Renewable Energy grants — page 16
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Renewable energy is the largest sustainability sector by funding volume, most public-sector climate spend flows here, directly (CfD auctions, IRA tax credits, EU Innovation Fund) or indirectly (grid, storage, transmission). For founders, the non-dilutive opportunities cluster in earlier-stage tech (next-gen PV, floating offshore, enhanced geothermal, perovskites) and in deployment-support for harder-to-finance projects. Listed below are the open renewable energy 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 renewable energy grants currently tracked by Raise Lens — 1,206 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 renewable energy work rather than anything whose description happens to mention it.
The funders publishing renewable energy grants here include HX Foundation, Alter Equity, Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO), 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-SOUTH, AFRICA, ASIA, LATAM. 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-Powered Learning Centres
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This grant funds the development of solar-powered learning centres in remote Philippine schools, providing electricity, educational resources, and modern learning tools to underserved children. It targets nonprofits and community organizations working to expand educational access through renewable energy infrastructure in developing regions.
Fund II: Growth equity fund investing in European companies with revenues above €1m contributing to environmental or social impact
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Growth equity fund investing €4m–€20m in profitable European companies addressing environmental or social challenges with credible ESG business plans. Targets minority or majority stakes in companies at growth stage with strong unit economics.
Clean Energy and Cooking
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This grant accelerates deployment of clean off-grid energy and modern cooking solutions in developing markets through results-based financing mechanisms. It targets organizations working to expand access to renewable energy and clean cooking technologies in underserved regions.
Green Transition in Moldova
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This grant funds energy efficiency modernizations and renewable energy projects to enhance energy security in Moldova. It is open to organizations implementing clean energy and energy transition initiatives in Moldova.
Green Hydrogen Private Equity Fund
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Private equity investment fund targeting profitable, scalable hydrogen production, supply chain, and end-use technology companies across power generation, industrial heat, and water desalination. Seeks mature or growth-stage businesses with proven business models in the hydrogen economy.
Growth Equity Fund for Global Energy Transition
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Growth equity fund investing in high-growth, asset-light technologies that accelerate the global energy transition toward net-zero decarbonization. Targets companies at scaling inflection points in energy efficiency, renewable energy, and related clean-tech sectors.
PT1 Early-Stage Fund
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Thesis-driven early-stage venture fund backing founders at seed/pre-seed stage tackling hard problems in energy, buildings, and infrastructure across Europe. Focuses on InfraTech, electrification, AI/robotics/automation, and climate tech with ticket sizes up to €4M.
Early-Stage Climate-Tech Equity Fund
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Early-stage equity investment fund backing companies commercializing scientific breakthroughs in energy, materials, manufacturing, and agriculture with focus on cost-efficient production and industrial decarbonization. Targets multi-disciplinary teams addressing trillion-dollar global markets in climate-tech and deep-tech.
a European sustainable-growth EIS fund
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A named EIS (Enterprise Investment Scheme) investment sleeve within the funder's fund family targeting growth-stage sustainable businesses, with explicit focus on energy transition and climate risk sectors. Eligible for UK tax-advantaged equity investment in companies advancing renewable energy, energy efficiency, and climate solutions.
Early-Stage Equity Investment Portfolios
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EIS funds targeting early-stage and start-up companies across cleantech, renewable energy, climate analytics, and sustainable consumer goods sectors, with sustainability practices embedded in due diligence. Eligible companies must demonstrate sustainable practices to access capital.
NDICI – Global Europe
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EIB-managed financing facility supporting development and climate objectives in partner countries globally through the EU's NDICI instrument. Funds infrastructure, climate, and development projects in eligible partner nations.
Advisory Services
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The EIB offers technical and financial advisory services to help public and private clients prepare, structure, and implement projects across priority sectors including infrastructure, climate, innovation, and regional development. This is a support programme for project development rather than direct capital deployment.
Guarantees – Credit Enhancement for Project Finance
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EIB offers credit guarantees to enhance the financial viability of project finance structures, enabling mobilization of private capital for infrastructure and climate projects. This is a financial instrument for project developers and sponsors seeking to de-risk debt financing for large-scale infrastructure and clean energy initiatives.
Guarantees in Support of SMEs, Mid-Caps and Other Objectives
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This is a guarantee instrument programme offered by the European Investment Bank that provides credit guarantees channelled through financial intermediaries to unlock lending to SMEs and mid-caps pursuing climate, innovation, and other key policy objectives. Eligible borrowers access below-market-rate financing for projects aligned with EIB priorities.
Investment Funds
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The EIB Group invests in and supports investment funds that prioritize climate action, innovation, and regional development across Europe and beyond. This is a fund-of-funds or portfolio investment vehicle open to fund managers and investment vehicles aligned with EIB's strategic priorities.
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.
Electric Utility Parametric Insurance
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Parametric catastrophe insurance product for Caribbean electric utility companies that covers natural hazard events including tropical cyclones and earthquakes. This is a risk-financing mechanism available to utility members in the Caribbean region.
A Sustainability-Focused Growth Equity Fund
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The funder Growth Equity Fund invests $5–15M in high-growth, capital-efficient companies at Series A and beyond in energy, water, materials, and food & agriculture sectors with a sustainability focus. Eligible companies must have $5M+ revenue and a clear path to positive EBITDA.
Fund I: Backs early-stage founders rebuilding the physical economy for climate impact across energy, factories, supply…
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The funder backs early-stage founders building physical-economy technologies for climate impact across energy, manufacturing, supply chains, and infrastructure. The fund targets companies where technical and operational excellence can scale cleaner, cheaper, faster technologies into infrastructure.
