Energy Tech grants in Germany
Explore Energy Tech grants for companies in Germany. This list brings together funding for renewables, storage, grids, hydrogen, nuclear and energy efficiency from German innovation agencies, research funders and foundations, EU and international programs open to applicants in Germany, and competitions any company can enter, with the deadline, award size and eligibility on every listing. Grants aimed at Energy Tech in Germany come first.
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Next generation distribution substation for increasing the system resilience
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds projects that demonstrate smart, resilient electricity distribution substations tested in at least two EU pilots.
Next generation of reversible proton conducting ceramic cells and stacks for efficient energy applications at ≥1 kW scale
🇪🇺Clean Hydrogen JU · European Union
Funds research into next-generation reversible proton conducting ceramic cells for hydrogen production and use at kilowatt scale.
Novel approaches to geothermal resources development
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds demonstrations of new drilling, subsurface engineering and reservoir technology that cut the cost and risk of geothermal energy projects.
Novel inverter technologies and flexibility in PV systems (EUPI-PV Partnership)
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds up to three projects developing next-generation smart inverter technology that lets solar power systems provide grid services like voltage and frequency regulation.
Novel solutions for off-grid storage of renewable energy for critical infrastructures
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds research into off-grid renewable energy storage that removes fossil-fuel backup from critical infrastructure like hospitals and data centres.
NZIA regulatory sandbox exchange forum support
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays a single coordination project to help Member States compare and improve their Net-Zero Industry Act regulatory sandboxes for testing new net-zero technologies.
Operational digital platforms – Works
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funded cross-border digital platforms that link EV charging, smart grids and data centres to cut energy use and emissions across Europe.
Optimal integrated onboard renewable energy solutions, by considering Wind-Assisted Propulsion Systems (ZEWT Partnership)
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays one project up to EUR 7.5 million to build a standard method for measuring how much fuel wind-assisted sails actually save on ships.
Optimised/Alternative Silicon Growth Technologies (from either liquid or gaseous phase) for PV Applications
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds consortiums including a silicon wafer manufacturer to develop cheaper, lower-energy ways to grow silicon ingots and wafers for solar cells.
Phase out fossil fuel in energy intensive industries through the efficient integration of renewable energy sources
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a physical demonstration that phases out fossil fuel from a heating-heavy industrial process using local renewable energy integration.
Ports of the future (ZEWT Partnership)
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds sustainable and digital strategies for small and medium European ports, demonstrated in at least six ports across five maritime and one inland site.
Pre-commercial appraisal for CO2 aquifer storage
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds site appraisal and an injection pilot test in a deep saline aquifer to speed up CO2 storage development, mainly in Central, Eastern and Southern Europe.
Pre-Normative Research on hydrogen odorisation: enhancing safety and detection along the hydrogen value chain
🇪🇺Clean Hydrogen JU · European Union
Funds research into safe, non-toxic odorants and detection methods so 100% hydrogen networks can be smelled the way natural gas is today.
Propulsion system for next generation rotorcrafts
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Funds early design work on a new high-power European turboshaft engine for the next generation of military rotorcraft.
Public datasets of technologies along the hydrogen value chain for life cycle (sustainability) assessment
🇪🇺Clean Hydrogen JU · European Union
Funds a coordination project that builds public life-cycle datasets for hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.
Real-time, adaptative and innovative energy management solutions to optimise fuel consumption and lower emissions pollutants in waterborne transport (ZEWT Partnership)
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays one research project up to EUR 4 million to build AI-based energy-management systems that cut ship fuel use and emissions in real time.
RFCS Big Tickets — Coal
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funded large-scale pilot and demonstration coal-transition projects reaching TRL 7-8, aimed at repurposing mine sites and cutting methane and mine-water impacts.
RFCS Coal Accompanying Measures
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds coordination and knowledge-sharing work tied to the EU coal sector's transition, run alongside the Research Fund for Coal & Steel's coal research and pilot-project topics.
RFCS Coal Pilot and Demonstration Projects
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds pilot and demonstration-scale coal-transition projects — carbon capture, mine repurposing, environmental remediation — bridging research and industrial deployment.
RFCS Coal Research Projects
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds early-stage coal-transition research — carbon capture, mine repurposing, worker reskilling — under the Research Fund for Coal & Steel.
Safety of renewable low and zero-carbon waterborne fuels in port areas (ZEWT partnership)
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds one project assessing the safety risks of storing and bunkering renewable low-carbon fuels in EU port areas and writing safety guidelines.
Scalable and high efficiency materials and reactors for direct solar hydrogen production
🇪🇺Clean Hydrogen JU · European Union
Funds research into scalable materials and reactors that split water into hydrogen directly using concentrated solar energy.
Smart integration of net zero technologies into Energy Intensive industries
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds collaborations between energy-intensive industry and net-zero technology manufacturers that integrate net-zero equipment into real industrial processes.
Smarter buildings as part of the energy system for increased efficiency and flexibility – Societal Readiness Pilot
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds projects that upgrade building management systems for smarter, grid-flexible buildings, piloted in at least three climate zones and building types.