Innovation Fund: grants for new climate technology
Grants to demonstrate how new technology can cut climate emissions in practice.
Climate grants
Grants for cutting emissions and adapting to climate change.
Funding opportunities (155)
ELENA – European Local Energy Assistance
Grants covering up to 90% of the preparation costs for large EU investment programmes in energy efficiency, building-integrated renewables or sustainable urban transport.
Project funding
Grants for organisations developing innovative, practical environmental solutions, with particular attention to small and medium-sized enterprises.
LIFE 2026: climate adaptation grants
EU grants covering up to 60% of projects that demonstrate and implement practical climate-adaptation solutions.
Grants to scale ecosystem-based adaptation
Grants of up to USD 250,000 for organisations scaling ecosystem-based adaptation, with priority for work in ODA-eligible small island developing states and least developed countries.
BEG municipal grant (464)
Grants for German municipalities and municipal associations completing whole-building energy renovations or buying freshly renovated efficient buildings.
Heating grant for private owners – residential buildings
A 30–80% grant for private owners replacing heating or connecting an existing German home to a building or district heat network.
Heating grant for municipalities – residential and non-residential buildings
A 30% grant for German municipalities installing efficient heating or connecting existing public buildings to a building or district heat network.
Umweltinnovationsprogramm (230)
Investment grants or interest-subsidised loans for companies and public bodies delivering first large-scale demonstrations of environmental technologies in Germany.
Business Fellowship
A full-time paid fellowship for experienced climate-business professionals to help early-stage climate-technology teams reach market, with an industry-competitive living stipend.
Explorer Grants
Grants for scientists and researchers worldwide to test high-risk, early-stage climate technologies while remaining in their current university, laboratory or research role.
Heating grant for businesses – residential buildings (459)
A grant covering 30% of eligible costs for businesses and other organisations installing efficient heating or connecting existing residential buildings in Germany to a heat network.
Heating grant for non-residential buildings (522)
A grant currently covering 30% of eligible heating-upgrade costs for businesses and other investors in existing non-residential buildings in Germany.
Climate-friendly municipal new-build grant (498/499)
Grants covering 10% of capped eligible costs for German municipalities building or buying new homes and other buildings that meet energy and lifecycle-emissions standards.
Municipal nature-based climate protection grant (444)
Grants for German municipalities and eligible public-law bodies to create greener spaces, plant trees and restore paved-over soils.
Startup investment and growth support
Up to €2.5 million for startups raising early investment to develop and grow urban mobility solutions, including cleaner transport, smart charging and lower-emission logistics.
EIC Accelerator
Grants and investment for companies taking breakthrough technologies from validated prototypes towards commercial deployment and growth, including clean energy and climate adaptation.
LIFE one-stop shops for private-building renovation
Grants to establish integrated renovation services for private homes, professional landlords or commercial buildings. The documented 2026 round is closed.
LIFE private-finance mobilisation for energy efficiency
Grants to develop and test financing schemes that attract private investment into energy efficiency, potentially alongside renewables and storage. The 2026 round is closed.
LIFE cooperation among energy communities
Grants for cross-country projects that strengthen energy-community federations or use peer learning to implement new community energy services. The 2026 round is closed.
LIFE Climate Change Mitigation grants
Grants covering up to 60% of eligible costs for operational projects that cut greenhouse-gas emissions or increase carbon removals in LIFE participating countries.
LIFE Climate Governance and Information grants
Grants covering up to 60% of eligible costs for practical climate-governance, policy implementation and behaviour-change projects in LIFE participating countries.
LIFE project development assistance for sustainable energy
Grants covering up to 95% of technical-assistance costs to prepare and launch substantial energy-efficiency or renewable-energy investments in LIFE participating countries.
LIFE grants for industry clean energy cooperation
Grants covering 95% of eligible costs for international projects that connect industry with clean-energy suppliers or organise energy cooperation among nearby businesses.
