The UK Space Agency has opened a £2 million grant competition for businesses adopting satellite data to address environmental intelligence and emissions problems. The Environmental Intelligence and Emissions call opened on October 19, 2026, and closes at 4 p.m. GMT on December 11.
The call puts the business using the resulting service in charge of the project. Its summary specifies a UK-registered end-user business leading a consortium with a UK space supplier and relevant integration partners. The £2 million figure is the total funding available across the competition.
Projects must address either climate, nature, and natural capital or emissions monitoring and verification. The program seeks near-market pilots with a defined business need, measurable benefits, and a credible route into use.
The call defines environmental intelligence as information produced by combining satellite observations, terrestrial monitoring, and enabling technologies such as artificial intelligence. The emphasis is on converting observations into information that supports an operating decision.
That distinction matters for interpreting what the grant buys. Satellite measurements can describe environmental conditions, but a business service must connect those measurements to a location, asset, activity, or reporting requirement. New Space Economy’s explanation of satellite data analytics describes how sensor selection and data interpretation affect applications such as greenhouse-gas monitoring and land assessment.
The intended customers include organizations in insurance, finance, energy, utilities, infrastructure, agriculture, and environmental services. Each consortium must connect the proposed technical work to its own customer’s requirement.
Projects are scheduled to start in January 2027, last no more than nine months, and deliver an initial milestone by March 31. The agency has scheduled an applicant webinar for November 3 at 11 a.m. GMT, ahead of the December submission deadline.
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