That stream of money could "help to solve an intractable problem in technology transfer" by helping fund early-stage commercialization projects, a coalition of university groups wrote earlier this year in a letter to Smith expressing their support.
However, use of renewable energy sources for industrial process heat is still at an early stage of commercialization.
Iris plans to use its funding to move from a beta stage to commercialization of its software-based sense and avoid technology, its CEO said.
Here, the efficient and usable systems are considered to be important in the process from the early experiment stage to commercialization.
Universities play a less important role in wind research than for solar and biofuels, suggesting that wind energy research is at a more applied stage where commercialization and final product development is more important than basic research.
I used to do life science research and was a leader in early stage technology commercialization, now I am a coach and speaker.
CIGS-based modules are also in the early stages of commercialization, with >1 GW annual production capacity.
(SBIR money comes from a "tax" on agency research budgets and is aimed at ushering technologies through the early stages of commercialization).
The amount of data generated during the transition of a single compound from preclinical stages to commercialization can easily range in Terabytes.
Although being said that it is in the pre-stage of commercialization, some technical issues including the ammonia slip should be resolved to secure economic plausibility.
Renewable energy includes a number of sources and technologies at different stages of commercialization.
