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PtX Platform
Germany launched a platform in 2022 that can connect projects in emerging and developing countries that aim to build local supply chains for hydrogen production from renewable electricity with grant and debt finance. In 2024 and 2025 it allocated its first USD 65 million to…
Clean Energy Transition Partnership
The CETPartnership is an initiative co-funded by the European Union that issues joint calls to pool funds from participating governments and support clean energy R&D projects that have partbers from more than one participating country. European and non-European countries and…
Guiding Opinions on Energy Work
These guiding opinions which sets out influential quantitative expectations for the energy system (promoting high-quality energy development and energy security at a high level, and supporting China’s continued economic growth) contains some opinions describing how innovation is…
Energy Earthshots Initiative
The initiative aims to tackle the most challenging technological barriers to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. It sets ambitious technical and cost goals for next-generation clean energy technologies and encompasses a diverse portfolio of technologies and pathways,…
Belgian Energy Transition Fund
The Belgian Energy Transition Fund aims to support research, development, and innovation in the energy sector, focusing on federal energy competencies. It is organized into three thematic areas: Renewable energy sources in the Belgian exclusive economic zone in the North Sea and…
Fusion 2040 programme
In 2024, Germany launched the Fusion 2040 programme, committing around USD 400 million over 5 years to advance fusion research, including stellarator technology, to complement its participation in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)
Prototype tokamak fusion power plant
In early 2025, the United Kingdom pledged the equivalent of USD 525 million to develop a prototype tokamak fusion power
Fusion Energy Sciences programme
The Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) program aims to advance the understanding of high-temperature plasmas and develop fusion energy, by studying both natural and manufactured plasmas. It increased the budget for their Fusion Energy Sciences programme to USD 790 million in 2024 (30%…
Fusion research funding
China is estimated to have allocated around USD 1.5 billion to fusion research in 2024, focusing on tokamak projects such as the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak and the China Fusion Engineering Test
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) Clean Energy Siting Program
This programme, operated since 2018, offer a 40% discount on labour fees to SMEs in the National Research Council laboratories. In 2025, it expanded the program to support fusion, hydrogen, battery storage and clean
Joint Research Centre research infrastructure access
The European Commission provides open access to some of its Joint Research Centre research infrastructure. It does so via two types of calls: "relevance-driven", which are open to universities, research institutions and SMEs, require users to cover only variable costs associated…
ERIC-ERIC access to energy materials research facilities
The European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) helps co-ordinate access to pan-European research infrastructure as a single point of entry. Since 2023, CERIC-ERIC, which grants free access to energy materials research facilities in central Europe, added new fuel cell,…
ECCSEL ERIC access to CCUS research facilities
The European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) helps co-ordinate access to pan-European research infrastructure as a single point of entry. In 2024, ECCSEL ERIC, which helps with access to over 100 CCUS research facilities, launched a funding call for Italian research…
ERIGrid 2.0 project
The EU-funded ERIGrid 2.0 project facilitates access to 21 physical laboratories for smart energy research via quarterly calls for applications for laboratory vouchers, and 10 virtual facilities. The final application window closed in
High-Performance Computing for Energy Innovation programme
The High-Performance Computing for Energy Innovation programme in the United States has offered up to USD 400 000 per industry-led project, as well as offering expertise from the national energy laboratories between 2022 and 2024. In 2024 its calls focused on manufacturing and…
High-Performance Computing Infrastructure system
In Japan, the High-Performance Computing Infrastructure system connects supercomputers and data storage at universities and research institutes. Its ongoing calls have recently included energy-related
Sectorial AI Testing and Experimentation Facilities (TEF) initiative
The European Union is creating facilities where researchers can validate their proposed applications of AI beyond the laboratory though, for example, its 2023 Sectorial AI Testing and Experimentation Facilities (TEF)
CitCom Testing and Experimentation Facilities (TEF)
In Denmark, the CitCom TEF enables start-ups to test AI solutions in power, mobility and connectivity, and since 2024, the European Commission has allocated grants for creating additional TEFs focused on energy applications, including grids, hydrogen, and
Government-backed venture capital fund
In early 2025, China announced plans for a government-backed venture capital fund of around USD 140 billion to support technology start-ups, including a focus on renewable
Nordic Investment Bank loans for energy transition projects
In 2023, the Nordic Investment Bank (a regional public development bank funded by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden) approved a strategy to allocate the equivalent of USD 325 million to energy transition projects, backed by the European…
European Marine Energy Centre
In 2024, new funds were committed to the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) to help the not-forprofit test facility to support tidal energy arrays. This £3 million grant funding will help unlock EMEC growth opportunities to help deliver UK net zero
Wind turbine test centre
An £86 million budget was announced in 2024 for a facility designed to test, validate and certify wind turbines with blades of up to 150 metres in conditions that replicate those at
Commercial-scale testing facility for electricity transmission line technologies
The United States supports a commercial-scale testing facility for electricity transmission line technologies that announced a successful test in 2024 of a robot-applied coating that can safely increase current-carrying
Test centres for CO2 capture, removal, and conversion
In 2025, a USD 101 million call was launched for the development of five test centres for CO2 capture, removal and
Utah FORGE, a test filed for enhanced geothermal technologies
Utah FORGE is a dedicated US-government-led field site for the development and testing of enhanced geothermal technologies. Technology developers apply for access via calls. In 2024, FORGE partners reported the successful connection and energy transfer between two wells, a key…
Living Laboratories for 100% Renewable Energy initiative
