Global Cleantech innovation Programme 2016 (GCIP) - Last date 15th May 2016

The United Nations Industrial Development organization (UNIDO) runs a Global Cleantech Innovation Programme in India in association with world's largest clean technology accelerator (Cleantech Open USA) under the aegis of the ministry of MSME. The Ministry of MSME in partnership with UNIDO launched the GCIP Programme in 2013 for promoting Innovations in the Indian SMEs in clean technologies. Achievements of the 2015 
programme:

•  Out of the twenty semifinalists, investors screened six for advanced stage of funding. 
• The national winner and the runners up got the opportunity to showcase their product in international investor summit in California last year. 
• Four participants got the opportunity to showcase their product in 'Festival of Innovations' organized in Rasptrapati Bhawan by the presidential secretariat. 
• An e-book and film detailing the innovations mentored under the programme in last two years has been released and uploaded on the MSME website.

E-book: http://www.dcmsme.gov.in/CLEANOVATORSr.pdf  

Film:  http://www.dcmsme.gov.in/GCIP.html 

Invitations open for 2016:

he programme is now inviting applications from all SMEs in India with Innovative products under the following eligible categories:

•   Energy efficiency

•   Waste to Energy

•   Renewable Energy

•   Water Efficiency

SMEs, emerging startups and entrepreneurs with an innovative technology can submit an online application at the MSME ministry website link http://dcmsme.gov.in/GEFunido.html 

Contact person:

Rishabh Goel

Project Associate

United Nations Industrial Development Organization

Global Cleantech Innovation Program

National Project Office

O/o DC MSME, Ministry of MSME

East Block 7,Level 5,Sector 1, R.K.Puram

New Delhi 110066

Phone/Fax - 011-26167806

Mobile - +91-9599490997

C L E A N O V A T O R S -Outstanding projects from the Global Cleantech Innovation Programme - India

The Global Cleantech Innovation Programme (GCIP) for SMEs is a global multi-stakeholder partnership that leverages the power of innovation and entrepreneurship to address the world’s most urgent energy, environment and economic challenges. The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) with support provided by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) is currently implementing the GCIP in seven countries namely Armenia, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, South Africa, Thailand and Turkey. GCIP India was launched in May 2013 as a partnership between the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME), GEF and UNIDO, with the Federtion of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) as main executing partners. The Programme aims at creating an ecosystem of clean technology innovations in the MSME sector to catalyze low carbon industrial growth in the country. 
This book is a handy resource for those looking for a bird’s eye view of the breadth and range of clean technology innovations currently being fostered by the GCIP in four crucial areas: energy efficiency, waste-to-energy, renewable energy and water efficiency.
Download the eBook. 

India, U.S. Investing Together in Clean Energy Research

The three lead U.S. institutions — the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the University of Florida and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory — have partnered with three lead Indian institutions: the Indian Institute of Science–Bangalore, the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology–Hyderabad and CEPT University–Ahmedabad

Read more: http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/article/2012/04/201204163975.html?distid=ucs#ixzz1sPCL7Rtb

India Forum for Clean Energy Financing

India Forum for Clean Energy Financing seeks environmentally beneficial, socially responsible and financially viable projects across India.The selected teams will be provided mentoring support and an opportunity to make presentation to investors in Sept 2010 in Mumbai. Budding entrepreneurs in clean energy space can apply before 31th May to Kavita Kaur at kavita@cleanenergyasia.net .
URL: http://www.cti-pfan.net/events_detail.php?eventsid=29

National Clean Energy Fund

The Finance Bill 2010-11 has created a corpus called National Clean Energy Fund, which will invest in entrepreneurial ventures and research in the field of clean energy technologies. The money for this will be garnered through a so-called ‘clean energy cess’ — Rs 50 on every tonne of coal, both domestic and imported. The government didn’t say how much the new cess would bring in, but a back-of-the-envelope calculation by ET indicates that a sum of Rs 2,500 crore may not be unrealistic. How to leverage the fund? take a clue from China- support Indian private business to invest in start-ups in USA and Europe.
China has set aside a whopping $200.8 billion in stimulus funding for cleantech, 79 percent more than the $112.2 billion the U.S.These numbers mean that governments, in essence, have become the biggest cleantech venture capitalists – with China as the largest player by far. Here is an example: vanadium redox flow batteries were being developed in Vancouver, Canada by a company called VRB Power Systems and chinese firm Prudent Energy bought out the struggling company’s assets in Jan. 2009. Later the Chinese firm has raised a $22 million Series C round to build its Beijing manufacturing capacity for vanadium redox flow batteries.

The traditional way of funding Indian public sector units like CEL / BHEL or CSIR labs (CECRI) & IITs to develop clean technologies would take us no where. The starting point is not research but access to patented technology. Will government dare to lend stimuls money to firms to buy out start-up firms from abroad???

2009 Global clean tech 100 list

The Guardian and Cleantech Group, annouced the Global Cleantech 100 – the first ever list of this scale highlighting the most promising private clean technology companies around the world. See the list:
http://cleantech.com/news/awards/globalcleantech100

Clean-India

Four new graduates of the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business have devised a way of cleaning up the water in Tirupur, India. Ravi Yekula, Baijnath Ramraika, Matt Dixon and Charles Ransler hatched Clean-India, a company aimed at water detoxification used by large textile companies during the dyeing process.Clean-India has created a bioreactor, a device that cultivates the type of algae that feeds on water pollutants, to combat the problem. The bioreactor operates in a closed-loop system, which allows Clean-India to generate its own source of algae to feed on pollutants.
Source: IndUs Business Journal

NVI finalists 2008

Several clean technologies were exhibited during the Investor Forum 2008 organised by New Ventures India. Ecoreco Eco_recycling Limted is an e-waste management company. Eco Vehicles is electric bike manufacturer, Accura Bikes is another one. Calcium Silicate insulation is manufactured by Megha Insulations Private Limited.
Start-up Polymeric Sensors Private Limited developed sensors to test potability of water.Pro Nature produces a comprehnsive range of branded certified organic food products.skyshade brings day light to indoors. Unidyne Energy Environment offers systems for aste heat recovery. Discarded marine contaiers are modified into portable offices, toilets etc by Visakha Trades. Autoboxx provides smart building management systems for small area site from 100 square feet onwards.

Top 100 clean energy technologies

New energy Congress is an association for the purpose of reviewing the most promising claims to up-and-coming clean, renewable, affordable, reliable energy technologies, in order to come up with a weighted list of recommendations of the best technologies. See their top 100 clean energy technologies.

Doshion- water management services

Ashit Doshi, Managing Director of Doshion, the water management company, was awarded `The Bharti Entrepreneur of the year (2007)' by EDI. The firm is setting up a 20 MLD brackish water desalination plant at Kasnau-Matsukh lignite mines in Rajastan. Another notable sucess was setting up sea water RO plant at Ramanthapuram in Tamilnadu.

Bioremediation patent for Prof. K.M. Elizabeth

Prof. K.M. Elizabeth of the Department of Microbiology in Gitam University has succeeded in ammonia removal from industrial effluents through a bio-remediation method and has obtained a patent for the method, which will be of use in steel industry in particular. The inventor claims ' the bacterium identified by him can remove 100 per cent ammonia within 24 hours, according to Nessler’s method, and 75 per cent according to the Russian method of Nesselerisation'. This is an indication of quality research work done in lesser known universities.