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Grants

Energy Entrepreneurs Fund (EEF)

Status

Usually opens in March and April and September

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Closed

Projected from the pattern of past calls — confirm on the funder's page before planning around it.

Amount
£1,000,000

Historically grants of roughly GBP 100,000 to GBP 1 million plus incubation support for SMEs developing energy efficiency, power generation, heat and storage technologies.

You must co-fund 50%. Work out the cash you need

Funder

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)

public · national

Deadline: Closed — Ran in numbered phases (Phases 1-9) roughly annually since 2012, each with a several-week application window.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

You fund 50% yourself.

Who can apply

Targeted at SMEs; grants historically required significant match funding.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The EU SME definition (Recommendation 2003/361)

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/energy-entrepreneurs-fund · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: www.gov.uk

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