Great British Energy Funding
**The Great British Energy (GBE) Community Fund and Partnerships Grant are now open for applications.**
On 17 September 2026 Great British Energy announced nearly £30 million of funding to support community energy including:
- A £20 million Community Fund – offers grant funding to help community organisations across England, Wales and Northern Ireland to test, develop and build community-owned clean energy assets that deliver benefits for the local community.
- A £5 million Partnerships Grant – a new scheme offering grant funding to help Local Authorities in England and community energy partners to accelerate joint clean energy projects that will provide lasting local benefits.
Read a media release about the announcement on the GOV.UK website
You can find eligibility criteria, guidance and a link to the national application portal for both the Community Fund and the Partnerships Grant on the GBE website here:
The closing date for both funds is 12 November 2026 at 11.55 pm
Support with your application
The Net Zero Hubs are funded by Great British Energy to provide support to groups and local authorities applying to the funds. This includes pre-application support, such as responding to programme queries, providing guidance on application development, and reviewing applications where capacity allows.
The South West Net Zero Hub is ready to help local authorities, community groups and partners navigate this new funding and bring forward more clean energy projects to benefit local people in the region.
If you are based in the South West region and would like to receive support with your application from us please fill in a request for support form. This will help us to tailor our advice and provide the right support to strengthen your application:
If you are thinking of submitting more than one application, please fill out the form separately for each potential project.