TCF Commercialization Enabling Topic
Administers startup and industry teams with commercialization support for TCF Commercialization Enabling in energy systems, manufacturing, and climate technology.
The DOE Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF), established by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, funds partnerships between DOE National Laboratories and private-sector cost-share partners to move laboratory-developed energy technologies toward commercial deployment. The program is administered by the DOE Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC). Funding comes from a statutory 0.9 percent set-as…
Commercialization-enabling projects at DOE National Laboratories advancing energy technologies toward the marketplace, requiring private-sector cost-share partnerships.
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