Community Energy Upgrades Fund
Closed Australian grant round offering local governments AUD25,000–2.5 million for energy upgrades, covering up to 50% of eligible costs with cash matching.
Green public infrastructure finance
Loans and other finance for public energy and transport projects. Some offers combine a loan with a grant.
Funding opportunities (13)
Grants and tax incentives
Loans and other finance
Energy efficiency financing
Commercial financing for proven EU energy-efficiency, renewable-energy and clean urban-transport projects with a direct or indirect municipal link.
Municipal building retrofit
A combined loan and grant for Canadian municipalities and qualifying partners to cut energy use and emissions from existing public-service buildings.
Organic waste-to-energy loan and grant
A combined loan and grant for Canadian municipalities and qualifying partners to build and start operating systems that recover energy from organic waste, landfill gas or waste heat.
Municipal fleet electrification loan and grant
A combined loan and grant for Canadian municipalities and qualifying partners to replace municipal or transit vehicles with zero-emission models and install fleet charging infrastructure.
Community energy systems
A combined loan and grant for Canadian municipalities and qualifying partners to construct a renewable energy system serving multiple buildings or systems.
New sustainable municipal buildings
A combined loan and grant for Canadian municipalities and qualifying partners to construct low-carbon, wholly municipally or Indigenous-community-owned public buildings.
Municipal energy-renovation loan (264)
Loans for German municipalities renovating buildings, with possible debt reduction for whole-building work or supplementary borrowing alongside an approved grant for individual improvements.
Municipal sustainable mobility loan (267)
A direct loan covering up to 100% of eligible costs for municipalities investing in climate-friendly vehicles, walking and cycling routes, transport infrastructure or digital mobility in Germany.
Green loan
Loans for green investment by Swedish municipalities, regions and their companies, including energy, buildings and public transport.
Municipal Energy Revolving Fund (MERF)
Loans for Vermont municipalities to audit and improve their buildings’ energy efficiency, including weatherization and replacing fossil-fuel heating.
Louisiana Revolving Loan Fund Program
Loans help Louisiana public entities improve energy efficiency and install renewable energy at public facilities.
Energy Efficiency Revolving Loan Fund
Loans of $300,000–$2 million at 1.5% interest help New Jersey executive-branch bodies improve the energy performance of state-owned and operated facilities.