• On June 30, Rep. Lois Capps (D-Santa Barbara) announced that three Central Coast companies have each been awarded approximately $1 million in U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grants. SixPoint Materials Inc. and MicroBio Engineering will both receive $1 million for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects, and Freedom Photonics LLC will receive $1 million for high energy physics research.
The DOE funding is for new projects led by small businesses to further develop clean energy technologies, with a strong potential for commercialization and job creation.
This article appears in Jul 7-14, 2016.