by the Power Industrial Effectivity and Decarbonization Workplace.
- Dominion Power Innovation Heart, Ashland, VA — DEIC Hyperscaled will focus particularly on startups associated to or supporting knowledge middle power utilization.
- Puerto Rico Science, Know-how and Analysis Belief (PRSTRT), San Juan, Puerto Rico — Challenge Change will construct on PRSTRT’s success with its Parallel18 accelerator program, with the purpose of centering Puerto Rico because the premier hub of power innovation within the Americas. The award for this group is co-funded by the Grid Deployment Workplace.
- Spark Innovation Heart, Knoxville TN — SparkShop will present product improvement assist, assets, and coaching designed to assist cleantech startups speed up market entry, validate know-how, and enhance investor confidence.
Clear Power & Manufacturing Innovation in Underserved Communities
Lastly for right now, we hear that $2 million is being distributed throughout 19 Neighborhood Power Innovation Prize groups targeted on making an attempt to “assist innovation, entrepreneurship, capability constructing, and financial improvement in communities traditionally underrepresented in clear power funding.” Every group received $10,000 or extra. The groups deemed most impactful received $310,000.
Listed below are the successful groups on this spherical of awards:
Clear Power Ecosystem Monitor
- Requity Basis (Baltimore, Maryland) awarded $310,000
- Neighborhood By Colours (Vieques, Puerto Rico) awarded $310,000
- East Phillips Neighborhood Institute (EPNI) and Cooperative Power Futures (CEF) (Minneapolis, Minnesota) awarded $160,000
- Individuals Energy: Power Safety/Possession (Fort Smith, Arkansas) awarded $160,000
- Staff Bean (New Orleans, Louisiana) awarded $160,000
- Convivencia Hispana Power Navigator (St. James, Minnesota) awarded $100,000
- Shake Power Collaborative (Honolulu, Hawaii) awarded $100,000
- LEI Basis (Waianae Moku, Hawaii) awarded $100,000
- Pomona Direct-to-Renter (Pomona, California) awarded $100,000
- RESCo Innovation Staff (RIT) (Rosebud, South Dakota) awarded $100,000
Manufacturing Ecosystem Monitor
- Eighth Era Consulting (Osage, Oklahoma) awarded $260,000
- The PDX Clear Trade Community (Portland, Oregon) awarded $110,000
- CEIP Warren (Warren, Ohio) awarded $110,000
- Clear Tech Innovation Community (Chicago, Illinois) awarded $60,000
- Inexperienced Leap Riverside (Fullerton, California) awarded $10,000
- APLUS (Arlington, Texas) awarded $10,000
- IMPACTT (Evansville, Indiana) awarded $10,000
- Metals Innovation Initiative (MI2) (4 counties in Kentucky) awarded $10,000
- Scale for ClimateTech (New York Metropolis, New York) awarded $10,000
Total, the Neighborhood Power Innovation Prize gave out $7.5 million. It wrapped up with this spherical of awards.
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