Sustainability Financing – Renewable Energy Production Through Fixed Income Allocation
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A fixed income investment strategy that finances renewable energy production, targeting institutional investors seeking sustainable fixed income exposure. This is a callable investment product, not a traditional grant, but functions as a financing mechanism for renewable energy projects.
Early Stage Climate-Tech Fund
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The funder Early Stage Fund backs early-stage startups developing breakthrough technologies in energy production, food systems, infrastructure, and climate adaptation. The fund targets high-growth companies across climate-tech sectors including renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, carbon capture, and related deep-tech verticals.
Deep-Tech Venture Capital Fund
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The funder is a deep tech venture capital fund investing in early-stage through growth companies using AI and advanced technology to solve high-impact problems in energy, climate, biology, cybersecurity, manufacturing, agriculture, and space. The fund backs entrepreneurs building transformative solutions across multiple hard-tech sectors.
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.
A Climate & Sustainability Venture Capital Fund
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Early-stage venture capital fund investing in entrepreneurs building breakthrough solutions to climate change and sustainability challenges across clean energy, circular economy, advanced materials, mobility, and food systems. Ideal for bold founders at seed and Series A stages seeking growth capital to scale climate tech.
A European Energy-Tech Venture Fund
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Seed and pre-seed stage equity investments in European energy-tech and mobility startups focused on digitalization and electrification across the energy value chain (renewables, grids, storage, hydrogen, e-mobility). Targets early-stage companies addressing decentralized renewables, smart grids, green hydrogen, and electric mobility.
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.
a US venture capital fund
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The funder invests equity capital in AI-powered digital technology companies solving energy, infrastructure, and climate challenges across renewable energy, grid modernization, transportation, and environmental protection. The fund targets venture and early-growth stage companies.
Growth equity investments in businesses addressing major drivers of climate change, focused on…
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Growth equity investment fund targeting mid-to-late stage companies developing climate solutions across clean energy, food systems, water, sustainable transport, and related decarbonization technologies. Designed for growth-stage businesses ready to scale proven climate tech and sustainability models.
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.
A US Energy Utility's Corporate Venture Capital Programme
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The funder invests corporate venture capital in growth-stage companies developing technologies for energy system modernization, including AI, cybersecurity, grid infrastructure, and clean energy solutions. The programme targets companies solving current energy challenges and building tomorrow's energy systems.
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.
A Latin American energy company's corporate venture capital fund
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Corporate venture capital fund investing Series A or later in global startups across energy decarbonization, mobility, and retail sectors, with explicit focus on accelerating market entry into Latin America and the US. Targets growth-stage companies in cleantech and related transition sectors.
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.
ClimaTech: Investment programme dedicated to climate technology companies
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ClimaTech is an investment programme by the funder dedicated to funding climate technology companies across multiple stages and sectors. The programme targets companies developing climate solutions, though specific sector focus and investment stage criteria are not publicly disclosed.
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.
A Deep Tech Venture Fund
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The funder Venture Fund provides pre-seed and early-stage equity investments in deep tech companies developing transformative technologies across energy, water, food, health, critical infrastructure, and defense sectors. The fund targets exceptional founders building solutions in industrial, biotech, robotics, and advanced manufacturing with focus on abundance, resilience, and strategic advantage.
European Early-Stage Climate Tech Venture Fund
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Early-stage venture capital fund investing in pre-seed, seed, and Series A climate tech startups across Energy, Mobility, Nature, and Carbon Tech sectors in Europe. The funder targets innovative companies in the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) working on decarbonization and climate solutions.
Personal Solar Loans
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This grant provides solar loans to individuals and households in Nebraska to finance personal solar installations. It is designed to make solar energy more accessible to residential customers in rural Nebraska communities.
Community and Business Solar Loans
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This grant provides loans ranging from $100,000 to $3 million for solar energy projects, including construction financing, investment tax credit safe harboring, and working capital. Eligible borrowers include local businesses, schools, and municipal buildings in rural areas.
Growth Fund for Planetary Technologies
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The funder Growth Fund provides growth-stage equity investments in technologies addressing planetary challenges across energy, industrial resilience, quantum computing, and health tech. The fund targets companies at the intersection of environmental necessity and commercial viability, primarily in Europe and North America.
A European venture-capital impact-investment sleeve targeting companies with measurable positive social or environmental outcomes
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The funder Impact is an investment sleeve providing capital to companies demonstrating measurable positive social or environmental outcomes, with particular focus on climate and sustainability sectors. The fund targets growth-stage companies with proven business models and quantifiable impact metrics.
State Economic Programme 2021–2027 – Sustainable Heat Supply Systems
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This is a German state funding programme supporting the deployment and development of sustainable heat supply systems as part of the 2021–2027 economic development strategy. The grant targets organisations seeking to transition to renewable and low-carbon heating solutions.
Horizon Europe – Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021–2027)
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Horizon Europe is the EU's primary research and innovation funding framework (2021–2027) supporting a broad portfolio of climate, energy, digital, and societal challenges across member states and associated countries. Eligible applicants include universities, research institutions, companies, and consortia pursuing innovation in renewable energy, circular economy, climate adaptation, and other sustainability sectors.
Clean Hydrogen Partnership
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The Clean Hydrogen Partnership funds research, development, and deployment of clean hydrogen technologies and infrastructure in Germany and the EU. It supports organizations across the hydrogen value chain, from production and storage to end-use applications in industry, mobility, and power generation.
Grants for plug-and-play photovoltaic systems for citizens of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
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This grant supports the installation of plug-ready (plug-and-play) photovoltaic systems for citizens in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a state in northeastern Germany. It is a state-level funding programme designed to accelerate residential solar adoption.