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.
£190m+ won by our team
PhD-level specialists, never a template or an AI tool.
Funders funding cleantech & energy
- DESNZ
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- 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
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.
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.
Horizon Europe
[Horizon - Food & Bioeconomy] Biotechnology application for Carbon Capture & Utilisation (CCU)
Expected to open. Consortium; UK eligible (Assoc. Country); SMEs as partners
Horizon Europe
[Horizon - Food & Bioeconomy] Using CCRI to strengthen urban manufacturing (Clean Industrial Deal) (two-stage)
Expected to open. Consortium; UK eligible (Assoc. Country); SMEs as partners
Horizon Europe
[Horizon - Health] Integrating climate-related exposures into the human exposome
Expected to open. Consortium; UK eligible (Assoc. Country); SMEs as partners
Horizon Europe
[Horizon - Health] Tools and technologies to support health adaptation to climate change (joint w/ Climate Mission)
Expected to open. Consortium of procurers; UK eligible
Horizon Europe
[Horizon - Industry & Digital] Efficient energy input & energy mgmt in process industries (two-stage, IA)
Expected to open. Consortium; UK eligible (Assoc. Country); SMEs as partners
Relevant client wins
Grants our team has won for companies solving comparable technical problems.
Phase 3 awarded
Large-scale live trials funded
Butterfly
Clean tech: indoor air quality
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£1,170,000
£1.17M secured for emissions reduction platform
Supply chain emissions platform
Clean tech: supply chain decarbonisation
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£50,000
£50K secured for AI fleet optimisation
EV fleet management program
Clean tech: electric vehicle fleets
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