Innovation
Innovation programs are administered by the NECEC Institute, a supporting entity of the New England Clean Energy Council. Click here to learn more.
Cleantech Innovations New England
The NECEC Institute leads this region-wide pilot program designed to accelerate the pace and scale of new clean energy ventures across all six New England states by developing a cohesive regional community, facilitating valuable connections and collaborations, and assisting entrepreneurs with proof-of-concept-center funding awards. This multimillion-dollar 2-year pilot, which commenced at the end of 2011, is made possible with generous funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (“EDA”) through their i6 Green program, supplemented with matching commitments from Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Learn More.
U-Launch
U-Launch is an innovative partnership launched in late 2010 to accelerate the spinout and commercialization of clean energy technologies from New England university labs by providing a flexible set of technical, business, financial and infrastructure services and funding to help promising but unproven cleantech innovations cross the chasm from lab to early market.
U-Launch is a collaboration between four partners with complementary cleantech expertise: Fraunhofer TechBridge, the New England Clean Energy Council (NECEC), the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC), and the Association of Cleantech Incubators of New England (ACTION). Learn more.