Green Energy Grants (California)

Green Energy Grants (California) is sponsored by California state programs (e.g., California Energy Commission). California offers several green energy grants to support small businesses committed to environmental sustainability and the adoption of clean technologies. These grants aim to reduce carbon emissions, enhance energy efficiency, and promote the use of renewable energy sources.

Funding Resources 2 - California Climate and Energy Collaborative Taking local action on climate change and clean energy is hard enough. Let us help you identify ways to pay for it. The opportunities below are a curated list of open, upcoming and past opportunities relevant to local climate and energy practitioners that can help them advance fair and equitable climate change and energy practices.

This database defaults to showing active opportunities first. Please use the filter functions to the right to find the open or upcoming funding opportunity that works for you.

(Round 10) Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation Program (SALC) Capacity and Project Development Grants Source: Department of Conservation Permanently protect croplands, rangelands, and lands utilized for the cultivation of traditional resources from conversion to non-agricultural uses.

​ Protecting these lands promotes smart growth within existing jurisdictions, ensures open space remains available, and supports healthy agricultural and tribal food systems, and resulting food security.

Eligible Entities: Local Governments, Tribal Government, Nonprofits Categories: GHG Reduction Source: Climate Smart Communities Initiative CSCI awards provide funding and technical assistance to advance community-based climate resilience in US communities or regions that are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The total grants budget is $1.

5-2 million, and grants typically range from $75,000 to $115,000 based on the scope of work proposed in the application. CSCI anticipates awarding between 16-20 grants for the 2026 cycle. The program prioritizes funding for communities that include historically disinvested populations at increased risk to climate-related impacts.

It is open to US-based project teams composed of a climate adaptation practitioner and representatives from a local or regional government entity and a community-based organization. November 13, 2025 : Watch the informational applicant webinar recording . Total Funding: $1.

5-2 Million Award Amount: $75,000 to $115,000 Eligible Entities: Local Governments, Public Agencies, State Agencies, Tribal Government, CBOs, Nonprofits, Individuals, Private Entities Categories: Climate Planning A Decision Tool to Electrify Homes with Limited Electrical Panel Capacity Source: California Energy Commission The purpose of this solicitation was to develop and demonstrate a decision tool that could provide homeowners with detailed information on their electricity use and panel capacity and provide actionable pathways to achieve electrification.

Total Funding: $4. 775 Million Award Amount: $2. 5 - $4.

775 Million Eligible Entities: Public Agencies, Private Entities Previous program opportunities: This program closed March 5, 2024 Categories: Energy Efficiency Access Clean California Grant Solicitation FY 2023-2024 The California Air Resources Board (CARB) held a competitive grant solicitation of $5 million from Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-24 for a grantee to continue implementation of the Access Clean California project.

Access Clean California provided resources to nonprofits, community-based organizations (CBO), and similar grassroots organizations to help individuals in low-income and disadvantaged communities learn about, apply for, and participate in clean transportation and clean energy incentive programs.

Total Funding: $5 Million Eligible Entities: Local Governments, Public Agencies, State Agencies, Nonprofits Previous program opportunities: This program closed on April 8, 2024 Categories: Electric Vehicles and Clean Mobility Active Transportation Program (ATP) Source: California Transportation Commission The purpose of ATP is to encourage increased use of active modes of transportation by achieving the following goals: Increase the proportion of trips accomplished by biking and walking.

Increase safety and mobility for non-motorized users. Advance the active transportation efforts of regional agencies to achieve Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reduction goals, pursuant to SB 375 (of 2008) and SB 341 (of 2009). Ensure that disadvantaged communities fully share in the benefits of the program.

Provide a broad spectrum of projects to benefit many types of active transportation users.

Total Funding: $123 Million Award Amount: Various Minimum Awards Eligible Entities: Local Governments, Public Agencies, State Agencies, Tribal Government Categories: Electric Vehicles and Clean Mobility Adaptation Planning Grant Program Source: Governor's Office of Planning and Research This program provides funding to help fill local, regional, and tribal planning needs, provides communities the resources to identify climate resilience priorities, and supports the development of a pipeline of climate resilient infrastructure projects across the state.

Total Funding: $9.

5 Million Award Amount: $100,000 - $650,000 Eligible Entities: Local Governments, Public Agencies, Tribal Government, CBOs, Nonprofits Categories: Energy Resilience , Workforce Development Affordable Housing & Sustainable Communities; Round 8 Source: California Department of Housing and Community Development The AHSC Program provides grants and/or loans, or any combination thereof, to Projects that seek to integrate low-carbon transportation and affordable housing, with an emphasis on providing benefits to Disadvantaged and Low-Income Communities.

The AHSC Program identified three eligible Project Area Types: Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Project Areas, Integrated Connectivity Project (ICP) Project Areas, or Rural Innovation Project Areas (RIPA). Total Funding: $675 Million Award Amount: $250,000 - $50 Million Eligible Entities: Public Agencies, Tribal Government, Nonprofits, Private Entities Previous program opportunities: Round 8 closed in March 2024.

