Find out about the latest funding advice
There are many ways to increase the funding potential of your business. Our energy specialists have compiled a wide range of current grants and funding to support your business.
HNES is open to applicants that are responsible for operating or managing existing district heat networks or communal heating systems in England and Wales. Funding will typically be between £15,000 and £24,000 for each successful application.
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Funding: Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES)
Location: England & Wales
Value: Discretionary
Closing: 2028
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Funding of up to £140,000 is available to help parish and town councils, community organisations, faith groups, community interest companies get started on clean power projects that benefit their local areas.
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Funding: Great British Energy Community Fund
Location: North East & Yorkshire
Value: Discretionary
Closing: 12 November 2025
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This funding will help SMEs with a turnover of less than £36 million who operate from commercial premises in Sheffield to reduce their energy and carbon emissions.
Our specialist energy managers will be providing on-site energy audits, followed by detailed energy reports to support grant applications.
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Funding: Low Carbon Community and Culture Grant
Location: Sheffield
Value: Discretionary
Closing: March 2026
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This grant is for small and medium-sized businesses with 249 employees or fewer who are registered at Companies House or VAT registered with HMRC.
It gives you money off the cost of wider building and installation infrastructure work that’s needed to install multiple EV charge point sockets. You can get up to £15,000 or 75% off the cost of the work and you can receive up to 5 grants across 5 different sites.
This can be used in conjunction with the Workplace Charging Scheme.
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Funding: Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Grant for Staff and Fleets
Location: UK
Value: Up to £15,000
Closing: 31 March 2026
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If you’re a manufacturing business that is looking to increase technology usage and expand your business capabilities, the Made Smarter programme could help you access advice, support and even grant funding.
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Funding: Made Smarter
Location: Yorkshire and Humberside
Value: Free support & grant funding
Closing: None
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The HSBC £500m fund is available for businesses with a turnover of less than £25m and will offer 1% cashback on loans starting from £1,000 to help SMEs invest in green activities.
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Funding: HSBC Green SME Fund
Location: UK
Value: Discretionary
Closing: None
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The Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS) is a voucher-based scheme that provides eligible applicants with support towards the upfront costs of the purchase and installation of electric vehicle (EV) charge points.
It is available in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, but not in the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
Funding: Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS)
Location: UK
Value: up to £350 per socket
Closing: Undisclosed
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A support mechanism designed to ensure small-scale generators are paid for the renewable electricity they export to the grid.
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Anyone with one of the following technology types could benefit from the SEG (provided they meet the rest of the eligibility criteria) up to a capacity of 5MW, or up to 50kW for micro-CHP.
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Funding: Smart Export Guarantee (SEG)
Location: Great Britain
Value: 2-5.6p per kWh
Closing: Undisclosed
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