SME Market Expansion for urban mobility
A €60,000 grant for SMEs to test new or substantially improved urban-mobility solutions with a committed end-client. Mandatory commercial fees apply; the 2026 round is closed.
LIFE grants for local heating and cooling plans
Grants covering 95% of eligible costs for international projects helping municipalities and regions deliver integrated local heating and cooling plans.
Energy community business-plan grant
A €45,000 lump-sum grant and mandatory training to develop a new business plan for an energy community in 31 eligible European countries. The 2026 call is closed.
RAPTOR city mobility pilots
€60,000 grants for single SMEs to develop and demonstrate a solution to a participating city’s mobility challenge. A mandatory commercial agreement applies; the 2026 round is closed.
Innovation Fund hydrogen production auction
Competitive grants paying a fixed premium per kilogram of certified hydrogen produced in the EU/EEA. IF25 is closed; a further auction is planned for December 2026.
Innovation Fund industrial heat auction
Competitive grants paid against verified low-carbon industrial heat production in the EU and EEA. Applicants finance delivery before payments begin; the 2025 auction is closed.
Innovating for Climate Resilience
Funding to test and expand climate-adaptation solutions that can improve the lives of millions of people living in poverty in developing countries. Applications are currently closed.
Large innovation projects
Grants of up to US$5 million to scale or spread innovative climate-adaptation solutions in eligible developing countries, submitted through accredited implementing entities.
Residential energy advice grant (EBW)
A grant for owners, tenants and owners’ associations to get expert advice and a renovation plan for an older residential building in Germany.
Energy advice for non-residential buildings and business operations
A grant for businesses, municipalities and nonprofit organisations towards professional advice on energy-saving improvements to non-residential buildings and operations, including preparation for contracts that guarantee energy savings.
BEG grants for building efficiency measures
Grants for owners and other eligible investors improving insulation, building systems, existing heating or small shared heat networks in Germany.
Efficient heat-network grants (BEW)
Grants help network developers and owners plan, build and decarbonise heat networks in Germany, with additional operating support for eligible solar heat and electric heat pumps.
Climate-friendly refrigeration grants
Grants for businesses, municipalities and institutions installing efficient refrigeration and air-conditioning systems with halogen-free refrigerants in Germany.
Kommunalrichtlinie
Grants for municipalities and eligible local institutions in Germany to plan climate action, employ climate staff and invest in lighting, cycling, waste and water infrastructure.
Green Start-up
A two-year grant for young companies developing innovative, environmentally beneficial business models, mainly covering founder living costs.
Electric vehicle purchase and leasing grant
Private individuals living in Germany can receive €1,500–€6,000 towards buying or leasing a qualifying new electric car, with the amount depending on vehicle type, household income and children.
LIFE circular economy and zero pollution grants
Grants for public and private organisations implementing circular-economy and pollution-reduction projects, including water resilience and more energy-efficient wastewater treatment.
LIFE Nature and Biodiversity grants
Grants for organisations restoring habitats and protecting wild species, including carbon-rich ecosystems and flood and drought resilience; the 2026 round is closed.
LIFE climate plan implementation grants
Grants for partnerships implementing large climate adaptation and emissions-reduction plans alongside other funding.
LIFE Environment plan implementation grants
Grants for partnerships involving the responsible public authorities to put large-scale environmental plans into practice, including flood and drought resilience.
LIFE household energy poverty
Grants for organisations working together across countries to reduce household energy poverty through public-policy coordination or support for apartment-building renovation.
LIFE building energy renovation solutions
Grants for cross-border partnerships testing scalable building renovation models and practical energy assessment tools.
LIFE BUILD UP Skills national skills platforms
Grants for organisations bringing national partners together to plan workforce skills for energy-efficient buildings and attract people to energy-efficiency professions.
LIFE sustainable energy policy implementation
Grants for public and private organisations working together to help EU countries implement energy-efficiency and building-performance rules.
