Industrial Decarbonization grants — page 10
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Industrial decarbonization is where the largest single climate cheques get written. The EU Innovation Fund (€40bn+ through 2030), US DOE Industrial Demonstrations Program ($6.3bn IIJA-funded), UK Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF), and the EU Just Transition Fund all target heavy industry, primarily steel, cement, chemicals, refining, and glass. Cheques are large (€20M–€500M typical for a Innovation Fund award) and competitive. Listed below are the open industrial decarbonization grant calls in that landscape, taken from each funder's own notice and re-checked on every refresh.
Industrial grants are capital-heavy and correspondingly slow. The recurring large pots are the EU Innovation Fund, the US Industrial Demonstrations Program, and the UK Industrial Energy Transformation Fund, all of which expect a named site, a credible counterfactual for emissions saved, and matched investment already committed. Smaller circular-economy and waste calls come through EU LIFE, national environment agencies and local authorities, where the eligibility is broader and the cheques are far smaller.
This page lists open industrial decarbonization grants currently tracked by Raise Lens — 538 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 industrial decarbonization work rather than anything whose description happens to mention it.
The funders publishing industrial decarbonization grants here include Instituto para la Diversificación y Ahorro de la Energía (IDAE), Fundo Ambiental, Business Finland, 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 GLOBAL, EUROPE, ASIA, NORTH-AMERICA, MENA. 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.
2 of these close within the next 30 days. Deadlines are taken from the source listing and re-checked on every refresh, but the originating funder remains the authority — always confirm against the official notice before you submit.
H2 Pioneers Program. Grants for pioneering and singular renewable hydrogen projects
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This Spanish government grant funds pioneering renewable hydrogen production projects with installed electrolysis capacity of 0.5–50 MW, targeting hard-to-decarbonize sectors like heavy industry and transport. Eligible projects require minimum €1M investment and must demonstrate commercial viability.
Energy Efficiency in Industry
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This grant supports energy efficiency improvements in industrial facilities, funded by Spain's national energy diversification and savings agency. It targets companies and organizations seeking to reduce energy consumption and operational costs through efficiency upgrades.
CELE Indirect Cost Assistance Measure – 2026
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This grant compensates eligible industrial companies in Portugal for indirect costs arising from carbon pricing passed through electricity prices under the EU Emissions Trading System. The measure covers costs incurred during 2025 and is funded through ETS auction revenues as part of Portugal's climate mitigation support framework.
Zero Waste Mining And Critical Minerals
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This grant funds research and innovation projects focused on zero-waste mining practices and sustainable extraction of critical minerals. It is targeted at organizations in Finland working on mining technology, circular economy solutions, and resource recovery.
Green Chemistry Initiative
••••• Foundation
This grant funds research, education, and industry adoption of safer, more sustainable chemicals and chemical processes aligned with green chemistry principles. It targets researchers, educators, and companies seeking to advance sustainable chemical innovation and practice.
Sustainable Coating Technologies
••••• Foundation
This grant funds research and innovation to develop more efficient and sustainable coating technologies, creating a world-class research environment. It targets researchers and institutions working on clean-tech solutions in the coatings sector.
Green Steel Innovation Challenge
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This challenge sources innovations and proofs-of-concept for green steel and industrial decarbonization that can be piloted in live industrial settings, aligned with India's climate goals. It targets entrepreneurs, innovators, and organizations developing scalable decarbonization solutions for the steel sector.
A European Deep-Tech Climate Accelerator
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An intensive accelerator programme supporting deep-tech startups developing innovative technological solutions to climate challenges, with a focus on commercially viable climate tech. Eligible for early-stage deep-tech climate entrepreneurs seeking mentorship, funding, and market acceleration.
Impact-Tech Accelerator - Cohort 11 (Female Founders)
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An equity-free accelerator program for majority female-led impact-tech startups addressing structural societal and environmental challenges across multiple sectors. Provides non-dilutive funding, mentorship, executive coaching, and access to Berlin's investor ecosystem.
Maritime Shipping
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This grant supports decarbonization of the global maritime shipping sector through policy and technology solutions. It is open to organizations working on shipping emissions reduction via innovation, regulation, and deployment.
Decarbonization Support for Heavy Industry: Steel, Cement, and Chemicals
••••• Foundation
This grant supports decarbonization initiatives in heavy industrial sectors including steel, cement, and chemicals through funding from the funder. It targets organizations working to reduce emissions and transition these carbon-intensive industries to low-carbon processes and materials.
Green Chemistry Initiative
••••• Foundation
This grant funds research, education, and industry engagement to advance the development and adoption of safer, more sustainable chemistry practices. It targets researchers, educators, and industry partners working to replace hazardous chemicals with greener alternatives across sectors.
Net-Zero Emissions Pathways
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This programme promotes the development and implementation of net-zero emissions pathways and decarbonization strategies tailored to Mexico's economy and sectors. It targets organizations and stakeholders working on climate mitigation and energy transition aligned with Mexico's climate commitments.
