Energy Storage grants — page 4
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Energy storage funding has bifurcated. Short-duration (lithium-ion, 1–4 hr) is now largely commercial, funded via utility procurement, IRA tax credits in the US, and capacity-market contracts in the UK and EU. Non-dilutive grants concentrate on the harder problems: long-duration (>10 hr), grid-forming inverters, and non-lithium chemistries. Listed below are the open energy storage grant calls in that landscape, taken from each funder's own notice and re-checked on every refresh.
Energy grants divide into two families that rarely share a form. Deployment pots such as the EU Innovation Fund, the US Department of Energy and the UK Net Zero Innovation Portfolio back kit that already works, usually at 30 to 50 per cent intervention rates against matched private capital. Earlier research calls, Horizon Europe and ARPA-E and Innovate UK among them, fund lower technology readiness at far smaller cheques. Applying to the wrong family is the most common reason a strong project scores badly.
This page lists open energy storage grants currently tracked by Raise Lens — 237 of them right now, sorted with the soonest deadline first. Every listing has been classified against the sustainability taxonomy rather than matched on keywords, so what appears here is energy storage work rather than anything whose description happens to mention it.
The funders publishing energy storage grants here include Doral Energy, Mission One Capital, Axel Energy Accelerator, among 2 others. Who is funding matters as much as what: eligibility, reporting burden and the realistic timeline to a decision vary far more between funders than between individual calls.
Geographic coverage on this page spans EUROPE, GLOBAL, NORTH-AMERICA, AFRICA, ASIA. Eligibility is usually tied to where the work happens or where the applying organisation is registered, and the two are not always the same — worth checking before investing time in an application.
Solar Energy & Energy Storage
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The funder funds development and operation of large-scale solar photovoltaic and energy storage projects across Israel, USA, and Europe. The grant supports distributed rooftop to utility-scale multi-GW installations for renewable energy deployment and grid-scale storage.
An Early-Stage Deep-Tech Fund
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The funder invests equity capital at pre-seed and seed stages in early-stage startups developing breakthrough technologies in energy independence, industrial resilience, and frontier industries. The fund targets founders across the US and Europe building solutions in deep-tech sectors with potential for systemic impact.
Team Training: 8-week programme for startups and visionaries working on energy transition solutions; covers business…
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An 8-week accelerator programme for startups and visionaries developing energy transition solutions, covering business model development, product methods, pitching, financing, legal/tax, and team building. Designed for early-stage founders working on decarbonisation and clean energy technologies.
Team Development
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A 12-month intensive accelerator programme for energy startups with mature business models, offering mentoring, business learning, product development support, financing referrals, and co-working space. Designed to help early-stage energy companies scale and access capital.
Energy & Clean Tech Program
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This is an incubation program supporting early-stage deep tech startups commercializing breakthrough energy and clean technology innovations. It is designed for founders and teams developing novel solutions in the energy transition and cleantech sectors.
Asset Finance: Discounted finance for clean energy assets including solar, storage, and zero-emission transport…
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This grant provides discounted financing for clean energy assets including solar panels, energy storage systems, and zero-emission vehicles for both businesses and households. It is administered by the funder and targets organizations and individuals seeking to deploy renewable energy and low-carbon transport infrastructure.
Advancing Hydrogen
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This is an investment programme from the funder focused on hydrogen production, storage, and deployment to decarbonise hard-to-abate industrial sectors. It targets organisations developing hydrogen technologies and infrastructure across the value chain.
Clean Energy Innovation
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This grant supports early-stage and growth-stage climate technology companies developing innovative clean energy solutions. It is designed for startups and scale-ups working on breakthrough technologies in the clean energy and climate tech space.
Powering Australia Technology Fund
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This grant supports emerging clean energy technologies and climate tech innovation to accelerate Australia's net-zero transition. It is open to companies and organizations developing and deploying clean energy and climate technology solutions.
Household Energy Upgrades
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This is a discounted finance programme from the funder offering concessional loans and financing to Australian households to upgrade to electric vehicles and home energy improvements like solar and battery storage. It targets residential property owners seeking to transition to clean energy solutions.
Rewiring the Nation Fund
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This grant funds large-scale transmission and grid infrastructure projects that enable renewable energy connectivity and modernise Australia's electricity grid to support the energy transition. It targets infrastructure developers, utilities, and consortia capable of delivering major grid and transmission works.
A Norwegian Energy Company's Venture Fund
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The funder Ventures is a corporate venture capital fund making minority equity investments in early-phase and growth-stage companies developing renewable energy, low-carbon solutions, and future energy business models. The fund targets companies across Europe and North America with global openness, offering follow-on investment capability.
Climate Adaptive Infrastructure Fund
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This fund invests in large-scale, low-carbon infrastructure projects across North America targeting deep decarbonization of energy, water, and urban systems. It supports real asset deployment designed to address climate disruption while accommodating population growth.
