Massachusetts Clean Energy Center

The Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Coordinating Council (EVICC) is holding four public hearings across Massachusetts to inform the council’s second report to the Legislature evaluating the state’s EV charging network and charging deployment strategies.?Get more info at?bit.ly/EVICCHearings

EmPower awardee Boston Community Solar Cooperative and their partners shared the results of their exploration of developing community-owned solar using a community advisory board during a Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) webinar. You can hear how they advocated for equitable clean energy below! https://lnkd.in/dsTSaJQd

Need funding to bring your #climatetech or #cleanenergy idea to life? Do you need support to continue working on an innovation or project that shows promise? We want to help! These funding programs and state tax credits have upcoming due dates: ?? Offshore Wind Tax Incentives: Due Mar. 28 ?? EmPower Massachusetts: Due Apr. 3 ?? Offshore Wind Works - Workforce Training & Development: Due Apr. 7 ?? Climate-Critical Underrepresented Business Support: Due Apr. 25 ?? Climate-Critical Workforce Training: Due May 2 ?? Equity Workforce Training Implementation: Due May 2 ?? Commonwealth Hydropower: Due May 2 ?? Climate Service Corps: Due May 12 ?? Students and Young Adults Career Awareness and Training: Due May 15 ?? Equity Workforce Planning and Capacity: Due May 19 ?? 2030 Fund: Rolling applications ?? AmplifyMass: Rolling applications ?? Mass Fleet Advisor: Rolling applications ?? BETA Project Planning Expansion: Rolling applications ?? BETA Roadmaps: Rolling applications ?? Clean Energy Internship Program for Employers: Rolling applications ?? Technical Trades Work and Learning Program for Employers: Rolling applications Learn more and apply: https://ow.ly/ZCcL50VhBOX

?? Calling all #climatetech startups! MassCEC's Tech-to-Market team is proud to be developing a new grant program called CriticalMass! The program will provide awardees with up to $1 million in non-dilutive funding as well as partnership-focused support. ?? We'd love to hear from climatetech startups before the official launch of CriticalMass. By responding to this RFI, you will help us improve CriticalMass to best support its future awardees. Add your input below! Responses due March 31! https://lnkd.in/ekpjU6jD

?? Congratulations to the 28 #climatetech companies and researchers receiving a total of $5.55 million in funding from MassCEC! These grants, awarded through our AmplifyMass, Catalyst, Diversity in Cleantech - Early Stage, and InnovateMass programs, will help turn groundbreaking ideas into real-world solutions—driving climatetech innovation, job creation, and economic growth across 13 Massachusetts communities. Special thanks to MassVentures for supporting Catalyst, DICES, and InnovateMass awardees. We’re excited to see these projects take off! ?? Join us in celebrating these innovators. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eVSGWmD3?

Want to contribute your professional expertise to solving climate change, accelerating clean energy adoption, or building the clean energy workforce? Respond to our requests for proposals (RFPs) for consulting + services! ? Statewide E-Bike Participant Engagement & Support: Due Apr. 1 ? Technical Assistance for Green School Works: Due Apr. 4 ? Income Verification Services: Due Apr. 11 ? EmPower Massachusetts Program Evaluation: Due Apr. 14 ? Professional Services Support for Workforce Development Programs: Due Apr. 15, then May 20 ? Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Solution, Implementation and Support Services: Due Apr. 18 ? MASFA Zero-Interest Loan Platforms: Due Apr. 25 Learn more and apply: https://ow.ly/QBhY50TTCBv

We're excited to have been a part of #BlueShift's pre-seed round through our 2030 Fund! BlueShift is building an electrochemical system to unlock a domestic supply of critical minerals vital to the world’s energy transition while removing CO2 from Earth’s oceans. The raise, contributed to by ConocoPhillips Tech Ventures, Ridgeline, and SBXi, will help support Blueshift's pilot project in #BostonHarbor! We look forward to seeing Deep Patel, Jessica Dabrowski, and David Kwabi improve transition resiliency and make strides towards low-cost, large-scale carbon removal. Thanks to Katie Fehrenbacher at Axios for breaking the news! ??? https://lnkd.in/ebZErKXr

?? MassCEC-PTS provides owners of renewable energy systems with a convenient method for tracking their production at no cost! Visit our website: https://lnkd.in/eCH6e7zX

Need funding to bring your #climatetech or #cleanenergy idea to life? Do you need support to continue working on an innovation or project that shows promise? We want to help! These funding programs and state tax credits have upcoming due dates: ?? Offshore Wind Tax Incentives: Due Mar. 28 ?? EmPower Massachusetts: Due Apr. 3 ?? Offshore Wind Works - Workforce Training & Development: Due Apr. 7 ?? Climate-Critical Underrepresented Business Support: Due Apr. 25 ?? Climate-Critical Workforce Training: Due May 2 ?? Equity Workforce Training Implementation: Due May 2 ?? Commonwealth Hydropower: Due May 2 ?? Climate Service Corps: Due May 12 ?? Students and Young Adults Career Awareness and Training: Due May 15 ?? Equity Workforce Planning and Capacity: Due May 19 ?? 2030 Fund: Rolling applications ?? AmplifyMass: Rolling applications ?? Mass Fleet Advisor: Rolling applications ?? BETA Project Planning Expansion: Rolling applications ?? BETA Roadmaps: Rolling applications ?? Clean Energy Internship Program for Employers: Rolling applications ?? Technical Trades Work and Learning Program for Employers: Rolling applications Learn more and apply: https://ow.ly/ZCcL50VhBOX

??? Interested in learning how to reduce embodied carbon through your projects? Make sure to check out the wide variety of resources available on our website from our Embodied Carbon Reduction Challenge! Explore here: https://lnkd.in/ec_7r29G