A European climate-tech accelerator programme
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Norrsken Launcher embeds deeply with early-stage innovators to commercialize science and research breakthroughs into scalable business ventures, with operational support and a Nordic geographic focus. The programme targets pre-seed and seed-stage deep-tech and impact-tech companies globally.
a Nordic impact venture capital fund
••••• Foundation
Norrsken VC is Europe's leading impact venture capital fund backing early-stage technology founders addressing global challenges across climate, health, and fintech sectors. The fund invests in force-of-nature founders building impactful companies across Europe.
A Swedish Automotive Corporate Venture Fund
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The funder is a corporate venture fund investing $5.5M in high-potential startups across Seed, Series A, and Series B rounds focused on mobility electrification, sustainability, and automotive technology. The fund targets innovations in vehicle technology, battery systems, supply chain, manufacturing, and energy.
Fondo Inclimo ClimateTech
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A climate-focused venture fund investing in ClimateTech companies that drive decarbonisation and systemic change through technology, evaluated using ESG factors. The fund targets startups and growth-stage companies contributing to climate impact and profitability.
Clean Hydrogen Infrastructure Fund
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This fund invests in large-scale hydrogen infrastructure projects globally, supporting green hydrogen production, distribution, and enabling infrastructure to decarbonize hard-to-abate sectors. Eligible applicants are project developers deploying commercial-stage hydrogen infrastructure across Europe, Asia-Pacific, North America, and MENA regions.
Accelerator Program
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A 6-month acceleration program that provides technical expertise, market knowledge, and mentorship from Holcim and corporate partners to construction-tech innovators. The program is free to join with no equity dilution, targeting early-stage companies building solutions for the built environment.
Venture Clienting
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The funder offers structured pilot projects that connect early-stage startups with the Holcim Group to develop solutions addressing business challenges in construction, built environment, and climate tech. Startups gain a paying client relationship and market validation without surrendering equity.
Venture Capital for Built Environment Innovation
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The funder provides early-stage equity investments in startups innovating in the built environment, particularly in cement decarbonization and construction technology. Successful applicants receive not only capital but also market access, technical expertise, and strategic network support aligned with Holcim's sustainability priorities.
National Portfolio
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The funder invests in early-stage to growth-stage UK companies developing deep tech and clean energy solutions to global challenges. The fund provides pathfinder investments from pre-seed through Series C for high-growth ventures.
Construction Startup Competition
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Annual global startup competition funding innovative construction technology startups across green construction, productivity, supply chain, and future-of-construction verticals. Winners receive cash prizes, pilot opportunities, and investor network access.
Real estate decarbonization strategy focused on climate-oriented property investments, including industrial portfolios
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This grant funds real estate decarbonization strategies and climate-oriented property investments, with a focus on industrial portfolios across the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Midwest regions of the United States. It targets organizations developing decarbonization approaches for commercial and industrial real estate assets.
Venture Capital Programme from a Chemical Materials Company
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Dow's strategic venture capital programme invests in early-stage and growth-stage start-ups globally that develop enabling technologies in specialty chemicals, advanced materials, plastics, catalysis, and polymer science to accelerate Dow's business growth. The programme targets companies whose innovations can be integrated across Dow's multiple business segments and markets.
Main Fund: Core venture fund investing across stages in high-impact technology companies including AI, climate tech
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The funder' core venture fund invests across all stages in high-impact technology companies focused on AI, climate tech, health, and enterprise software. The fund targets startups and scale-ups building transformative solutions in deep tech, cleantech, and related sectors.
Seed Fund
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The funder offers early-stage seed investments in bold, transformative ventures across deep tech, AI, cleantech, and related sectors, targeting pre-revenue or early-revenue companies with contrarian bets. The fund seeks to back high-impact startups pursuing moonshot solutions in emerging technology and sustainability domains.
Project Track: Supports Series A and beyond companies deploying first-of-a-kind or early commercial projects
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The funder provides catalytic capital to Series A and beyond companies deploying first-of-a-kind or early commercial projects in climate and sustainability sectors across the US and globally. Funding is structured as SAFE, convertible notes, or direct equity investment tied to project development and deployment milestones.
Corporate-Startup Sprints
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Emerald Sprints is an accelerator-style programme supporting entrepreneurs developing sustainable industrial innovation solutions across energy, materials, water, automation, and food-and-agriculture sectors. The programme is designed for early-stage companies seeking to scale technologies and business models in clean industrial transition.
CVC-as-a-Service: Tailored corporate venture capital mandates for blue-chip corporate limited partners seeking exposure to sustainable industrial innovation
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The funder offers tailored corporate venture capital mandates enabling blue-chip corporations to invest in sustainable industrial innovation across energy, materials, water, automation, and food & agriculture. This is a fund-of-funds or co-investment vehicle connecting large corporate LPs with portfolio companies advancing clean technology.
Scope 3 Standard
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The funder's Scope 3 Standard is a certification program for interventions that reduce Scope 3 (value chain) greenhouse gas emissions, enabling companies to implement science-based climate action across their supply chains. The program is open to organizations developing or implementing solutions that address corporate emissions in upstream and downstream value chains.
