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Environment-Friendly Energy Research Centres
In 2024, Norway committed the equivalent of up to USD 120 million over 8 years to establish eight new Environment-Friendly Energy Research Centres. Led by research institutions in consortia with the private sector, the centres will undertake long-term research in areas such as…
National Programme on Green Algorithms
The National Green Algorithms Program (PNAV) promotes sustainable AI by integrating environmental considerations into algorithm development. It focuses on research, efficient infrastructure, and market integration of green AI and blockchain technologies. It allocated around USD…
Grant programme for the transformation of industry
Austria launched a grant programme for the transformation of industry in 2023. It offers the equivalent of USD 350 million in total until 2027 to support R&D, including demonstration projects, which are eligible for up to around USD 5 million
Impact Canada Cleantech Challenges
Between 2017 and 2025, Natural Resources Canada has invested $75M in six clean technology challenges under the Impact Canada initiative. These challenges were designed to address persistent barriers in cleantech development and adoption by setting ambitious but achievable goals…
SPRIN-D Challenge Programme
The Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation, SPRIN-D, offers inducement prizes through its Challenge Programme, a multi-stage competition in which participants receive initial funding, with further support awarded to those who advance to the next stage. Successful teams can…
Hackathon for predictive algorithms for hydropower resources
In 2024, as part of its national program for green algorithms, the spanish government organised a hackathon to improve predictive algorithms for optimising hydropower resources. Prizes are offered by private stakeholders: visit of Iberdrola facilities, access to the Microsoft…
Generation III+ Small Modular Reactor Program
The Generation III+ Small Modular Reactor (Gen III+ SMR) Program aims to speed the demonstration of Gen III+ nuclear reactor technologies, bridging the gap between the current american fleet of reactors and more advanced reactor designs. The goal of the Gen III+ SMR Program is…
Carbon Capture Demonstration Projects Program
The Carbon Capture Demonstrations Projects Program was set up to invest in integrated carbon capture, transport, and storage technologies and infrastructure that can be readily replicated and deployed at power plants and major industrial sources of carbon emissions, such as…
Regional Direct Air Capture Hubs
The Regional DAC Hubs Program helps to accelerate the demonstration and deployment of DAC technologies. Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED)’s DAC Hubs Program develop four domestic direct air capture hubs. Each demonstrate a DAC technology or suite of technologies at a…
Long-Duration Energy Storage US DOE portofolio
The Long-Duration Energy Storage portfolio helps to advance Long-duration energy storage (LDES) systems toward widespread commercial deployment. The goal of this portfolio is to fund projects that will overcome the technical and institutional barriers that exist for deployment,…
Industrial Demonstrations Program
The Industrial Demonstrations Program (IDP) aims to accelerate projects in energy-intensive industries towards a low- and net-zero carbon manufacturing. This program includes projects that focus on industries where innovative technologies can have the greatest impact, including…
SCALEUP Ready programme
In 2024, to smooth the scale-up path for promising technologies, the United States launched a USD 50 million per year SCALEUP Ready programme to support pilot-scale projects (USD 5 million to USD 20 million) for technologies previously funded at R&D level by ARPA-E. The scaleup…
Mining Decarbonisation Demonstration call
The Energy Innovation Program (EIP) - Mining Decarbonization Demonstration Call aims to support the uptake of energy decarbonization technologies within Canada’s mining sector. The Call focuses specifically on demonstration activities within Canadian upstream to midstream…
International Demonstration Project on Japan's Technologies for Decarbonisation and Energy Transition
The International Demonstration Project on Japan’s Technologies for Decarbonisation and Energy Transition, which was launched in 1993 and had a budget equivalent to USD 30 million in 2024 aims to support innovators seeking to demonstrate their technologies abroad. Since 2023, it…
Driving the Nation Program
The Driving the Nation Program is a program developed by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency to enable the demonstration and deployment of new zero emissions vehicle technologies through continuous open calls for projects. In 2023, it launched two calls worth a total of…
"France 2030 investment Plan" - Grands Projets Industriels de Décarbonation 2024
