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GFO-20-302 – Realizing Accelerated Manufacturing and Production for Clean Energy Technologies (RAMP) 2020

CA Energy Commission · 3075

Eligibility details

The prime applicant must be a for-profit commercial entity or individual with the rights to commercialize the intellectual property being advanced. The following entities are not eligible to be prime applicants: Local publicly owned electric utilities Public and private universities National Labs Utilities Private non-profit research organizations, and End-use customers of the proposed technology.

Matching funds & resources

Source matching-funds field: 50%. Match funding is required in the amount of at least 50% of the requested grant funds.

Matching funds and leveraged resources are different requirements. Read the description and reviewed rules below before determining resource commitments.

About this opportunity

Startups that attempt to scale-up face several hurdles when moving from prototype to production, including a series of new design challenges that impact a host of innovations. Start-up companies typically lack the practical manufacturing experience to successfully move their energy technology innovation to production. Moving a technology into production requires understanding of a wholly different set of considerations than the initial technology development, including material selection, supply-chain management, and assembly steps. This solicitation is targeting companies with emerging best-of-class innovative technologies that have achieved an established full-scale prototype and are seeking to move from one-off production to a pilot production line. Companies with established production lines for their proposed emerging technology are not eligible for this solicitation. This solicitation is part of the California Energy Commission’s ongoing strategy to foster and support clean energy entrepreneurship across the state. This solicitation will provide funding to help clean energy start-up companies reach a Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) 8.

Funding geography: Not applicable

Funding instrument: Grant. Issuing jurisdiction: California. This is not a geographic eligibility determination.