Weekly briefings
Curated weekly briefings on sustainability funding signals, what changed across foundations, DFIs, corporates, and government procurement, and what to watch in the next 1-6 months. RSS · JSON
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- Procurement / RFPWatch · 60/100
US Army opens microgrid and storage procurement door for clean energy vendors
A new US federal defence-department initiative signals meaningful early-stage demand for solar, storage and microgrid suppliers.
- Procurement / RFPCorporateWatch · 68/100
A Colombia state oil company opens COP 3.32B Econova La Guajira challenges for energy transition
A Colombian state oil company is putting roughly USD 830k behind five named energy transition and grid reliability problems in La Guajira.
- Procurement / RFPGovernment / public programmeGood · 73/100
A UK innovation agency opens £23M for farm robotics and long-duration storage
Two parallel calls closing 30 September 2026 signal where UK grant capital is flowing across food systems and grid flexibility.
- Procurement / RFPFoundationStrong · 76/100
Serbia's €11.7M AI-industry call draws 214 bids, signals applied climate R&D pipeline
A Serbian national science-funding body's oversubscribed Science for Industry call points to a maturing route for AI-enabled sustainability R&D in the Western Balkans.
- Procurement / RFPDFI / MDB / SovereignGood · 70/100
A European urban-transitions research partnership readies its 2025 funding call for climate-neutral cities
A EU co-funded urban research partnership is lining up its 2025 call, with urban adaptation and mitigation projects across Europe in scope.
- Procurement / RFPGood · 73/100
A Norwegian energy major opens two 2026 Supplier Days tied to its 2030 GHG target
The Norwegian energy major is formalising supplier access points aligned to its 50% emissions cut, creating a near-term window for decarbonization vendors.
- Budget / infraDFI / MDB / SovereignGovernment / public programmeWatch · 67/100
A UK research-agency opens offshore wind innovation call: prep partnerships now
Two near-simultaneous signals from a UK national research and innovation agency point to an imminent funding round for next-generation offshore wind technology, with supply chain openings for SMEs and applied-research NGOs.
- Procurement / RFPWatch · 69/100
EU picks 65 clean-heat projects, plus €650M for cross-border energy
An EU clean-energy funding programme and a cross-border energy facility open a procurement window for clean-heat suppliers and grid-adjacent SMEs.
- Procurement / RFPCorporateWatch · 66/100
A French energy utility's venture arm keeps €250M cleantech fund open to energy startups
Two recent listings reconfirm a French energy utility's corporate venture arm as a standing, not time-boxed, route for energy-transition founders.
- Procurement / RFPGood · 74/100
New Zealand lists 530+ infrastructure tenders closing early June 2026
Two weeks of New Zealand government procurement point to a concentrated window for SMEs and NGOs in water, schools, and building systems.
- Procurement / RFPGood · 72/100
A Spanish utility moves supplier onboarding to a US enterprise software platform
Renewables and grid tenders from a Spanish electric utility now route through a single enterprise-software-based portal with sustainability criteria built into supplier qualification.
- Procurement / RFPFoundationGood · 72/100
A US tech company's $1B Climate Innovation Fund opens for growth-stage applicants
The fund is actively soliciting equity and project finance across six climate verticals, with early commercial traction as the bar.
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