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​Aviva has invested in UK venture capital fund the Clean Growth Fund, which in turn is investing in early-stage clean technology ventures.

​Clean tech accelerator Subak has opened applications for its 2022 cohort, with up to £110,000 of unrestricted grant funding on offer to help startups to scale.

Innovate UK is to partner with global business accelerator programme Free Electrons to provide a boost to start-ups as part of Ofgem's Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF).

Risk management firm DNV GL has launched a new venture fund to aid the energy transition and the fourth industrial revolution.

​National Grid Partners has invested in three more companies, bringing its overall total to 18.

Nominations for the inaugural Electric Vehicle Innovation and Excellence Awards (EVIEs) are now open, and throughout the summer Current± will be profiling each of this year’s categories.

Global utility group Iberdrola has launched a new start-up challenge programme in a bid to identify new innovations aimed at the energy sector.