LIFE RENEWHC — Grants to improve heat-pump and solar-thermal markets
Grants for international partnerships to remove regulatory and financing barriers to heat pumps and solar thermal in existing buildings.
LIFE DIGITAL — Skills and planning for smarter electricity networks
Grants for consortia helping electricity distribution network operators build staff skills and digitalisation roadmaps for integrating clean energy.
LIFE EMPOWER — Clean energy scale-up in cities
A grant for a consortium to help European cities turn proven clean-energy solutions into implementation plans, with training and local-authority roadmap grants.
LIFE environmental governance grants
Grants for organisations improving environmental decision-making, compliance and public awareness, including proactive drought management.
Energy and resource efficiency investment grant
Direct grants help businesses in Germany replace inefficient equipment, use renewable process heat and cut energy use or material waste.
progres.nrw – Energy-efficient public buildings
Grants supported whole-building energy renovations in North Rhine-Westphalia for municipalities, municipal organisations and eligible charitable bodies; funding is now exhausted.
PIUS-Invest
Grants for commercial small and medium-sized businesses in Hessen to introduce resource-saving production methods and business processes that cut greenhouse gas emissions.
progres.nrw – Geothermal drilling risk support
Grants help companies and municipalities investigate geothermal heat in North Rhine-Westphalia, with conditionally repayable risk support for companies drilling their first productive borehole.
progres.nrw – Low-emission mobility
Grants for charging infrastructure, electric-mobility plans and specified electric vehicles for residential applicants, businesses and municipalities with projects in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Klimaschutz-Plus building renovation
Additional grants for Baden-Württemberg municipalities renovating existing public buildings, alongside approved federal building-efficiency or public-school renovation funding.
progres.nrw – Climate technology grants
Grants for renewable energy, climate-related training and advice, and eligible building projects in North Rhine-Westphalia, with separate rules for each activity and applicant group.
progres.nrw – Innovation
Grants for companies, researchers and public or nonprofit bodies developing energy technologies and industrial processes that reduce emissions, mainly in North Rhine-Westphalia.
progres.nrw – Heat and cooling network grants
Grants for companies building, expanding or modernising public-supply heat and cooling networks in North Rhine-Westphalia, including connected equipment and studies.
Manufacturing SME transformation grant
Up to €50,000 for manufacturing SMEs in the EU to buy external services for greener production, including energy efficiency and renewable-energy integration, alongside free technical advice.
I3FLOAT floating offshore wind innovation grants
Grants of up to €60,000 per small or medium-sized business to develop technologies close to market for floating offshore wind.
NOSTRADAMUS farm digital application grants
Grants of up to €50,000 help small businesses develop open-source farm decision tools, including cereal adaptation and drought-resilience applications.
ENEO initial energy advice grant
A grant covering 95% of initial energy advice costs for owners and authorized managers of rental apartment buildings in Berlin.
Schwammstadt grant programme
Grants help private property owners in Bremen and Bremerhaven add green roofs or façades, remove sealed paving, and install rainwater or greywater systems.
Climate protection and adaptation grant
Grants for local residents, property owners and organizations to improve buildings and gardens or buy an electric cargo bicycle in Cloppenburg.
Climate protection and adaptation grant
Residents and nonprofit organizations in Siegen can get help buying a qualifying cargo bike, including an electric cargo bike.
KlimaStadt grant: heat-pump noise studies
A grant for individuals and organisations arranging a joint noise study for air-source heat pumps serving at least two existing buildings in Würzburg.
Balcony solar grant
Grants for Eislingen residents buying and installing new plug-in solar panels at an occupied home.
Balcony solar grant
A €150 grant helps adult residents of Kassel buy a new plug-in solar system for their home.
Balcony solar grant
Up to €250 for residents buying a new plug-in solar system for their own home or rented dwelling in Bad Kreuznach.
