Federal Funding for Energy and Resource Efficiency in Industry – Funding Competition
Funding of investment measures for energy and resource efficiency in industrial and commercial plants and processes. Grant rate up to 60%. Competitive rounds several times a year, next round expected to run until 31.12.2025.
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Grant criteria
Funding objective
Funding of investment measures for the energetic and resource-oriented optimization of industrial and commercial plants and processes to increase energy and resource efficiency and reduce fossil energy consumption.
Eligible expenses
- Capital measures for process optimization
- Use of waste heat
- Measures on systems for heat supply, cooling, and ventilation
- Measures for process heat and cold supply
- Avoidance of energy and resource losses
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Eligible to apply
- Companies
- Public Institutions
Funding requirements
- Permanent establishment or branch in Germany
- Amortization period (without funding) > 4 years
- Funded investment measure must be operated for its intended purpose for at least 3 years
- Project implementation within 48 months after grant notification
- Savings concept by qualified energy experts
Documents required for application
- Project outline
- Savings concept
- Formal funding application via easy-Online
- Energy and resource efficiency consulting
Evaluation criteria
- Funding efficiency (GHG reduction per funding euro)
- Annual greenhouse gas reduction
- Competitive ranking
Description
The "Federal Funding for Energy and Resource Efficiency in the Economy – Funding Competition" is aimed at private, municipal, and state-owned enterprises as well as self-employed professionals and contractors with a place of business in Germany who wish to invest in the energy and resource-oriented optimization of industrial and commercial plants and processes. The objective is to increase energy and resource efficiency and reduce fossil energy consumption. Funded are investment measures such as process and procedure optimizations, the use of waste heat, measures for heat and cold supply, electrification of processes, the use of renewable energy sources including hydrogen, as well as the deployment of modern sensor technology, measurement, control, and regulation technology. The creation of a savings concept by qualified energy experts as well as implementation support by external consultants are also eligible for funding.
Funding allocation takes place through a competitive procedure with multiple rounds per year (next deadline by 31.12.2025). Funding applications can be submitted from 01.11.2024 via the electronic application system easy-Online. Requirements include, among others, a payback period (without funding) of more than four years, proof of a place of business in Germany, and operational implementation within 48 months. The grant rate can be up to 60% of eligible costs, with a maximum of €20 million per project and up to €50,000 for savings concepts. Evaluation primarily considers greenhouse gas savings per euro of funding and the annual total reduction of greenhouse gases, giving projects with high funding efficiency particularly good chances of receiving a grant.