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UC Riverside has received a $500,000 grant from the Southern California Energy Innovation Network.
The university’s Office of Technology Partnerships also announced it has added five years to its two-year commitment to lead that program in the Inland Empire, according to a statement on the university’s website.
“Clean energy research and entrepreneurial support for this sector are pillars of UCR’s commitment to sustainable energy and environmental management,” said project co-leader Rosibel Ochoa, UC Riverside’s associate vice chancellor for technology partnerships, in the statement. “This new five-year commitment … will enable us to support the growth of dozens of young clean-tech companies, which will be addressing the clean energy challenges faced in the Inland Empire.”
The Southern California Energy Innovation Network is a business incubator program for clean energy startups. It operates in Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, and Imperial counties, all of which are developing technologies to help California meet its clean energy and environmental goals, according to the statement.
