accelerating the commercialization of lower carbon technologies

Chevron Studio links entrepreneurs with national lab and university partners to scale up and commercialize innovative, early-stage technologies that have the potential to enable a lower carbon future.

The program supports entrepreneurs as they source and discover potential technologies and provides technical assistance to enable development and scaling through field trials.

Chevron Studio is a partnership between Chevron Technology Ventures and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

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Entrepreneurs can browse intellectual property (IP) from universities and national labs in these technology focus areas.

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Carbon utilization

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Energy storage systems

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Hydrogen and renewable energy

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Robotics

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Solutions for a circular economy

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Wireless power

news and announcements

Seven Entrepreneurs Join Chevron Studio’s Fifth Cohort

December 10, 2024

Technologies were chosen by the selected entrepreneurs from Colorado State University, Penn State University, University of Minnesota, University of Southern California and Washington State University....

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Chevron Studio Program Aims Tech To Go From Lab to Market

April 8, 2024

Chevron Studio, managed by NREL’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (IEC), invites entrepreneurs to scale up an intellectual property (IP) that comes from a national laboratory or university by supporting them through the various stages of scale-up. ...

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q&a: chevron introduces unique clean energy studio to houston entrepreneur community

February 28, 2024

Calling all innovators looking for the next big climate technology — Chevron wants to help you find your next big opportunity....

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