Renewable Energy grants — page 18
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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 Clean Growth Fund, City Light Capital, African Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), 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, GLOBAL-SOUTH, LATAM, 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.
Clean Growth Fund
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Early-stage climate tech investment fund providing first-cheque funding of £500k–£5m to UK-based low-carbon companies across power, transport, industry, buildings, agrifood, and circular economy sectors. Targets startups and early-stage ventures developing decarbonisation solutions.
Impact-Focused Venture Capital
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The funder invests equity in growth-stage companies generating measurable social impact across education, climate, behavioral health, and basic needs. Eligible companies must have at least $1mm in revenue and demonstrate exponential growth trajectory.
Innovation Challenge (Afro-Hackathon Track)
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An innovation challenge inviting students, researchers, and innovators to develop solutions addressing energy and extractive governance issues in Africa. Participants compete to advance energy policy and governance innovations through a hackathon-style format.
AFREIKH Summer School
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A summer school programme delivering knowledge-sharing and capacity-building on energy, extractives, and resource governance across Africa. Eligible participants gain training in energy policy, extractive industries management, and governance frameworks relevant to African energy transitions.
Energy, Industrial and Transport Transition
••••• Institute
This grant funds inclusive, low-carbon development projects focused on clean energy expansion, renewable energy deployment, and industrial decarbonization. It targets organizations working on energy transition, sustainable industrial chains, and climate-resilient infrastructure in developing regions.
Climate Tech Fund
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The funder invests equity capital in climate technology companies focused on decarbonization, clean energy financing, smart building controls, and related sectors. Portfolio companies gain access to MassMutual's real estate portfolio, renewable energy assets, and internal equity and debt funding.
Early-Stage Venture Fund for Critical Infrastructure
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Early-stage venture capital fund investing in capital-efficient hardware, software, services, and materials science companies across critical sectors including energy, water, waste, mobility, agriculture, and infrastructure. The fund targets companies with AI backbone, data moat, and sector expertise to drive innovation in these foundational industries.
Broader Focus Areas – Unsolicited Expressions of Interest
••••• Foundation
The funder invites unsolicited expressions of interest from organisations working in education, employment, clean water, or energy serving vulnerable communities in Mongolia, Southeast Asia, or France. Applicants submit a brief 500-word note describing their programme and alignment with the foundation's focus areas.
An Early-Stage Climate-Tech Fund
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The funder invests in early-stage startups developing software and hardware solutions to make real-world systems more intelligent, adaptable, and cleaner across energy transition, industrial reinvention, and climate adaptation. The fund targets founders building technologies that decarbonize energy, manufacturing, and infrastructure while improving resilience to climate impacts.
Advancing Climate Solutions
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The funder' Priority Earth programme funds environmental sustainability and climate action initiatives. The grant supports organizations working on climate solutions, though specific sectors and eligibility criteria are not detailed in the available description.
Energy Transition
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The funder invests in renewable energy assets (solar, wind, hydrogen) and European cleantech start-ups and scale-ups with proven product-market fit that enable the energy transition. The fund also partners with energy infrastructure and services companies through its energy holding Virya.
Early-Stage Venture Fund for Critical Technologies
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Early-stage venture fund investing in energy, AI, resilience, and industrial transformation startups, with in-kind support for government engagement and regulatory navigation. Targets founders building solutions in energy transition, AI applications, and industrial decarbonization.
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.
Third Energy Transition Fund
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Growth equity fund investing in scaling companies across clean energy, mobility, built environment, and industrial decarbonization sectors. Targets growth-stage ventures driving global energy transition and decarbonization.
Renewable Energy
••••• Foundation
This grant funds renewable energy projects, specifically solar installations, in underserved communities. It targets nonprofits and community organizations seeking to deploy clean energy infrastructure in resource-limited areas.
A Global Sustainability Incubation Programme
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The funder Plus is an incubation programme that supports alumni of the funder initiative in developing and scaling their SDG-focused solutions. The programme has already incubated over 320 tangible ideas and provides funding and support to advance sustainability-focused ventures.