Categories: Electric Vehicles and Clean Mobility Affordable Housing & Sustainable Communities–Round 9 Deadline: 5/28/2025 4:00 PM Source: Strategic Growth Council The Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) Program aims to fund projects for affordable housing, which include partnerships and collaboration to integrate transportation and other community benefits.

The Program encourages housing and transportation within proximity of jobs and key destinations, which are accessible by walking, biking, and transit. https://sgc. ca.

gov/grant-programs/ahsc The Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program (AHSC) builds healthier communities and protects the environment by increasing the supply of affordable places to live near jobs, stores, transit, and other daily needs. Personal vehicle use is, by far, the most significant source of greenhouse gas emissions in California.

AHSC reduces these emissions by funding projects that make it easier for residents to get out of their cars and walk, bike, or take public transit. Funded by auction proceeds from California’s Cap-and-Trade emissions reduction program, AHSC is administered by the Strategic Growth Council and implemented by the California Department of Housing and Community Development.

Total Funding: $775 Million Award Amount: $10-50 Million Eligible Entities: Local Governments, Public Agencies, Tribal Government, CBOs, Nonprofits, Private Entities Categories: Building Decarbonization , Climate Planning , Electric Vehicles and Clean Mobility , Infrastructure The AHSC Program furthers the purposes of AB 32 (Chapter 488, Statutes of 2006), SB 375 (Chapter 728, Statutes of 2008), and SB 32 (Chapter 249, Statutes of 2016) by investing in Projects that facilitate GHG Reduction by supporting more compact, infill development patterns, encouraging Active Transportation and transit usage, and protecting Agricultural Land from sprawl dev The California Strategic Growth Council (SGC) and the California Department of Housing and Community Development (Department) are pleased to announce the release of this Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) with approximately $650 million in funds for the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) Program (AHSC Program or Program).

The AHSC Program provides grants and loans to eligible Applicants to benefit Disadvantaged Communities, Low-Income Communities, and Low-Income Households throughout California through increasing accessibility of affordable housing, employment centers, and Key Destinations via low-carbon transportation.

These investments result in fewer vehicle miles traveled (VMT) through shortened or reduced vehicle trip length or mode shift from single occupancy vehicle use to transit, bicycling, or walking. Eligible Projects must fall into one of the following three eligible Project Area Types: 1. Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Project Areas2.

Integrated Connectivity Project (ICP) Areas3.

Rural Innovation Project Areas (RIPA) Keywords: Disadvantaged Communities, Low-Income Households, Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Project Areas, Integrated Connectivity Project (ICP) Areas, Rural Innovation Project Areas (RIPA), Affordable Housing Development (AHD) loan, Housing Related Infrastructure (HRI) grant, Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure (STI) grant, Programs (PGM) (or PGM Costs) grant, AHD homeownership grant.

Total Funding: $650,000,000 Eligible Entities: Public Agencies, Tribal Government, CBOs, Nonprofits, Private Entities Categories: Building Decarbonization , Energy Efficiency American Rescue Plan Act Build Back Better Regional Challenge Source: US Economic Development Association The $1 billion Build Back Better Regional Challenge (PDF) is the marquee of EDA’s American Rescue Plan programs that aims to boost economic recovery from the pandemic and rebuild American communities, including those grappling with decades of disinvestment.

On September 2nd, 2020 the Biden-Harris Administration announced awards for 21 regional coalitions that were finalists in the Build Back Better Regional Challenge (BBBRC).

This $1 billion grant competition, created through the American Rescue Plan Act, challenged communities to identify a set of interconnected investments that, together, could transform their local economy, expand economic opportunity and competitiveness, and create thousands of good jobs.

BBBRC awardees each received between $25 million and $65 million to fund 123 individual strategic projects to advance economic strategies benefiting 24 states. This federal funding was matched by more than $300 million of local investment and leveraged support from over 450 private sector and 27 labor unions or workers organizations.

Total Funding: $1 Billion Award Amount: $25 Million - $65 Million Eligible Entities: Local Governments, Public Agencies, State Agencies Categories: Economic Development American-Made Solar Prize Round 8 The American-Made Solar Prize Round 8 is a multimillion-dollar prize program designed to spur innovations in U.S. solar hardware and software technologies and address challenges to rapid, equitable solar energy deployment.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) opened applications on June 14, 2024 .

Eligible Entities: Individuals, Private Entities Categories: Renewable Energy & Storage Assistance for Latest and Zero Building Energy Code Adoption Deadline: Full Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until September 30, 2025 Pre-Application Deadline: Letter of Intent (LOI) to Reserve Funds due November 21, 2023 Total Funding: $400 Million Eligible Entities: State Agencies How to Apply: Submit your LOI via email.

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