SC NEXUS Consortium Member Interest Form

Thank you for your interest in SC Nexus for Advanced Resilient Energy (SC NEXUS)

The SC Nexus for Advanced Resilient Energy (SC Nexus) is a consortium of South Carolina’s leading public and private institutions seeking to build a world-class Tech Hub focused on advanced resilient energy. After successfully receiving Tech Hub designation from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) via Phase 1 of the federal funding application process, SC NEXUS completed the Phase 2 application to compete for the first round of funding, ranging from $40 million-$75 million for five to 10 Tech Hubs. A successful application relies on a strong consortium of South Carolina organizations. 
 
More details on our background, objectives, and core members are below. 

• SC NEXUS Background

  The ambition of The Nexus for Advanced Resilient Energy (SC NEXUS) is to create a globally leading hub driving innovation in core technologies that enable an end-to-end resilient, sustainable energy ecosystem across clean-electricity generation, distribution, and grid-scale storage. The Hub will leverage the region’s dynamic and growing manufacturing base, superior research capabilities, and demonstrated record of public-private collaboration to develop exportable electricity technologies alongside testing and deployment of those technologies, which will accelerate high-quality job growth for a diverse workforce, address the U.S.’ focus on climate and environmental responsibility, help to close infrastructure gaps in rural and distressed communities, and ensure the U.S. grows competitive and globally leading electric-power technologies and industries of the future. This effort is led by the South Carolina Department of Commerce and brings together more than 35 members, including public institutions (HBCUs, R1 universities, government agencies), private industry and the Savannah River National Lab. 
   
  A press release announcing SC NEXUS’ selection as Tech Hub Designee and our complete application to the EDA can be found here.  
   
  SC NEXUS Core Consortium Members: Clemson University, Savannah River National Lab, South Carolina Council on Competitiveness (SC Competes), South Carolina Department of Commerce, South Carolina State University, South Carolina Technical College System and the University of South Carolina 
   
  What being a consortium member means: Consortium members bring relevant assets, resources, potential, and/or capacity to bring SC NEXUS’ vision to reality. At times, SC NEXUS consortium members will be called upon to support the Tech Hub, including to support project design and execution, provide resources or access to assets, and/or advocate for policy needed to enable technology innovation.