In 2023, Austria launched its Living Laboratories for 100% Renewable Energy initiative, which aims to establish up to five initiatives by 2025 to develop, test and validate approaches that could enable fully renewable energy
VITO living labs for testing energy technologies in housing estates
In 2022, VITO, an R&D institute funded by the Flemish government, opened “living labs” for testing energy technologies in housing
Test facilities for technical, societal and regulatory experimentation related to emerging energy and digital technologies
China’s 2025 Government Report announced a second round of projects to create test facilities for technical, societal and regulatory experimentation related to emerging energy and digital technologies (so-called national carbon peak pilot projects, zero-carbon parks and…
Regulatory sandbox for electric demand response
In 2024, Brazil's electricity regulator approved a regulatory sandbox for demand response, targeting large consumers, building on its Tariff Sandbox to test new tariff models for low-voltage consumers, launched in 2023. It launched a public consultation on a voltage control…
Greenlab Regulatory test zone
In 2024, Denmark‘s first regulatory test zone (a structure foreseen in legislation from 2019) started operating with exemptions from electricity regulations to test solutions for integrating high shares of variable renewable energy at an industrial
Regulatory sandbox on voltage control
In 2024, Spain launched a second regulatory sandbox on voltage control. Payments and exemptions from reactive power charges were offered to large consumers to absorb excess reactive power and prevent voltage
30-months trial waiver (smart meters)
In 2023, Australia’s energy regulator granted its first 30-month trial waiver to a project deploying smart meters to enhance load management
2019 Ontario Energy Board's Innovation Sandbox
The 2019 Ontario Energy Board’s (OEB) Innovation Sandbox supports pilot projects testing new services and business models in Ontario’s electricity and natural gas industries. It provides information to innovators with questions about the OEB’s regulatory framework and how it…
Lithium Industry Support Program: Loan Facility
Australia created a credit facility in 2024 for interest-free loans of up to around USD 10 million each to help lithium miners survive unexpectedly low
Pan-EU wind power package risk sharing
In 2023, the EIB created a guarantee facility worth the equivalent of near USD 5.5 billion for commercial banks offering guarantees to wind energy equipment manufacturers. The facility is indicative of how innovators might be helped to introduce new products, though it has not…
Strategic Projects Guarantee
France’s Strategic Projects Guarantee supports energy and raw materials projects. In 2024, it had the equivalent of USD 2.2 billion available to fund loan guarantees of up to 80% for investments above around USD 11 million. As of 2025, it can support French companies undertaking…
Guarantees against deep geothermal drilling risks
In 2023, France launched a fund worth around USD 210 million for guarantees against deep geothermal drilling risks in projects with scales of around 30
Debt financing by the Export-Import Bank of the United States
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) provides international financing support through a wide range of products: Short-term working capital, Export credit insurance, Medium-term insurance, Medium- to long-term loan guarantees, Project and structured finance and…
Export credit agency backing sustainable infrastructure in the Indo-Pacific and critical minerals projects
Australia’s Export Credit Agency (Export Finance Australia) is mandated to provide financing to support sustainable infrastructure projects in the Indo-Pacific region across a range of sectors, including energy, electrification, and transportation. The agency is also tasked with…
Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transtion (SIGHT) Programme
The SIGHT programme earmarks more than USD 500 million to be distributed to electrolyser manufacturers at a rate starting at USD 50 per kW produced, and reducing over the 5 years of the contract. The system is intended to help overcome the high cost of capital and reward…
Auction of Solar Corporation of India (SECI)
In the 500 MW Bhadla Phase-III Solar Park auction, Acme Solar lodged the winning bid of INR 2.44 (USD 0.037)/kWh to develop 200 MW, while SBG Cleantech quoted INR 2.45 (USD 0.038)/kWh to bag an order for 300 MW. The new lowest tariff shows a 7% decrease on the previous cheapest…
LEAP-RE mechanism
The African Union conducts the LEAP-RE mechanism with the European Commission to fund energy R&D and capacity-building projects of mutual benefit to Africa and Europe. It involves joint calls funded by African and European funding agencies, with an additional top-up from the…
Canada Growth Fund
The Canada Growth Fund is a publicly-funded investment entity meant to catalyse private sector investment in Canadian companies and projects contributing to the deployment of key clean energy technologies. Since 2023, the Canada Growth Fund has committed the equivalent of over…
EU Innovation Fund
The EU Innovation Fund is one of the world’s largest funding programmes for the demonstration of innovative low-carbon technologies. It aims to deploy innovative net-zero technologies for climate neutrality through project funding. The programme is funded by the sales of EU…
National Green Hydrogen Mission
The Indian Union Cabinet approved the National Green Hydrogen Mission in January 2023, a policy which aims to accelerate export opportunities for green hydrogen, through the development of domestic manufacturing and employment opportunities. In the framework of the mission,…
Critical Minerals Research, Development and Demonstration Program
The Critical Minerals Research, Development and Demonstration Program (CMRDD) is a Natural Resources Canada initiative designed to advance commercial readiness of mineral processing technologies, supporting zero-emission vehicle value chains and critical mineral development…
American-Made Challenges programme
The US Department of Energy (DOE) and NREL initiated the programme to support innovative energy technologies with unique prizes. The programme provides non-dilutive cash prizes (i.e. public grants that are direct payments with unrestricted use) and in some cases, vouchers for…
Net Zero Innovation Portfolio
The UK's Net Zero Innovation Portfolio provides funding for low carbon technologies and systems, to help enable the UK to end its contribution to climate change. Related 2024 calls included direct air capture, space-based solar, AI and small modular nuclear reactors. The…
Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer
The United States Department of Energy administers a diverse array of grant programs, including the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR), collectively allocating approximately USD 300 million annually for energy R&D by small and…
Energy Innovation Program
The Energy Innovation Program is a follow-on to the ecoENERGY Innovation Innitiative, and it support the energy transition through research, development and demonstration projects. Under the program, an R&D and demonstration fund that can be tailored to specific clean energy…