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The US Division of Power (DOE) is out with one other spherical of cleantech bulletins in the present day.
Clear Power Cybersecurity
To start with, 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 methods to enhance cybersecurity within the electrical sector.
“Following a profitable first cohort, CECA convened a second spherical addressing the complexity of commercial management techniques (ICS) and dangers arising from incomplete system visibility,” the DOE stories. “A newly launched abstract report particulars CECA’s analysis of Asimily’s threat 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, threat modeling, risk 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 take a look at cybersecurity applied sciences for an more and more diversified grid that features clear power applied sciences.”
Okay, I’ll be trustworthy — after studying by way of 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 word: Ought to we be publishing the total report on these cybersecurity issues for the dangerous guys to learn?)
Clear Power Tech Startups
Shifting on to one thing easier, the DOE’s Workplace of Know-how Transitions (OTT) in the present day introduced 5 Part 2 winners within the Power Program for Innovation Clusters (EPIC) Spherical 3. (Part 2 and Spherical 3? Huh? This was imagined to be getting easier.) “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 precious 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 individuals praising this system they’re related to, I needed to see who these 5 winners have been, and figured that’s what pursuits you, too. Fortunately, the DOE supplied a map of the place they — and former winners — are headquartered, after which a pleasant abstract of the 5 winners that’s largely in plain English.
- Arrowhead Middle 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 accessible for licensing or remedy neighborhood/business challenges with their very own or lab applied sciences.
- ClimateHaven, Inc., New Haven, CT — ClimateHaven MVP will present enterprise help companies to corporations in Connecticut, specializing in early-stage corporations, with sector-specific help within the discipline of inexperienced chemistry/engineering. The award for this workforce is co-funded by the Power Industrial Effectivity and Decarbonization Workplace.
- Dominion Power Innovation Middle, Ashland, VA — DEIC Hyperscaled will focus particularly on startups associated to or supporting knowledge heart power utilization.
- Puerto Rico Science, Know-how and Analysis Belief (PRSTRT), San Juan, Puerto Rico — Mission Swap will construct on PRSTRT’s success with its Parallel18 accelerator program, with the objective of centering Puerto Rico because the premier hub of power innovation within the Americas. The award for this workforce is co-funded by the Grid Deployment Workplace.
- Spark Innovation Middle, Knoxville TN — SparkShop will present product improvement help, sources, and coaching designed to assist cleantech startups speed up market entry, validate know-how, and increase investor confidence.
Clear Power & Manufacturing Innovation in Underserved Communities
Lastly for in the present day, we hear that $2 million is being distributed throughout 19 Neighborhood Power Innovation Prize groups targeted on attempting to “help innovation, entrepreneurship, capability constructing, and financial improvement in communities traditionally underrepresented in clear power funding.” Every workforce received $10,000 or extra. The groups deemed most impactful received $310,000.
Listed below are the profitable groups on this spherical of awards:
Clear Power Ecosystem Monitor
- Requity Basis (Baltimore, Maryland) awarded $310,000
- Neighborhood By means of Colours (Vieques, Puerto Rico) awarded $310,000
- East Phillips Neighborhood Institute (EPNI) and Cooperative Power Futures (CEF) (Minneapolis, Minnesota) awarded $160,000
- Folks Energy: Power Safety/Possession (Fort Smith, Arkansas) awarded $160,000
- Crew 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 Crew (RIT) (Rosebud, South Dakota) awarded $100,000
Manufacturing Ecosystem Monitor
- Eighth Technology 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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