Infrastructure-focused investment programme targeting the clean energy transition
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Infrastructure-focused investment programme targeting clean energy transition projects. Eligible applicants and specific sectors/stages are not disclosed on the listing page.
Climate-Focused Growth Equity Advisory
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The funder provides advisory services to help privately held ClimateTech and Sustainable Infrastructure companies raise growth equity capital at Late Seed to Series A stages. The programme connects companies across hard-to-decarbonise sectors (advanced mobility, energy storage, food & agriculture, carbon management, circular economy) with a network of 120+ investors across the UK, Europe, and North America.
A Central European deep-tech seed fund
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Early-stage venture capital fund investing in pre-seed and seed stage deep technology startups in Energy and Industrial Manufacturing, with focus on Industry 4.0, renewables, clean-tech, energy storage, smart grid, IoT, and predictive analytics. Primarily targets Polish and Central Eastern European entrepreneurs.
Grøn omstilling (Green Transition)
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The funder's Grøn omstilling programme provides strategic financing—including guarantees and equity—to scale renewable energy infrastructure and clean technology solutions. It targets companies and projects advancing Denmark's green transition at commercial scale.
Investor and Venture Capital Program
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The funder's investment programme connects early-stage cleantech startups with venture capital and investor networks to accelerate commercialization of clean energy technologies across renewable energy, energy storage, and clean transportation. The programme is designed for startups seeking growth capital and investor connections in New York State's clean energy ecosystem.
Cleantech Solutions Funding
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The funder provides funding and support for commercializing clean energy innovations across carbon management, transportation, storage, fuels, buildings, and grid modernization. The grant targets companies and organizations ready to scale proven cleantech solutions to market.
US Infrastructure Investment Fund
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The funder Infrastructure Funds provides value-added equity investment in operating and development-stage energy infrastructure assets, including renewable energy, energy storage, power transmission, and data center projects aligned with electrification and energy transition mega-trends. The fund targets institutional and corporate infrastructure operators and developers with proven track records in large-scale energy asset management and deployment.
Deep Tech Early-Stage Fund
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Deep Tech Early-Stage Fund invests in early-stage companies developing deep technology solutions to critical global challenges in climate, health, industry, and computing. The fund prioritizes Real-World AI applications (robotics, automation, semiconductors, power management) and Biodata (biological data and LLMs for life sciences).
Climate Solutions
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The funder provides growth equity capital to climate and clean energy businesses across Africa and Asia, focusing on off-grid solar, renewable energy platforms, and low-carbon growth companies. This is an investment vehicle for scaling proven climate and energy solutions in emerging markets.
Critical Capital Partners Co-Investment Platform
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Co-investment platform offering growth-stage capital for hardware and software technologies in critical industrial sectors (energy, food, infrastructure, industry) with focus on security, resilience, and climate outcomes. Targets family offices and institutional investors across US and EU markets.
Energy Transition
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The funder invests in innovative companies advancing cleaner energy and sustainable solutions across the energy transition sector. The fund targets venture and growth-stage companies in cleantech and related energy transition verticals.
NextGrid Alliance
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NextGrid Alliance is a strategic initiative that brings together entrepreneurs and utilities to accelerate energy innovation through business development, case studies, and pilot deployments. It funds startups and innovators working on grid-related technologies and solutions in partnership with utility companies.
Clean Mobile Power Initiative Cohort
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This is a focused cohort programme supporting early-stage startups developing clean mobile and distributed energy solutions. It provides structured support and funding to accelerate innovation in mobile power technologies.
Innovation Cohorts
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An accelerator programme for climate tech startups across all emissions sectors, providing mentorship, investor connections, and corporate partnerships to accelerate commercialisation and access to financing. Eligible for early-stage climate tech companies seeking growth capital and market validation.
Energy Transition Private Equity
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The funder invests equity and bespoke capital in growth-stage and established energy transition hardware and service companies across solar, power electronics, sustainable fuels, and EV infrastructure. The fund targets businesses requiring strategic capital and operational partnership to scale.
Energy-Sector Accelerator Fall Program
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A 10-week part-time accelerator program supporting up to 10 energy-sector startups with mentoring, workshops, corporate partnerships, and potential investment up to €1 million. Designed for early-stage companies in renewable energy, energy storage, smart grids, and decarbonization.
a global energy-sector accelerator programme
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A 10-week part-time accelerator program for energy-sector startups seeking international growth, offering training in business development, product commercialization, financing, and marketing alongside mentoring and networking. Participants gain access to workshops, investor connections, and potential investment opportunities.
Early-Stage Climate Tech Venture Fund
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The funder Fund invests in hard-technology climate solutions with defensible science and commercial viability, targeting breakthrough innovations with gigaton-scale decarbonization impact across multiple industries. The fund backs founders developing technologies at the intersection of climate necessity and market fundamentals.
