Kerala- CEIIC MoU for Clean Energy Incubation Centre

Kerala Government has signed an MoU with the Social Alpha, through its “Clean Energy International Incubation Centre (CEIIC)”.

Key facts

• Government of Kerala signed MoU through Kerala Development & Innovation Strategy Council (KDISC) and Energy Management Centre (EMC).
• MoU highlights the joint commitment of KDISC, EMC, and CEIIC to work together in areas of innovative & clean energy technologies, which integrate with programmes and initiatives of the Kerala.
• This collaboration will facilitate Kerala in curating innovative technologies for deployment by means of government initiatives to address the challenges in power sector and energy access for all.
• The joint set-up incubation centre will leverage infrastructure and labs already set up by collaborating agencies.
• The initiative addresses the pressing need of solutions leveraging disruptive clean energy technologies for accelerating progress toward net zero.
• This program will also align with the goals of Mission Innovation Platform and India’s commitment towards Climate.

Role of Tata Power

Tata Power is one of the key stakeholders. It will lend support to the joint incubator in a bid to create affordable and scalable solutions, through a strong network of more than hundred national and international technology and institution partners, cadre of experts and lab facilities.

Clean Energy International Incubation Centre (CEIIC)

CEIIC is an Energy lab of Social Alpha, set up in 2018. It is a joint initiative of Tata Trusts and Government of India. It is supported by Department of Biotechnology, BIRAC, and Tata Power. CEIIC was set up to promote innovations in energy space. It has become India’s first International Incubator, under Mission Innovation. It is designed for offering complete “lab to market” incubation support to clean energy enterprises.