This week on Skipso:
5 new Cleantech Grants, Awards and Incentives added to Skipso’s funding database
Focus this week: €500K Green Lottery Challenge, EU Eurostars Programme for SMEs, International Sustainable Construction Awards, San Francisco Green Loans Programme, Bulgarian Feed-in Tariffs
8 grants and awards approaching application deadline
The Skipso funding section this week has reached 665 Cleantech grants, awards, incentives and over $39b in value, all are accessible for free on http://www.skipso.com/grants/grid.html
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1. Skipso Weekly Digest
Cleantech Grants, Awards, Incentives
April 16th – April 23rd 2010
enabling sustainable innovation www.skipso.com
2. Summary Skipso Cleantech Grants
• Number of Grants: 665
• Value of Grants: $39billion*
• Countries Covered: 40+
• New Grants this Week: 5
• Latest update: April 23rd, 2010
*Includes funds allocated for production incentives, loans, tax credits and expired grants
SKIPSO WEEKLY DIGEST: APRIL 16th – APRIL 23rd enabling sustainable innovation www.skipso.com
3. This Week on Skipso
• 5 new Cleantech Grants, Awards and Incentives added to
Skipso’s funding database
• Focus this week: €500K Green Lottery Challenge, EU Eurostars
Programme for SMEs, International Sustainable
Construction Awards, San Francisco Green Loans
Programme, Bulgarian Feed-in Tariffs
• 8 grants and awards approaching application deadline
• The Skipso funding section this week has reached 665 Cleantech
grants, awards, incentives and over $39b in value, all are
accessible for free on http://www.skipso.com/grants/grid.html
SKIPSO WEEKLY DIGEST: APRIL 16th – APRIL 23rd enabling sustainable innovation www.skipso.com
4. €500k Lottery Green Challenge
The Postcode Lottery Green Challenge
• Grant Type: Prize / Award
• Amount: €500,000
• Geographic Focus: International
• Deadline: 24th September 2010
http://www.greenchallenge.info/greenchallenge/
• The world must embrace a new, greener lifestyle. One bright idea can make a big difference. To
encourage and aid the invention of great new green products and services, the Dutch
Postcode Lottery presents the Postcode Lottery Green Challenge 2010.
• One bright idea can make a big difference. The entrant with the best idea for a greenhouse-
gas-reducing product or service will win €500,000, expert coaching and a starting list of
customers.
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5. EU Funding for SMEs
EUREKA Eurostars Programme
• Grant Type: R&D
• Amount: Varies by member state
• Geographic Focus: EU
• Deadline: 30th September 2010
http://www.eurostars-eureka.eu/home.do
• EUREKA's Eurostars Programme is the first European funding and support
programme to be specifically dedicated to SMEs. Eurostars will stimulate them to lead
international collaborative research and innovation projects by easing access to
support and funding.
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6. Sustainable Construction Awards
Holcim Awards in Sustainable Construction
• Grant Type: Prize / Award
• Amount: $2,000,000
• Geographic Focus: International
• Deadline: Opens July 1st 2010
http://www.holcimfoundation.org/T989/Regional_Holcim_Awards_2010.htm
• Five regional competitions followed by a global competition seek innovative, future-oriented and
tangible construction projects to promote sustainable responses to the technological,
environmental, socioeconomic and cultural issues affecting building and construction on a
local, regional and global level.
• The third series of Holcim Awards competitions will open for entries on July 1, 2010.
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7. San Francisco Green Loans Programme
San Francisco GreenFinanceSF
• Grant Type: Installation Projects
• Amount: $50,000, $150 million fund
• Geographic Focus: San Francisco, US
• Deadline: Ongoing
https://greenfinancesf.org/systems/energy/
• In April 2010, San Francisco launched the country's largest Property Assessed Clean
Energy (PACE) financing program, GreenFinanceSF.
• Participants can borrow between $5,000 and $50,000 dollars and repayment can be spread
across a maximum of 20 years.
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8. Bulgarian Feed-in Tariffs
Bulgarian Feed-in Tariffs for Renewable Energy
• Grant Type: Production Incentives
• Amount: from €56.64 / MWh to 405.39 /MWp
• Geographic Focus: Bulgaria
• Deadline: April 2011
http://www.dker.bg/
• Feed-in tariff regime for Bulgarian renewable energy sources.
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9. Upcoming Application Deadlines (1 of 2)
http://www.skipso.com/grants/grid.html
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10. Upcoming Application Deadlines (2 of 2)
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