WPI receives $5M to start climate technology incubator
WPI receives $5M to start climate technology incubator
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Publish Date: 2026-05-21 17:05:00
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The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center has awarded $5 million to Worcester Polytechnic Institute to launch the Central Massachusetts Climatetech Hub Incubator.
The funds will go toward developing incubator space with an emphasis on pilot-scale research and testing, the school announced Tuesday. The incubator will focus on accelerating the commercialization of clean energy, materials, and sustainable technologies.
WPI plans to expand and renovate industrial lab space in a building the school owns in Worcester, making way for seven research suites where startups can work independently while sharing analytical labs and process-scale instrumentation.
“Too often, promising discoveries stall between the lab and the market. This initiative is designed to close that gap by providing the resources, partnerships, and structure needed to move innovations into scalable, commercially viable solutions,” Terry Adams, the principal investigator on the project and director of WPI’s Office of Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship, said in the announcement.
The incubator will serve as a workforce development and training center, with long-term goals of attracting venture capital and federal funding and creating high-skill jobs.
Monica Benevides is a correspondent for Worcester Business Journal.