Climate and resource protection grant
Grants for solar panels with battery storage at residential buildings in Neuburg an der Donau, for local residents, associations and foundations.
Balcony solar grant
A €100 grant for Neuwied residents installing a new plug-in solar system at their own home or rented dwelling.
Solar energy grant
Grants help Holzgerlingen residents buy their first plug-in solar electricity system or solar thermal system for private use.
Balcony solar grant
A one-off grant of €100 per solar module, up to €200, for eligible owners and tenants with their main residence in Amstetten.
Climate protection grant
Grants for household solar panels, fossil-heating replacement and rainwater storage at residential properties in Filderstadt.
Balcony solar grant
A grant for a new plug-in solar system for tenants and residents of owned flats in Cremlingen.
Residential photovoltaic grant
Grants for fixed solar electricity systems and battery storage on homes and association buildings in Walldorf.
SolarPLUS
Grants help Berlin property owners and roof users add solar-electricity storage, suitable metering and special photovoltaic installations, with planning support for larger buildings.
proKLIMA
Grants for individuals, businesses, associations and cooperatives to remove sealed surfaces and permanently plant the ground in Emsdetten.
Climate adaptation grant
Grants help residents improve their self-occupied homes in Bad Kreuznach with rainwater collection, greening, trees and removal of sealed surfaces.
KommKlimaFöR municipal heat-adaptation grant
Grants help Bavarian municipal bodies reduce heat impacts through shade, green roofs, climate parks, cooling fountains and rainwater systems.
Municipal climate adaptation grant
Grants help cities and municipalities in Region Hannover remove paving, add shade and greenery, and retain rainwater to reduce climate impacts.
KLIMOPASS adaptation planning grants
Grants for Baden-Württemberg municipalities to hire help preparing measures from existing climate adaptation plans or commission detailed local climate analyses.
Roof and façade greening grant
A grant for property owners and holders of hereditary building rights to create green roofs and façades on private properties in Billerbeck.
Climate adaptation grant
Grants for Memmingen residents who own or rent homes to remove sealed surfaces, green roofs or facades, or collect rainwater.
Climate adaptation measures grant
Grants help property owners, tenants, associations, businesses and religious communities add green roofs and facades, remove sealed surfaces and manage water in Dreieich.
Balcony solar grant
A €100 grant for a new plug-in solar system for households with their main residence in Westerkappeln.
Förderprogramm Klimaneutrale Gebäude
A grant for Munich residents buying and installing a new balcony solar device, paying €0.40 per watt peak up to €320 and 50% of eligible costs.
Solar panels and battery storage grant
Grants for adult residents installing rooftop or balcony solar panels together with a new battery in Schwandorf.
Roof greening grant
A grant for property owners and authorized applicants to add voluntary extensive green roofs to existing buildings in Radevormwald.
Grünes Zuhause
Grants for property owners, tenants and small businesses to green roofs and façades or replace sealed ground with planting in Markkleeberg.
Green roof grant
Homeowners in Brühl (Baden) can receive 50% of construction costs, up to €770, to green a roof larger than 30 m².
10.000 Grüne Dächer
A €50-per-square-metre grant for private property owners adding a green roof in the eligible Emscher-Lippe catchments.
Climate protection grant
Grants for Bissendorf residents and registered associations buying plug-in solar devices or electric cargo bikes, or creating green roofs and façades.
Mehr Grün für Schalke-Nord
Get up to 70% of the cost of small greening projects at residential properties in the Schalke-Nord and Bismarck-West renewal area reimbursed.
Grant for removing sealed surfaces
Property owners can receive up to €500 to remove gravel gardens or replace sealed private surfaces with natural landscaping in Hambrücken.
Rainwater cistern grant
Grants help building owners, owners associations and tenants install rainwater cisterns for garden irrigation on properties in Gräfelfing.
Heavy-rain and flood-protection grant
Property owners and other property-right holders in Eschborn or Niederhöchstadt can get grants for expert flood-risk advice and recommended mobile barriers.