Scope 3 Action Code of Practice
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The Scope 3 Action Code of Practice is a practical framework launched by the funder in April 2025 to help corporations measure, report, and reduce indirect (scope 3) greenhouse gas emissions across their value chains. It targets large companies and supply-chain actors seeking to close the emissions gap through structured corporate climate action aligned with carbon-market integrity standards.
Business Support Services (BSS)
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BSS co-finances advisory services for companies in emerging markets receiving DEG financing to improve sustainable growth, environmental/social impact, and climate transformation. The programme targets both prospective and existing DEG customers across businesses, financial institutions, and project developers.
Chemical Process Systems (CPS)
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The Chemical Process Systems program funds fundamental research to make chemical and biochemical processes more efficient, sustainable, and resilient across manufacturing, energy, biotechnology, and critical minerals sectors. It supports research spanning catalysis, electrochemistry, separations, process design, and emerging technologies like microreactors and quantum simulation.
£30 million to decarbonise shipping, boost careers and deliver growth across the UK
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The funder is offering £30 million to fund green fuels and technologies that decarbonise shipping and maritime trade across the UK. The funding supports companies and organisations developing low-carbon solutions for sea travel while creating career opportunities and economic growth.
Pro-American Worker Critical Minerals Supply Chain in the Western Hemisphere
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This DOL cooperative agreement funds the development of a pro-American worker critical minerals supply chain across the Western Hemisphere, with emphasis on labour standards, worker protections, and sustainable supply chain practices. It targets organizations working on critical minerals extraction and processing that align with domestic economic competitiveness and national security objectives.
Open topic: Strengthen Europe's social model and sustainable competitiveness through productivity
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This Horizon Europe call funds research and innovation projects that strengthen Europe's social model and competitiveness by addressing productivity challenges in the context of climate change, technological disruption, demographic shifts, and new trade patterns. It targets consortia proposing social innovation, policy, and digital solutions that integrate sustainability with economic and social resilience.
Advanced manufacturing for key products (IA) (Made in Europe partnership)
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This is a Horizon Europe Innovation Action call funding advanced manufacturing technologies for key strategic products under the Made in Europe partnership, with €6–8 million per project. The call targets consortia developing cutting-edge manufacturing processes, digital integration, and AI-driven production to strengthen European industrial competitiveness and supply-chain resilience.
Corporate Sector Advisory
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The funder offers advisory services to corporate clients to strengthen governance, operations, and sustainability practices aligned with market economy standards. This is a consulting/advisory engagement rather than a traditional grant, targeting established companies in manufacturing and financial sectors.
Promotional Programmes
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DEG offers tailored promotional programmes to support companies in expanding or restructuring while achieving measurable development impact, with focus on ESG management, growth-phase financing, and co-financing of development-relevant measures. The programme targets mid-stage and mature companies seeking capital and technical support for sustainable business expansion in developing markets.
Amplified Intelligence
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The funder invests in companies using AI and advanced intelligence technologies to solve problems in sustainability, health, and industrial innovation. The fund targets startups and scale-ups leveraging deep-tech AI solutions across these three impact areas.
Capmont Opportunities (Special Situations)
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The funder seeks to acquire and operationally improve corporate carve-outs and distressed/restructuring assets in industrials, manufacturing, and specialty chemicals with substantial value creation potential. This is a private equity special situations fund targeting established companies or business units, not a traditional grant.
Latin American Early Stage Venture Capital Fund
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The funder is an early-stage venture capital fund investing in Latin American founders and startups across EdTech, JobTech, HealthTech, Fintech, Proptech, SaaS, Agtech, Climate Tech, and Smart Cities from pre-seed through Series A. The fund targets companies serving Spanish-speaking markets with a focus on human improvement, economic development, and sustainable planet outcomes.
UAE Investments
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The funder is a national investment vehicle funding the transformation of the UAE economy by building world-class champions and fostering industrial and commercial clusters across industrials, technology, and energy sectors. The programme partners with global entities to accelerate economic development, with eligibility and funding amounts varying by specific listing.
Plan Industrie
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Le Plan Industrie is a French government programme providing financing and investment support for ambitious industrial development projects. It targets companies seeking to scale manufacturing and industrial operations with capital and strategic backing from the funder.
Private Sector Partnerships
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SIDA funds private sector partnerships and companies advancing economic, social, and environmental sustainable development through Challenge Funds and Public Private Development Partnerships (PPDPs). The grant targets businesses and private organisations contributing to sustainable development outcomes.
LANDCROS Innovation Studios Mining Challenge
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An innovation challenge for deep tech and mining technology solutions, run by the funder and Hitachi Construction Machinery, based in Brisbane. The challenge seeks to fund early-stage companies developing innovative technologies to advance the mining sector.
Industrial Innovator Programme
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A four-month cohort-based accelerator programme for deep tech companies focused on industrial innovation, co-run by the funder and HSBC, based in Singapore and Southeast Asia. The programme supports early-stage to growth-stage startups developing industrial technologies with potential for scale and commercialisation.