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GFO-23-318 – BRIDGE 2024: Bringing Rapid Innovation Development to Green Energy

CA Energy Commission · 78519

Eligibility details

This solicitation is open to all private entities and individuals that have previously received a funding award from an eligible CEC program or U.S. federal agency that provided funding for applied research of the technology identified in the proposal, and who do not fall within the list of ineligible prime applicants as stated below.

Matching funds & resources

Source matching-funds field: 25%. Match funding is required in the amount of at least 25% of the requested CEC funds.

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

About this opportunity

Bringing Rapid Innovation Development to Green Energy (BRIDGE) 2024 seeks to 1) help start-up companies minimize the time between when their successful publicly-funded project ends and new public funding becomes available; and 2) mobilize more early-stage capital in the clean energy space by providing non-dilutive, matching investments in promising clean energy companies in conjunction with investors and commercial partners. BRIDGE provides increased support for the most promising clean energy technologies that have already attracted interest from the market as they are developed and continue their path to market adoption. Eligible projects must fall within one or more of the following technology categories: · Category 1: Energy Efficiency; or · Category 2: End-use Electrification; or · Category 3: Energy Storage; or · Category 4: Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning/Advanced Sensing; or · Category 5: Advanced Power Electronics/Power Conditioning; or · Category 6: Zero- and Negative-Carbon Emission Generation (Renewable Generation)

Funding geography: The following entities are not eligible to be prime applicants for this solicitation: Public and private universities National Labs Utilities Private non-profit research organizations End-use customers of the proposed technology. These organizations are eligible to be subrecipients if they are providing technical consulting or testing and laboratory facilities or services.

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