Rainwater consultation and garden-cistern grant
Property owners and other qualifying rights holders in Eschborn or Niederhöchstadt can get grants for rainwater advice and cisterns that collect roof runoff for garden watering.
Aktion Wasserzeichen
Grants for property owners, occupiers and legal entities in Eppelborn to disconnect paved surfaces from the combined sewer or retain rainwater.
Green Spark Fund
Grants of up to £2,000 for community-led climate-resilience projects by Communities for Nature partners and groups in their partner communities.
Private-land unsealing grant
Homeowners in Ochtrup can receive up to €200 towards container delivery and disposal when they remove hard surfaces and permanently plant the area.
Rainwater cistern grant
A grant for Barsinghausen residents installing rainwater cisterns of at least 2 m³ to water gardens at existing homes.
Blau-Grüne Infrastruktur – roof greening
Grants cover 50% of eligible professional roof-greening costs for private and commercially used buildings in Pulheim.
Rainwater cistern grant
Adult homeowners living in Lotte can receive €150 per full cubic metre for a new underground garden-watering cistern of 3–5 m³.
Rainwater cistern subsidy for garden irrigation
Private-property water customers in Herford, Hiddenhausen and Spenge can receive €50 per m³ of rainwater storage for garden irrigation, credited to their water bill.
Rainwater storage grant for garden irrigation
Landowners in Landkreis Wesermarsch can receive 30% of eligible gross costs for a new garden rainwater system, up to €1,500 underground or €500 above ground.
Greening and unsealing grants
Property owners and owners’ associations can receive up to €2,500 to remove sealed surfaces and plant them on residential properties in Germering.
Ergoldinger Förderprogramm
Grants for property owners and tenants in Ergolding to green roofs and façades, remove sealed surfaces and collect rainwater.
Climate protection grant
Grants for Denzlingen residents joining carsharing and for rainwater storage at homes in Denzlingen.
KlimaPlus+
Grants help adult Minden residents buy or privately lease a new or used cargo bike, with or without electric assistance.
Climate protection and adaptation grants
Grants for Heinsberg residents to install green roofs or planting attached to facades on buildings in the city.
Municipal species and climate protection grant
Grants for resident homeowners and tenants to install fixed rainwater storage or infiltration systems in Werther (Westf.).
Climate protection grant
Grants for TWO energy customers replacing coal or oil heating with a heat pump, adding solar storage, buying efficient household appliances or obtaining energy advice.
CO2 reduction programme
A €500 net grant helps electricity customers install rooftop solar planned, supplied and installed through Stadtwerke Stein.
Wir für die Zukunft climate fund
Grants of up to €100,000 help individuals and nonprofit groups run community projects that cut emissions or prepare Lübeck for climate impacts.
Menslager Klimafonds
Grants help Menslage residents insulate existing buildings, with additional support for contractor labour.
KlimaFonds
Grants help nonprofit initiatives and associations run public climate-action events in Göttingen.
Plug-in solar grant
A €100 grant towards a new plug-in solar device installed and used on a building in Gelsenkirchen.
Technology grant
Get €300 towards your first heat-pump installation as a Stadtwerke Dinslaken customer using its DINStrom+ heat-pump green-electricity tariff.
Energy and mobility grant
A €200 grant for existing and new stm energy customers installing a heat pump in a building in the Meerbusch supply area.
Solar PV and battery subsidy
Payments towards solar panels and battery storage bought directly through Stadtwerke Witten for buildings in Witten.
Energy-efficiency funding programme
A €50 grant helps utility customers replace an old heating-circulation pump with a regulated class A high-efficiency pump.
Climate funding programme
A €70 rebate helps household electricity customers buy a new plug-in balcony solar installation.
Heat-pump installation grant
Electricity customers can receive a €150 bill credit for installing a heat pump, paid across their next two annual bills.