Social & Inclusive Business Camp East Africa Energy Transition
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An acceleration programme for impact-driven businesses in the energy transition sector, combining online courses, collective sessions, and an on-site component in Kenya. Targets social enterprises and inclusive businesses seeking to structure and scale their operations.
Clean Energy Platform Investment Fund
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The funder invests in early-stage entrepreneurs and developers building clean energy and energy transition platforms using a Capital + Culture + Capabilities model. The fund targets companies scaling solutions toward a carbon-free economy.
Energy & Utilities
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The funder invests in energy infrastructure and utilities companies advancing decarbonization and energy security across Abu Dhabi and the wider region. The fund targets established and growth-stage companies operating across the energy value chain.
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.
Energy Access and Transitions
••••• Foundation
This grant supports African organizations advancing energy access and managing transitions away from fossil fuels through policy reform, civil society strengthening, and investment platforms. It targets actors working to ensure energy transitions occur on African terms and priorities.
WomenForGreen Initiative
••••• Foundation
The WomenForGreen Initiative supports innovative women entrepreneurs in Lebanon developing green and sustainable solutions. It honors and funds female-led ventures working on environmental and sustainability challenges.
FAST Program (Funding and Acceleration for Sustainable Transformation)
••••• Foundation
The FAST Program provides funding and acceleration support for green entrepreneurs and sustainable ventures operating in Lebanon. It targets early-stage cleantech and sustainability-focused businesses seeking capital and business development services.
Viridis (We Support)
••••• Foundation
Viridis is an investment platform providing financial and operational support to green start-ups and SMEs developing eco-sustainable solutions aligned with the 17 SDGs. The fund targets early-stage and growth-stage cleantech and green-entrepreneurship ventures across multiple sustainability sectors.
Community Empowerment & Women-Led Conservation
••••• Foundation
This grant trains women as conservation leaders and empowers rural communities through clean energy adoption and sustainable farming practices. It targets women and community-based organizations in developing regions seeking to build capacity in renewable energy, regenerative agriculture, and environmental stewardship.
a Multinational Innovation Fund
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A funding programme supporting young entrepreneurs across Africa, Asia and the Middle East to start and scale businesses with innovative solutions to local challenges aligned with the UN SDGs. The fund targets early-stage and growth-stage ventures addressing sustainability and development priorities in underserved regions.
Energy & Environment Accelerator 2025 for Swiss Startups
••••• Foundation
An accelerator programme supporting Swiss startups developing innovative solutions for energy transition and environmental sustainability, running October 2025 to March 2026 in partnership with leading incubators and universities. Eligible startups will receive mentorship, resources, and support to scale cleantech and energy solutions.
a European deep-tech seed fund
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The funder invests EUR 1-2M seed-stage tickets in European deep tech founders across energy resilience, computing, and health/biotech. The fund targets early-stage technology companies addressing climate, quantum computing, and biotech innovation.
A Major Deep Tech Venture Fund
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The funder's Deep Tech Fund invests in early to growth-stage startups developing globally competitive deep technology solutions across energy, mobility, advanced materials, agriculture, robotics, AI, and biotech. The fund targets founders building frontier innovations for India and international markets.
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.
A European Climate Tech Seed Fund
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The funder Core Fund provides pre-seed and seed stage equity investments of EUR 1-4m to climate tech founders across Europe and Israel. The fund targets companies in green energy, transportation, built environment, industry, carbon, and climate sectors.
European venture capital fund for climate and sustainability tech
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The funder invests €1–10M in early-stage and growth-stage tech companies solving global challenges in energy, climate/industrials, and healthcare across Europe. The fund targets European founders building scalable solutions to decarbonization and sustainability problems.
