Breakthrough Energy Catalyst
Status not published
Catalyst engages projects directly rather than through published open calls. Focus areas have included green hydrogen, sustainable aviation fuel, long-duration energy storage and direct air capture.
Project-level capital (grants, equity and offtake support) for first-of-a-kind commercial demonstration plants. Deal sizes run into the tens or hundreds of millions of dollars; terms are negotiated privately.
Breakthrough Energy Catalyst
private · supranational
Deadline: Open all year — Catalyst engages projects directly rather than through published open calls. Focus areas have included green hydrogen, sustainable aviation fuel, long-duration energy storage and direct air capture.
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.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- Sectors: climate, energy
- Stage: growth
Aimed at companies ready to build a commercial-scale first-of-a-kind facility, not early-stage startups.
Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work
Source. https://www.breakthroughenergy.org/ · not human-checked
Verified on 14 August 2026
Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found
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