Electric-scooter purchase grant
Electricity customers can receive €100 towards a factory-new electric scooter in the Stadtwerke Zweibrücken supply area.
Funding programme
A €75 grant per new class A household appliance for customers who commit to electricity and gas supply from Stadtwerke Bliestal.
CO₂ reduction programme: solar PV
A one-off grant for private owners and tenants installing fixed solar PV on mainly residential buildings in the Elmshorn utility network area.
CO2 reduction programme
A €500 grant helps eligible utility customers install heat-recovery ventilation in existing residential buildings or buildings used for charitable purposes.
Electric bicycle grant
A €150 grant per new electric bicycle for electricity customers living or based in Schwerin.
Energy and mobility grant — heat pump
A €200 grant for energy customers installing a new heat pump in a residential or non-residential building in the Willich service area.
Energy-saving equipment grants
Electricity customers can receive €50 or €100 towards efficient appliances, plug-in solar, electric mobility and domestic hot-water heat pumps.
Klima-Förderprogramm
Get a €300 grant towards a home EV wallbox bought and installed through LadeBox if you are an eligible household electricity customer in the utility’s service area.
Energy-saving appliance grant
A €30 purchase grant helps electricity customers on special contracts buy an energy-label class-A washing machine.
CO2 reduction programme: efficient appliances
Electricity customers can receive €50 in bill credits over five years when replacing an old household appliance with a new model rated B or better.
Energy grants for heat pumps and home EV chargers
Grants of €250 for an electric heating heat pump or €100 for a home EV charger for eligible Stadtwerke Detmold customers.
naturliebeStrom customer climate grant
A grant for naturliebeStrom customers replacing old household appliances with energy-efficient models.
Small solar installation grant
Household electricity customers can receive €75 for an electrician to commission and register a small solar installation of up to 800 W.
Solar, heat pump and charging grants
Private customers can receive grants for solar panels, batteries, electric heat pumps or home EV chargers, tied to five years of electricity supply.
Heat pump electrical conversion grant
Stadtwerke Erkrath customers can receive up to €500 for electrical installation upgrades needed for a new heat pump in an existing Erkrath building.
Rückenwind e-bike grant
Get €50 towards a new e-bike if you are an adult EVH electricity or gas customer living in Germany.
Customer funding programme: electric cars
Electricity customers can receive €500 towards a new electric car if they keep their electricity supply for five years.
Electric mobility grant
Grants for Hockenheim electricity customers buying a wallbox, electric cargo bike, electric moped or electric scooter for noncommercial use.
Rainwater cistern grant
Property owners in Schwerte can receive up to EUR750 for an underground rainwater cistern at an already developed residential property.
Rainwater cistern grant
Property owners can receive up to €5,000 to install their first rainwater-use system for an existing building in Geisenheim.
Rain barrel and cistern grant
Eligible water and energy customers can receive 25% of the cost of a rain barrel or rainwater cistern, up to €100 per customer per year.
Support for energy-saving appliances and measures
Households in Schöneck can receive grants for efficient appliances, heating improvements, a cargo e-bike or other listed energy-saving measures.
Efficient household appliance grant
Customers on EWR*STROM Natur Plus can receive €30 or €60 per new eligible energy-efficient appliance.
Loyalty grant for efficient household appliances
Long-standing ENTEGA green-electricity customers can receive €50 for a second eligible energy-efficient household appliance bought in the year.
Balcony solar grant
A €100 grant per dwelling helps individual landlords, tenants and owners install new plug-in solar equipment in Waltrop.
KlimaIMPULS
Grants towards new cargo bikes and cargo trailers for residents of Schwetzingen.
E-mobility grant
Grants for electric cargo bikes, mopeds, charging equipment and charging plans for green-electricity customers living or working in the Mainzer Netze area.
Charging infrastructure grant
A €300 grant towards a wallbox or charging pillar in Lichtenfels for private individuals and private-law legal entities with a Korb.Strom electricity contract.