Early-Stage Climate Tech Seed Fund
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Early-stage climate tech seed fund investing in capital-efficient, market-ready companies across clean energy, transportation, infrastructure, carbon solutions, sustainable food & water, and circular economy sectors. Eligible for startups and early-stage companies with proven market traction in climate and sustainability verticals.
A US Impact Venture Capital Fund
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The funder is a venture capital fund investing in companies that deliver both top-tier financial returns and measurable social, environmental, and economic impact. The fund targets climate technology, clean energy, agriculture, logistics, and related sectors at Series A through growth stages.
A European Venture Capital Fund for Sustainability
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The funder is a lead investor deploying capital from pre-seed through Series B in cleantech, deep tech, food, mobility, and sustainable industry companies focused on post-carbon and sovereign Europe themes. The fund provides not just capital but also operational support via a community of ~40 operators per deal, with focus on go-to-market acceleration, key hires, and board-level guidance.
Private Equity (Growth Stage)
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The funder invests growth-stage equity in technology-enabled private companies solving global challenges in climate/energy, financial inclusion, and productivity. The fund targets proven, scalable impact businesses across People, Planet, and Productivity themes.
European Climate Tech Fund
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The funder Climate Tech Fund invests in early to growth-stage European climate tech startups developing decarbonisation technologies across energy, food, materials, buildings, and aviation sectors, using a proprietary science-based Climate Performance Potential methodology. Eligible companies must demonstrate high climate impact potential and operate in priority decarbonisation domains.
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.
Israeli Seed & Early-Stage Technology Fund
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The funder Seed & Early-Stage Fund invests in seed and early-stage Israeli technology start-ups across climate-tech, energy, agri-tech, enterprise-software, and deep-tech sectors. The fund is backed by InnovFin Equity under Horizon 2020 Financial Instruments and partners with entrepreneurs building companies with meaningful impact.
Project Development
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DFC provides technical assistance and project preparation funding to help early-stage infrastructure, energy, agriculture, healthcare, and technology projects in developing countries advance toward financial close. The grant supports project development across multiple sectors to de-risk and accelerate investment readiness.
Platforms and Funds
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DFC supports investment platforms and funds that aggregate capital across multiple sectors and geographies to address development challenges at scale. This is a callable funding opportunity for platform operators and fund managers to access DFC capital for pooled investment vehicles.
Equity investments to catalyze private capital in emerging markets
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DFC offers direct equity investments and fund-based equity deployment into projects across energy, infrastructure, agriculture, healthcare, and technology sectors in underserved markets to mobilize private capital. This is suitable for enterprises and projects seeking growth-stage equity financing in developing economies.
Political Risk and Credit Guaranties for emerging-market investments
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DFC provides political risk and credit guaranties to lenders and investors to reduce exposure to emerging-market investments, thereby mobilizing private capital for development projects. The programme is sector-agnostic but covers energy, infrastructure, agriculture, healthcare, technology, and financial services across emerging markets.
Debt: Direct loans and loan guaranties to support private investment in developing countries, mobilizing…
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DFC provides direct loans and loan guaranties to mobilize private capital for projects in developing countries that align with U.S. foreign policy and development goals. The fund supports investments across energy, infrastructure, agriculture, healthcare, technology, and financial services sectors.
Equity Investment
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The funder provides equity investment in private companies and investment funds operating in developing countries, targeting businesses with measurable impact and sustainability outcomes. The fund is sector-agnostic but prioritizes agriculture, energy, infrastructure, financial services, education, and health across emerging markets.
Guarantees Programme
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The funder offers risk-mitigation guarantees to mobilize private sector financing for sustainable development projects in developing countries across agriculture, energy, infrastructure, and other sectors. The programme targets private investors and financial institutions seeking to deploy capital in emerging markets with reduced downside risk.
Debt Financing for Sustainable Development
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The funder provides loans to private companies and financial institutions across emerging markets in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Eurasia, and the Middle East to finance sustainable development projects. The fund supports multiple sectors including renewable energy, infrastructure, agriculture, and financial services that advance SDG outcomes.