The Mayoral Renewables Fund (MRF) is a £10 million grant scheme for Mayoral Strategic Authorities (MSAs) to develop renewable energy projects in their localities.
Funding
The application period for this funding closed on 29 April 2025, with successful applicants informed on 16 May 2025.
The Mayoral Renewables Fund (MRF) is a £10 million grant scheme for Mayoral Strategic Authorities (MSAs) to develop renewable energy projects in their localities. The scheme forms part of Great British Energy (GBE)’s early delivery phase in the 2025 to 2026 financial tear.
The MRF funds are for MSAs, which are developing projects for the benefit of the local community. Funding is for the delivery of projects within the financial year 2025 to 2026. The scheme’s primary objectives are:
- Contribute towards the GBE Local Power Plan ambition of developing up to 8GW of clean power in support of Clean Power 2030 through installing renewable generation and, where sensible, complementary technologies.
- Increase community benefits from, and support for, clean power by meaningfully engaging local people in the development of energy infrastructure, reducing energy bills for local communities or local public sector organisations, or reinvesting bill savings or any incidental revenue streams directly into community benefits.
- Increase energy resilience and security of the public estate by supporting projects that enable self-consumption of power, reducing reliance on the grid.
- Improve geographic spread of benefits from energy investment by offering funding to MSAs, which are spread across England, providing a focused delivery route, drawing on local skills and expertise, and ensuring benefits from projects are felt by local people.
- Provide an initial platform for GBE to work with, and learn lessons from, regional government to deliver national policy objectives at a local level, developing a basis to build on once GBE is fully established.
Eligibility
To be eligible to apply to the MRF, applications must be from one of the MSAs listed in the applicant eligibility section of the guidance document.
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Although all authorities listed above are eligible to apply for the fund, any proposed project will need to adhere to the criteria set out in the Project Eligibility section of the guidance document – failure to do so will result in a rejected application.