$10 MILLION Industrial Decarbonization Grants in Calif. through the CEC INDIGO Program
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Join Climate Finance Solutions for a 45-minute briefing designed to help teams assess eligibility and competitiveness and make informed go / no-go and positioning decisions for the California Energy Commission’s deployment-focused Industrial Decarbonization and Improvement of Grid Operations (INDIGO) program.
This is not a program overview. The session is structured around how INDIGO applications are actually screened and scored, and what distinguishes competitive deployment projects.
📊 Program Snapshot
Deadline: February 23, 2026
Awards: $4–8M per project (25% match required)
Deployment: Operating industrial facility in California
Technology: Either TRL 6+ or commercially proven, but not widely deployed in Calif.
Eligible teams: technology providers, industrial facilities, utilities, OEMs, EPCs, developers, and aggregators
🎯 What INDIGO Prioritizes
INDIGO supports deployable, grid-relevant industrial decarbonization projects with demonstrated performance data, including:
Process heat electrification
Non-thermal separation
Alternative processes, materials, and feedstocks
Advanced energy efficiency and process integration
Load flexibility, storage (including thermal), and operational improvements
Industrial carbon capture and utilization applications (utilization required)
Competitive projects clearly demonstrate deployment readiness, measurable GHG reductions, and grid value.
🔍 What You’ll Gain from the Session
How INDIGO proposals are evaluated in practice
How to prioritize the elements that matter most in INDIGO scoring
Key expectations around deployment readiness, match funding, and M&V
How strong teams structure scope, metrics, and partnerships
👥 Who Should Attend
Technology providers ready to deploy at industrial sites
Industrial facility owners/operators seeking support with tech deployment
Utilities, OEMs, EPCs, developers, and energy service providers
This session is not intended for early-stage R&D or pre-deployment concepts.
📌 All registrants will receive the recording and slides. The live session will include an open Q&A session where you can get direct answers from CFS experts. We will also outline how teams can request a short post-session eligibility and competitiveness review with CFS.
About CFS
Since 2020, Climate Finance Solutions has helped clients secure $70M+ from CEC and $1.6B+ globally, including hundreds of millions for large-scale industrial decarbonization programs.