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36 ed funding IN2 awards to successful companies , $ 200,000 goes toward technical assistance and around $ 50,000 goes toward cash for the company to cover its own expenses related to their project . More importantly , with this comes a team of experts and facilities offered by NREL . “ Are there universities that have that capability ? Perhaps ,” says Huntley . “ But it ’ s often quite difficult to work with them because their research is already pre-defined .” NREL , meanwhile , has the flexibility to work with companies toward their clean energy goals and business plans .
“ We support pre-commercial beta demonstrations on our facilities for technologies that make sense ,” Huntley continues . “ Companies get real world testing with a commercial entity like ourselves , and we can then provide a potential reference for them to say ‘ this is how it worked for Wells Fargo ’ when engaging with investors .”
It ’ s clear that something special is going on at IN2 , but how does the team plan to build on their unique platform ? In 2017 , IN2 held a summit of stakehold-
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