The France 2030 Strategy contains a goal to allocate half of the budget (equivalent to around USD 60 billion) to low-emissions technology areas. A call for brownfield projects requesting more than about USD 22 million but excluding hydrogen and biomass have been made in 2025…
"France 2030 investment Plan" - Décarbonation de l'industrie - DECARB IND 25 -
The France 2030 Strategy contains a goal to allocate half of the budget (equivalent to around USD 60 billion) to low-emissions technology areas. A call projects seeking to mitigate more than 1 kilotonne CO2 equivalent (kt CO2-eq) per year and requesting less than USD 33 million…
Industriklivet (Industrial Leap) initiative
Sweden’s Industriklivet (Industrial Leap) initiative, launched in 2018, supports research, pilot and demonstration projects including bio-based CCUS. It has a budget equivalent to USD 130 million in
Impact Innovation Net Zero Industry
Impact Innovation was jointly created in 2023 by the Swedish Energy Agency, Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development, and Swedish Innovation Agency. Through progressive actor collaboration in private, public and non-profit sector in Sweden, and an expected turnover…
EU-Catalyst Partnership
The EU-Catalyst Partnership between the European Commission, European Investment Bank (EIB) and Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, a manager of private and philanthropic funds plans to mobilise up to €840 million ($1 billion) between 2023 - 2026 to accelerate the deployment of and…
European grant program funded by the liquidated assets of the European Coal and Steel Community
The European Commission has an earmarked annual budget for innovation projects that derives from the liquidated assets of its predecessor European Coal and Steel Community. In 2023, for example, a project in Poland was funded to demonstrate methane emission reductions in coal…
ANEEL call for hydrogen projects
To fund its policy goals in the area of hydrogen, the Brazilian electricity regulator, ANEEL, issued a call in 2024 (with a budget equivalent to USD 210 million) for large pilot projects within the scope of funds it collects from electricity utilities, which are mandated by law…
Hypothecated fiscal income for innovation projects
Chile funds innovation projects using hypothecated fiscal income: revenues from the lease of stateowned mining sites are channelled to the national development agency (CORFO). In 2024, a USD 14 million call focused on lithium mining and secondary extraction of cobalt and rare…
European Innovation Council STEP Scale Up scheme
The European Innovation Council STEP Scale Up scheme, launched in 2024, offers around USD 11-33 million in equity investments for larger projects, and focuses on digital technologies, clean technologies, and
European Innovation Council Accelerator
The European Innovation Council Accelerator (launched in 2021) has a 2025 budget of USD 55 million for Breakthrough Innovations for Future Mobility, and can offer convertible loans as well as
SPI fund (Sociétés de Projets Industriels)
In 2022, France launched the second round of the SPI fund, allocating the equivalent of USD 1.1 billion over 5 years to support innovative industrial projects. The fund provides equity investments ranging from USD 5 million to USD 163 million. In 2023, it invested in an EV…
Institute for Diversification and Energy Saving energy startups minority stakes acquisition
In 2024, Spain's Institute for Diversification and Energy Saving allocated the equivalent of USD 110 million to acquire minority stakes in energy start-ups or special purpose vehicles (up to USD 11 million or a 20% stake per
Venture fund of the Center for Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI)
The Spanish venture fund of the Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology, invests in start-ups and funds, some in the energy sector. In 2025, it backed a solid-state battery company and a critical minerals recovery technology
DeepTech & Climate Fonds
In 2023, Germany established its DeepTech & Climate Fonds with around USD 1.1 billion, managed by the national development bank to co-invest in long-term ventures. In 2024, it supported a Li-ion battery recycling company and a nuclear fusion company, among
Business Finland Venture Capital Angel CoFund
n 2023, Business Finland Venture Capital launched the Angel CoFund, with the equivalent of over USD 30 million to co-invest USD 54 000 to USD 325 000 in seed-stage start-ups in Finland. In 2024, it invested in a company developing a tool to help manage electricity supply for…
Nysnø, state-owned climate investment company investments
Since 2017, state-owned climate investment company Nysnø has invested in start-ups and allocated capital to other low-emissions energy and climate-focused venture funds. In 2024, it invested the equivalent of USD 4.7 million in a company developing shore power systems for…
SmartCap Green Fund initiative
SmartCap, Estonia's state-owned venture capital fund, directly invests in start-ups and also invests in other venture funds. Its Green Fund initiative has a focus on environmental challenges, and invested the equivalent of USD 12 million in an electrolysis technology developer…
