Grid Modernization funding
Live grants, contracts, and funders working on grid modernization in 2026.
Funding for transmission, distribution, smart-grid and interconnection upgrades that let more clean power onto the system. The active cheques come from the US DOE Grid Deployment Office, the EU Connecting Europe Facility, UK Ofgem and network-operator innovation funds, and the multilateral development banks.
Raise Lens tracks 87 open grid modernization opportunities across grants, government contracts, and corporate offtake programmes, refreshed daily. The list below shows the next deadlines, the most active funders, and when grid modernization cheques are landing this quarter.
Live opportunities
- Contract
Rotherham Local Area Energy Plan
Deadline 6 Nov 2026Rotherham Borough CouncilRotherham Borough Council seeks a consultant to develop a Local Area Energy Plan (LAEP) that models pathways to net-zero energy emissions, identifies priority projects, and defines monitoring frameworks for the local energy system. Bidders should be energy-planning specialists with expertise in stakeholder engagement, energy modelling, decarbonisation pathways, and policy analysis.
- Contract
Acquisition of electrical distribution cabins and foundations
Deadline 9 Nov 2026Stadtwerk WinterthurProcurement of electrical distribution cabins and foundations for Winterthur's municipal electricity distribution network. Bidders should be manufacturers or suppliers of electrical distribution equipment with experience in utility-scale infrastructure.
- Contract
MF Energie: Smart Meter Rollout
Deadline 13 Nov 2026Murg Flums EnergieMurg Flums Energie is replacing approximately 3,200 existing electricity meters with smart meters across its distribution network, divided into multiple lots by postal code. Bidders should be smart meter manufacturers, installation contractors, or system integrators with experience in utility-scale meter rollout and grid modernization.
- Contract
Preliminary Survey Under Etd Banda For Construction Of 132 Kv Pahadi- Avaada Solar Line From 220 Kv S/s Pahadi (chitrakoot) Under Etd Banda
Deadline 16 Nov 2026UP Power Transmission Corp.Ltd (Operation)A UP state transmission utility is procuring a preliminary field survey for a planned 132 kV line that will connect the Avaada solar project to the 220 kV Pahadi substation in Banda. It suits survey and engineering consultancies, including small firms with transmission route and field survey capability.
- Contract
Tunisia: PIU support and Works contract supervision engineer, ELMED 2 Grid Reinforcement Project
Deadline 17 Nov 2026ConsultancyThis tender seeks a Project Implementation Unit (PIU) support engineer and works contract supervision engineer for the ELMED 2 Grid Reinforcement Project in Tunisia, a multilateral-funded electricity grid modernization initiative. Bidders should have experience in grid infrastructure supervision, project management, and engineering oversight on large energy infrastructure projects.
- Grant
Affordable Rural Cooperative (ARC) Energy Program
Deadline 20 Nov 2026USDA-RUS• See listingThis USDA-RUS programme funds rural electric cooperatives to deploy advanced transmission infrastructure and nuclear power to achieve net emission reductions and improve system reliability and affordability. Eligible cooperatives can access loans covering up to 75% of project costs, with grants and tax credits available to meet the required 25% equity contribution.
- Contract
Open Competition for Renew Software Consultancy 545
Deadline 26 Nov 2026Maynooth University• $330KMaynooth University seeks software consultancy to develop a digital platform enabling households to respond to real-time electricity signals, integrating smart meters and automation to shift demand away from peak periods. Bidders should have expertise in energy software, demand-response systems, consumer engagement platforms, and grid-integration technologies.
- Contract
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support – Open Competition for Renew Software Consultancy 545
Deadline 26 Nov 2026Maynooth UniversityMaynooth University seeks IT consulting and software development services to build a digital platform for a new energy services company enabling households to respond to real-time electricity signals and shift consumption away from peak periods. Bidders should have expertise in smart-meter integration, energy-market data systems, consumer-facing digital automation, and grid-flexibility software.
- Contract
Project manager under §29 NABEG_Lot 2b_Environmental consulting services
Deadline 26 Nov 2026BundesnetzagenturThis tender procures project management and environmental consulting services for a major German electricity transmission infrastructure project (50Hertz/TenneT) under the NABEG framework. Bidders should have expertise in environmental assessment, stakeholder coordination, and large-scale grid infrastructure projects in Germany.
- Contract
Project Manager under § 29 NABEG – Lot 1b – Environmental Consulting Services
Deadline 26 Nov 2026BundesnetzagenturThis tender procures project management and environmental consulting services for a major German electricity transmission infrastructure project (50Hertz/TenneT) under the Network Expansion Acceleration Act (NABEG). Bidders should have expertise in environmental assessment, regulatory compliance, and project coordination for large-scale energy infrastructure.
Active funders
Global Energy Alliance for People & Planet (GEAPP)
Iberdrola Ventures
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC)
Deadline calendar
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