Early-Stage Energy Storage and Electrification Fund
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This fund invests in early-stage companies deploying battery and electrification solutions, including second-life EV batteries, smart charging, and grid-edge energy technology. It targets founders building hardware, software, and services in the battery, EV, and clean-energy space.
Venture Capital
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The funder provides equity investments in deep-technology and impact-driven companies at the intersection of breakthrough science and commercial viability, across sectors including energy storage, spacetech, carbon capture, and sustainable foods. The fund targets founders building disruptive, scalable businesses primarily in India.
Critical Minerals Science Grants
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This grant funds breakthrough science research aimed at reducing dependence on critical minerals required for the green energy transition. It targets researchers and institutions developing materials science and alternative technologies to enable decarbonization without supply-chain bottlenecks.
European Energy Transition Venture Fund
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The funder invests €100k–€5M in pre-seed to Series A energy transition startups across EVs, clean energy, storage, and smart energy solutions. The fund targets high-growth European scale-ups and often leads rounds with board participation.
A major oil company's venture capital arm
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The funder is a corporate venture capital arm investing in breakthrough energy technologies that can transform the global energy sector and enhance BP's core operations. The fund targets early-to-growth stage companies developing disruptive solutions across energy technology, with access to BP's technical expertise and global network.
European Clean Tech Early-Stage Investment Programme
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Early-stage equity investment programme for clean energy startups with proof of concept or prototype, covering hardware, software, and business model innovations across renewable energy, energy storage, grid modernization, and industrial decarbonization. Primarily targets European companies with secondary activity in USA and Japan.
Global venture capital fund (€235M)
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A €235M global venture capital fund investing in Series A and beyond companies developing digital and asset-light energy technologies, including AI-powered grid software, energy storage, electrification, and cybersecurity solutions. Targets scalable, software-defined energy businesses with proven product-market fit that accelerate the global energy transition.
A US Energy Company's Corporate Venture Capital Fund
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The funder's corporate venture capital fund makes early-stage equity investments in innovative energy technologies that integrate large-scale infrastructure with emerging solutions across digital innovation, methane mitigation, energy storage, carbon capture, renewables, and power. The fund targets startups and growth-stage companies developing technologies to decarbonize and modernize energy systems.
Early-Stage Climate-Tech Investment Fund
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The funder invests in early-stage ventures developing innovative technologies to address global climate challenges across clean energy, EV infrastructure, energy storage, smart mobility, agtech, and sustainable materials. The fund is designed for founders and teams building scalable climate-tech solutions at the pre-commercial and early commercial stages.
A Mexican infrastructure conglomerate's corporate venture fund
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The funder is a corporate venture capital fund investing in early-to-growth stage startups developing climate tech, decarbonization, circular economy, food security, water infrastructure, and energy storage solutions. Portfolio companies receive capital alongside business development and operational support aligned with Orbia's five business groups.
Structured Private Debt for Energy Transition
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Generate Credit provides structured private credit financing for sustainable infrastructure projects including renewable energy (solar, hydro, biomass), carbon capture, and data centers. The fund targets developers and operators of clean energy assets seeking debt or credit solutions alongside equity.
A US venture fund for deep-tech innovation
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The funder' Tough Tech Fund invests in early-stage companies developing breakthrough technologies in foundational industries including energy, climate, advanced materials, biotech, and AI. The fund targets founders building solutions that require deep technical validation and long-term capital commitment through manufacturing, deployment, and scale.
A European Energy Transition Venture Fund
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A European venture capital fund investing in deep science and engineering technologies that advance energy transition, including EV charging, energy storage, green hydrogen, and grid modernization. Eligible applicants are typically startups and scale-stage companies developing disruptive business models in clean energy across Europe and Israel.
BNZ II
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GA BNZ II is a growth equity investment fund focused on scaling proven energy transition technologies critical to decarbonization globally. The fund targets established companies and technologies ready for significant capital deployment and market expansion.
A US Energy Transition Growth Equity Fund
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Growth equity fund investing in high-growth, asset-light technologies that enable or accelerate the global energy transition and net-zero decarbonization. Targets companies at key inflection points scaling critical energy transition technologies focused on reducing and avoiding greenhouse gas emissions.
Energy Transition Infrastructure Fund
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The funder invests flexible capital (equity, debt, take-private) in zero-emission infrastructure platforms across transportation, power, industrials, and buildings. The fund targets both early-stage platforms seeking first institutional capital and established businesses undergoing energy transition.
Early-Stage Climate Technology Venture Fund
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The funder Fund provides early-stage equity investments in climate technology companies, with a focus on energy storage, energy generation, and transportation sectors. The fund targets breakthrough technologies with potential for both significant financial returns and measurable climate impact.