Clean Energy Finance Corporation, equity for start-ups: Clean Energy Innovation and Powering Australia Technology Fund
Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation has committed over USD 520 million to several national venture capital funds for energy technologies since 2016, including the Clean Energy Innovation Fund and Powering Australia Technology Fund. In 2024, equity investments included a…
EIB Venture Debt
As the ability of smaller companies to access affordable debt to sustain operations between successive large funding rounds varies between countries and has been a notable challenge in Europe, the EIB has developed a venture debt credit line that has recently been used to…
BNDES grants, equity and debt for energy projects
In 2023, the Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES) launched Mais Inovação, a programme that has supported record funding for industrial innovation in Brazil in 2024, including for a cellulosic bioethanol demonstration project. The programme uses resources from the Workers'…
Massachusetts Clean Energy Centre loans
The Massachusetts Clean Energy Centre (MassCEC), a state economic development agency, can grant up to USD 1.5 million of venture debt to
System of reverse auctions for bio-based CCUS, Swedish Energy Agency
The Swedish Energy Agency proposes a system of reverse auctions for pre-commercial bio-CCS technologies. Applicants submit bids on how much carbon dioxide they can capture and store and at what cost. The apploicant that can deliver bio-CCS at the lowest cost wins the bid and…
Decree for CfD for Solar PV, geothermal, floating solar, tidal and wave power
Italy issued a decree in 2024 that carved out dedicated funding for 20- or 25- year CfDs for thermodynamic solar panels, geothermal, floating solar, tidal and wave
European Hydrogen Bank and the associated auctions
In 2022, the European Commission launched the European Hydrogen Bank to create investment security and business opportunities for European and global renewable hydrogen production. It is not designed to be a physical institution, but is a financing instrument, run internally by…
CfD auction for low-emissions hydrogen
In 2024, Japan launched a 15-year CfD auction for low-emissions hydrogen and its derivatives, backed by up to USD 20 billion in government funding. The reference price will vary depending on the intended
State Buy Clean Partnership
The United States announced a State Buy Clean Partnership in 2023 whereby 13 states commit to prioritise lower-carbon materials in state-funded construction
Low Carbon Fuel Procurement Program
In 2023, Canada created a Low Carbon Fuel Procurement Program to buy 200 million litres of lowcarbon fuels for the federal aviation and marine fleets. In 2024, the programme’s budget was expanded from around USD 92 million over 8 years by adding around USD 7 million for the…
Building material, Canadian Buy Clean approach
The country has a Buy Clean approach to support low-carbon building materials and designs in line with its Greening Government and Green Buildings
Incorporation of the innovation criteria relating to sustainability into public procurement
In 2023, Portugal committed to incorporate innovation criteria relating to sustainability into public
Public Innovation Procurement framework
In 2023, Spain established a Public Innovation Procurement framework to increase purchases of innovative technologies, including near-commercial and pre-commercial products (by testing prototypes in government applications). All its public procurement already has environmental…
US Loans Programme Office, loans
The Loan Programs Office (LPO) provides loans and loan guarantees available to help deploy innovative clean energy, advanced transportation, and Tribal energy projects in the United States. Over the past decade, LPO has closed more than $30 billion of deals across a variety of…
Geothermal Investment Loan Facility
In 2024, Hungary announced a credit facility equivalent to near USD 100 million in total for support to geothermal drilling, which can carry high upfront
US Loans Programme Office, loan guarantees
The United States pioneered the use of loan guarantees to support large-scale energy infrastructure projects through the Loans Program Office. In 2024, a USD 15 billion loan guarantee to Pacific Gas & Electric was issued to supports a portfolio of grid modernisation and…
R&D funding requirement for extractive industries
In Kazakhstan, since 2021, companies in the extractive industries must allocate at least 1% of their total annual income to energy R&D projects selected by the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of
Accelerate-to-Demonstrate (A2D) Facility
In 2022, the United Kingdom committed the equivalent of USD 80 million to launch a programme with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to provide grants to demonstration projects in developing countries in the areas of critical minerals, hydrogen, smart…