Scaling up your clean energy business

As the cost of solar energy decreases and the energy transition accelerates, we consider the way forward and how to scale up the clean energy business beyond grant funding. What are the real and concrete success factors of companies who used grant funding to test their ideas and are now ready to let go of their start-up status?

Discussion points

• Consequence of flexible financing options and pliable business plans
• Importance of good data
• Merging the criteria of multiple stakeholders into a range of success factors that are achievable
• The difference between developing and scaling companies
• Do mature companies need grant funding?