Renewable Energy grants — page 17
1,206 listings tracked right now · page 17 of 26
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 Bundesregierung / Förderdatenbank, Dept for Energy Security & Net Zero, eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS, 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, AFRICA, LATAM, ASIA, 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.
Promotion of the Establishment and Operation of Energy Agencies
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This German state funding programme supports the establishment and operation of energy agencies to advance energy transition and decarbonization goals. Eligible applicants can receive support for setting up and running organizations that promote renewable energy, energy efficiency, and related energy policy implementation.
Corporate Power Purchase Agreements
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This is a call for evidence and stakeholder input to inform policy improvements to the GB Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) market, which facilitates long-term renewable energy contracts between corporations and generators. The call seeks views from market participants, energy companies, corporates, and other stakeholders on barriers, opportunities, and regulatory improvements.
An early-stage cleantech and software venture fund
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eCAPITAL V is a Vintage 2022 venture fund investing in early to growth-stage technology companies focused on cleantech, cybersecurity, software/IT, and Industry 4.0, with particular emphasis on green energy transition for German industry. The fund targets companies at various development stages from early-stage through growth.
a European climate-tech venture fund
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The funder Capital is a venture fund backing climate-tech startups pioneering industrial decarbonization across energy, materials, biodesign, and manufacturing. It targets founders re-engineering industries for faster, cheaper, and more sustainable solutions in the clean industrial revolution.
Global Development Financing and Advisory Programme – NDICI/Global Europe
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EIB Global provides financing and advisory support for development projects outside the EU across Africa, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, and neighbourhood regions, with a focus on climate, infrastructure, and health outcomes. The programme targets institutional and project-level investments aligned with the EU's NDICI–Global Europe mandate.
A Major EU Investment Programme
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InvestEU is the EU's primary investment programme offering guarantees and blended finance to support sustainable infrastructure, innovation, SMEs, and social investment across Europe. It targets a broad portfolio of sustainability and economic development projects, with particular emphasis on climate-aligned infrastructure and green innovation.
Loans for the Private Sector
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The European Investment Bank offers direct loans to private sector companies for investment projects in climate, innovation, and regional development. This is a debt-financing instrument for eligible businesses undertaking projects aligned with EIB's sustainability and development priorities.
Loans for the Public Sector
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The European Investment Bank offers direct lending and framework loans to public sector entities for infrastructure, climate, and development projects across EU and partner countries. This is a debt-financing instrument targeting large-scale public infrastructure with climate and energy transition components.
Climate Change and Environmental Protection (Climate Justice)
••••• Fund
This grant funds renewable energy access projects, specifically biogas initiatives that serve women-headed households in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo. It targets climate justice and environmental protection through clean energy deployment in underserved urban and rural communities.
Growth to Late Stage Fund
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The funder's Growth to Late Stage Fund invests in scaling and globally expanding established companies in Technology, Healthcare, and Energy & Resilience sectors. The fund targets growth and late-stage portfolio companies seeking capital for expansion.
Early Stage Fund
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The funder's Early Stage Fund invests equity capital in early-stage companies building solutions across Technology, Healthcare, and Energy & Resilience sectors. The fund backs founders throughout the early company-building lifecycle, from formation through Series A.
Climate Action: Leverages the tools of invention and innovation to address climate change, working globally
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This grant funds invention and innovation projects that address climate change through solutions like methane emissions monitoring, industrial decarbonization, and clean energy deployment. It targets innovators and organizations working globally to scale climate solutions.
Impact Accelerator Support Programme
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AECF Connect is a post-funding support initiative that helps companies that have completed AECF grants prepare to attract additional capital from impact investors. It targets early-stage enterprises in agriculture and renewable energy sectors across Africa.
Renewable Energy and Climate Adaptation Technologies (REACT)
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REACT is a challenge fund supporting private sector companies to deploy renewable energy and climate adaptation technologies in rural Africa, with a specific household solar component targeting 300,000 people across Malawi, Sierra Leone, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Eligible applicants are businesses seeking to accelerate market access and scale of clean energy and climate-resilient solutions in underserved rural communities.
All Aboard Coalition Fund
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A $300 million growth-stage venture fund designed to close the 'missing middle' funding gap for climate technology companies that have moved beyond early R&D but lack access to traditional venture capital. The fund targets profitable or near-profitable climate tech businesses ready to scale.
