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Materials Project
CalSEED
Harnessing the power of
supercomputing and state-of-the-art
electronic structure methods, the
Materials Project -- led by Berkeley
Lab Senior Scientist and UC Berkeley
Professor Kristin Persson -- aims
to remove the guesswork from
materials design.
The California Sustainable Energy Entrepreneur
Development (CalSEED) program supports California’s
clean-energy goals by identifying and funding early stage
and emerging clean-energy technologies developed by
entrepreneurs.
The Project computes the properties
of all known materials in a powerful
database with easy website access,
aiming to accelerate materials
design for applications ranging from
powerful batteries for electric cars
to semiconductors that could make
artificial photosynthesis a reality.
The open-access online project
is free to all and available to the
public, and harnesses the power
of supercomputers at Berkeley
Lab’s National Energy Research
Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)
and customized machine-learning
algorithms. Launched in 2011,
the Materials Project is now the
largest materials data provider in
the world, serving millions of data
records every day to more than
170,000 users, and it’s been cited by
thousands of papers.
In partnership with CalSEED, Berkeley Lab has
developed:
• A breakthrough technologies analysis report that
summarizes significant early-stage technologies
that can help the state meet its goals, while
lowering costs and promoting greater reliability
• An assessment of Berkeley Lab’s patents to provide
a pipeline of early, low-technology readiness level,
and commercially potential technologies to be
developed further by entrepreneurs for meeting
California’s energy goals
• A curated database of testing resources and
capabilities across the national labs, public and
private universities, and utilities in California
accessible to clean-energy entrepreneurs
to develop, test, and validate clean energy
technologies
CalTestBed
CalTestBed is a California Energy Commission funded
five-year $8.8 million program designed to connect
entrepreneurs with the unique laboratory space and
testing facilities in the University of California System,
including Berkeley Lab.
Early-stage clean energy entrepreneurs face challenges
in accessing testing facilities as they progress toward
commercialization. The CalTestBed Initiative is a voucher
program that assists clean energy entrepreneurs in
gaining access to critical testing facilities. CalTestBed
provides testing vouchers worth up to $300,000 to clean
energy entrepreneurs based in California and expedites
their pathway to commercialization through connection
to a network of next-level partners. Entrepreneurs can
apply to receive vouchers to partner with principal
investigators to test their technologies at one the 21
facilities at Berkeley Lab that include testbeds, user
facilities, and labs.
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