Clean Energy Accelerator
Accelerate your net zero pathways at scale through co-innovation with emerging technologies & entrepreneurs in clean energy and climate.
Clean Energy Accelerator 4.0 | Generative AI Edition plus key energy focus areas
Centered on the needs of enterprises looking to accelerate their energy transition through emerging technologies.
A high-velocity, non-equity dilutive enterprise accelerator designed to spur co-innovation through partnerships and trials between leading Energy, Utilities & Industrial corporations and clean energy & climate tech innovators. Calling startups, scale-ups, and small medium businesses developing breakthrough technologies to collaboration with larger companies to help achieve their net zero goal, aligning with global sustainability objectives.
Clean Energy Accelerator 4.0 Focus Areas
Guidance for applicant: An Applicant can apply for two focus areas listed above. To apply to the Amazon Operations Sustainability focus area, please select the associated link and you will be directed to the Amazon Operations application page for more information and to apply. To be considered for any of the other focus areas, please select the associated link to apply.
Timeline
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Benefits – What's in it for you?
AWS Activate Credit
- Up to $100K AWS Activate Credits for eligible startups
Mentorship and Networking
- Mentorship from industry experts and leaders
- Exclusive networking and collaboration
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Business Acceleration
- Pilot coordination and support with Energy partners
- Pilot alignment using Amazon’s Working Backwards mechanism
Amazon Immersion Sprint
- Exposure to Amazon’s technologies in sustainability, aerospace, energy, climate, and retail
- Expert cloud membership
- Expert mentorship in Generative AI
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Other Benefits
- International Exchange Program: 2024
- Temporary co-working office space access (AWS Startup Loft)
- International Tradeshows
- Industry Engagement Support
Recent Supporters
Alumni
Program Highlights
Hybrid Greentech - Rasmus Mosbaek, Founder and CEO
“we’ve been in several accelerators both Danish Accelerators and European accelerators but it has actually been the AWS accelerator, that has moved the company the most”
Uprise Energy - Jonathan Knight, Co-Founder and CEO
“Hearing directly from the corporates and being able to engage directly with the corporates was the highlight of this whole experience”
Smart Pulse - Ozan Korkmaz, Co-founder
“The biggest gain was, we met with Amazon energy production….we introduced our solution to them and now we are doing a PoC study with them which is a huge project for us”
Upowr - Stuart Philpot, Co-Founder and CEO
“The biggest learning from the accelerator was the insights from the Amazon team, you know, quite special to dive deep into how they think, their innovation process and obviously some of the really interesting activities they’re working on”
Shifted Energy - Olin Lagon, Founder and CTO Interview
"over 3,000 families in low income communities in Hawaii are now participating in clean energy integration programs and getting bill credits.... Through the Clean Energy Accelerator program, and utilizing the cloud, we are scaling our solution globally, and empowering building managers and residents with the opportunity to support clean energy in their communities.”
Watch the Clean Energy Accelerator 2.0 Program Highlights