Just Transition through Entrepreneurship
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This programme supports Ukrainian SMEs to transition to clean energy and green recovery through entrepreneurship development and business support. It targets small and medium enterprises driving Ukraine's shift away from fossil fuels toward renewable energy and sustainable practices.
Green Mini Grid Funding Window
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This grant provides financing to companies deploying green mini grids in Sub-Saharan Africa to expand energy access in underserved regions. It targets commercial entities operating distributed renewable energy systems as part of the funder's dual funding window strategy.
Off-Grid Funding Window
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The funder provides financing and technical assistance to off-grid energy companies in Sub-Saharan Africa to accelerate energy access. The funding targets companies deploying distributed renewable energy solutions outside the main grid.
New Climate-Tech Investment Fund
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The funder Fund invests in early-stage startups developing innovative solutions across energy production, power systems, and consumption patterns. The fund provides capital and active partnership support to entrepreneurs building climate and cleantech businesses.
A Venture Fund for Deep Tech and Near-Frontier Innovation
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The funder Deep Tech / Near Frontier Fund invests from pre-seed and seed stage in founders building transformative technology in critical industries including energy, defense, biotech, advanced manufacturing, space, and climate. The fund targets 'near frontier' deep tech companies solving physical-world problems in these sectors.
Energy Investments
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The funder invests flexible capital across multiple stages in clean energy technology and industrial innovation companies driving the energy transition. The fund targets entrepreneurs and companies developing solutions that advance decarbonization and renewable energy deployment.
A Venture Capital Fund Focused on Climate and Energy Technology
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The funder invests venture capital and early-growth equity in AI-powered digital technology companies solving energy, infrastructure, and climate challenges. The fund targets startups addressing sustainable energy, grid modernization, transportation, manufacturing decarbonization, climate adaptation, and environmental management.
Green Jobs Workforce Development
••••• Foundation
This grant funds workforce development and field-building initiatives in the green jobs sector, supporting organizations that train and prepare workers for careers in renewable energy, energy efficiency, and other climate-related industries. It is designed for nonprofits, educational institutions, and workforce development organizations working to expand employment pathways in the clean energy transition.
Solar Ovens in Uganda
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This grant funds the installation of photovoltaic systems and solar ovens at education and nutrition program centers in Ugandan schools to advance renewable energy adoption. It targets schools and local education institutions partnering with 22STARS Foundation to deliver clean energy and improved nutrition outcomes.
A Sustainability Growth Equity Fund
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The funder invests $5–15M in established, high-growth sustainability companies across energy, water, materials, and food & agriculture with $5M+ revenue and a clear path to positive EBITDA. The fund leads, co-invests, or invests solo from Series A through majority stakes.
A Nordic Public Investment Fund for Climate Technology
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The funder Fund is a national Swedish investment fund that provides SEK 5–10 million cheques to green innovation and sustainability-driven startups at pre-seed through early growth stages, always co-invested with private partners. It targets founders building cleantech and sustainability solutions in Sweden.
RE4GREEN: A renewable energy programme under the feminist climate action area
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RE4GREEN is a renewable energy programme funded by the funder that integrates feminist climate action principles. The grant supports renewable energy deployment and related climate mitigation work with an explicit gender-justice lens.
Gender4power: A programme focusing on gender and socially just energy communities in Albania
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Gender4power is a programme by the funder supporting gender equality and socially just energy communities in Albania, likely through funding or capacity-building for local organizations working at the intersection of gender and energy transition. The grant targets organizations advancing gender equity within renewable energy and community energy initiatives.
Shared Green Deal
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A programme that integrates feminist principles with green deal objectives, operating within the EU Green Deal framework to advance climate and energy transition with a gender equity lens. Funds organisations working at the intersection of climate action, renewable energy, and gender justice.
Solarkraft in Bolivien
••••• Foundation
This grant funds solar energy projects in Bolivia designed to improve living conditions for disadvantaged communities through renewable energy deployment. It targets organizations working on energy access and development in underserved regions.
Priority 2: A greener, low-carbon Danube Region
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This Interreg Danube Programme call funds transnational projects that advance green transition, low-carbon development, and environmental sustainability across the Danube Region. Eligible applicants include public authorities, nonprofits, universities, and private entities working on climate mitigation and environmental goals in a multi-country partnership framework.
