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For UK registered businesses investing in technical R&D, with match funding or budget in place.

Cleantech & Energy grants

DESNZ, Innovate UK and Horizon Europe funding for the energy transition

DESNZ and Innovate UK run the largest energy-transition grant programmes in the UK, backed by Horizon Europe's Climate, Energy and Mobility cluster for genuinely transformational bets. Assessors are engineers and they will check your numbers, cost per kilowatt-hour, round-trip efficiency, capture cost per tonne.

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Cleantech & Energy research and development work funded by UK grants — £190m+ won by our team
PhD-level specialists who have won these awards themselves.

Funders funding cleantech & energy

DESNZ
Defra

Programmes that fit cleantech & energy companies

Innovate UK Consumer Led Flexibility

Clean Energy Superpower Mission competition funding demand-side flexibility innovation.

Innovate UK Zero Emission Vessels & Infrastructure 2

Larger awards for zero-emission maritime propulsion and infrastructure.

Horizon Europe Climate, Energy and Mobility

Earlier-stage climate and environmental technologies at European scale.

What assessors actually score

A techno-economic analysis with defensible assumptions
Lifecycle and scale-up realities addressed, not deferred
Performance stated against the incumbent technology, not against nothing

Where we work in cleantech & energy

Energy storage

Grid technology

Carbon capture

Hydrogen & fusion

Advanced materials

Water technology

Cleantech & Energy grants in our directory

Live programmes from the UK grant directory that suit cleantech & energy projects. Deadlines move between rounds, so each listing links through to the current detail.

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Innovate UK

Collaborative R&D (CR&D) competitions

Mission-led competitions under the Innovate UK plans (e.g. Clean Energy Superpower Mission) funding partnerships between businesses and research organisations.

Typically £150k-£2m per projectRolling or to be confirmed

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Innovate UK

[IUK] CfI: Battery innovation for dual use & defence Phase 1

Contracts for Innovation Phase 1 to adapt civil battery technologies for defence and dual-use challenges. Up to 3 months, costs £20,000–£50,000 inc VAT, all spend before 31 March 2027.

Phase 1 total eligible costs £20,000–£50,000, inclusive of VAT.Closes 4 Nov 2026

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Innovate UK

[IUK] FOAK Builder: Programme Entry Expression of Interest

Innovate UK Climate Tech FOAK Builder programme-entry EOI. UK SMEs apply as a single applicant for in-kind support of up to £315,000. This is not the same competition as Contracts for Innovation: FOAK26.

If a FOAK Support plan is agreed, in-kind support can be up to £315,000. Successful EOIs may be invited to Phase 2 grant.Closes 5 Nov 2026

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Horizon Europe

[HORIZON - CLIMATE] Africa-EU CO-FUND action on climate HORIZON-CL5-2027-01-D1-11

Expected to open. At least 30% of the beneficiaries must be legal entities established in the African Union member states[[ "African Union member states" includes countries whose membership has been temporarily suspended.]]. The following additional eligibility criteria apply: At least 30% of the beneficiaries must be legal entities established in the Africa Union member states[["African Union member states" excludes countries whose membership has been temporarily suspended.]].

€15,000,000.00Closes 17 Nov 2026

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Innovate UK

[IUK] Investor Partnerships - Battery Innovation Programme

Innovate UK Investor Partnerships competition for battery innovation. UK SMEs apply as a single applicant for grant funding alongside aligned private investment. Project size depends on research category, up to £2 million for experimental development.

£50,000–£2 million.Closes 25 Nov 2026

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Horizon Europe

[HORIZON - Energy] Renewable Energy Valleys in Africa to increase energy security and energy access in Africa HORIZON-CL5-2027-02…

Expected to open. Due to the scope of this topic, legal entities established in all African Union member states are exceptionally eligible for Union funding. If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use of Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may additionally be used). The following additional eligibility criteria apply: At least two legal entities established in at least two different African Union member states must be part of the consortium as beneficiaries.

€4,500,000.00Closes 1 Dec 2026

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