Private Equity Partnerships
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The funder invests in impact-focused private equity managers across environmental and social sectors, offering co-investments, fund investments, and dedicated impact secondaries. This is a capital deployment vehicle for institutional investors seeking exposure to climate-tech, clean energy, healthcare, and financial-inclusion impact managers.
Direct private equity investments in environmental and social impact sectors, supporting innovative companies
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The funder provides direct private equity investments in environmental and social impact businesses focused on climate solutions and underserved population support across emerging and developed markets. The fund targets innovative companies in climate-tech, clean energy, financial inclusion, healthcare, education, and agriculture sectors.
an Indian deep science & tech venture fund
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The funder's Deep Science & Tech Fund invests in early-stage Indian startups commercializing scientific and technological breakthroughs in life sciences, clean energy, advanced materials, AI/semiconductors, and food & agriculture. The fund targets deep science and deep tech founders with operational support and conviction-stage capital.
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.
Brazilian Solutions
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Initiative funding Brazilian solutions to climate and sustainability challenges, positioning Brazil as a global reference for low-carbon development. Supports innovation and projects advancing climate mitigation and sustainability across sectors.
A Southeast Asia Climate-Focused Venture Fund
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Wavemaker Ventures is a core venture fund investing in early-stage technology startups across Southeast Asia, with a focus on climate and sustainability solutions. The fund targets innovative companies at the seed and early growth stages seeking equity capital.
European Climate Venture Fund
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Early-stage venture capital fund investing from pre-seed to Series A in founders building climate and sustainability solutions across food tech, agriculture, energy, deep tech, AI, and consumer marketplaces. Provides up to $2.75M in equity funding with hands-on entrepreneurial support.
Climate Technologies
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The funder invests in early-to-growth stage climate technology companies across the innovation pipeline with potential for climate breakthroughs. The fund targets startups and scale-ups developing cutting-edge solutions to climate challenges.
Energy Transition
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The funder funds projects advancing a just energy transition by decarbonizing today's energy systems and building tomorrow's clean energy infrastructure. The grant supports renewable energy deployment, energy system modernization, and equitable transition initiatives.
European Cleantech Venture Fund
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The funder is a venture capital fund investing in innovative cleantech companies across Europe, with particular focus on the Benelux region. The fund targets companies leveraging technology to advance clean energy and sustainability solutions.
Growth-Stage Investment Fund
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Wavemaker Growth is a growth-stage venture fund investing in maturing companies across Enterprise, Deep Tech, and Sustainability sectors in Southeast Asia. The fund targets companies beyond early-stage that are capitalizing on established market opportunities.
Impact-Focused Venture Builder
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A venture-build fund that partners with proven entrepreneurs to co-create and launch climate technology companies targeting a 10% reduction in global carbon emissions. Focuses on deep-tech and sustainability solutions in Southeast Asia at the inception and early venture stages.
Energy, Industrial and Transport Transition
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This grant supports inclusive, low-carbon development by funding decarbonization of energy systems, renewable energy expansion, and sustainable industrial chains that build climate resilience. It targets organizations working on energy transition, clean energy deployment, and industrial sustainability in emerging markets.
Climate via a major private investment vehicle
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ALTÉRRA is a large-scale private climate investment vehicle managed by Lunate that deploys capital across multiple asset classes globally to fund climate-related investments. The fund targets climate mitigation and transition opportunities but lacks specificity on eligible organization types, geographies, and application mechanics.
A Latin American Early-Stage Climate Fund
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The funder invests equity capital in early-stage climate technology companies pursuing decarbonization across multiple sectors including energy, built environment, agriculture, and mobility, with a geographic focus on Latin American markets. The fund targets companies at the seed and Series A stages working on solutions in carbon capture, climate software, renewable energy, and sustainable food systems.
Cut Carbon Note
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Cut Carbon Note is a debt security issued by Calvert Impact Climate, Inc. that finances climate solutions and clean energy projects aimed at reducing carbon emissions. It is designed for investors seeking fixed-income returns while supporting climate mitigation initiatives.
Community Investment Note®
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A debt security instrument that channels investor capital to high-impact organizations working in affordable housing, microfinance, and clean energy across 100+ countries, offering both financial returns and measurable social/environmental impact. Investors receive financial returns while funding development and climate solutions globally.