Federal Funding for Energy and Resource Efficiency in the Economy – Funding Competition
Nationwide funding for investment measures to increase energy and resource efficiency in industry and commerce. Grants up to 60% and a maximum of €20 million per project. Competitive allocation in multiple rounds annually.
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Grant criteria
Funding objective
The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) supports investment measures for the energy-related and resource-oriented optimization of industrial and commercial facilities and processes that contribute to increasing energy and resource efficiency or reducing fossil energy consumption in companies.
Eligible expenses
- Investment costs for process and procedure changes
- Measures for the utilization of waste heat
- Systems for heating, cooling, and ventilation
- Sensors, measurement, control, and regulation technology as well as software
- Development of a savings concept
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Eligible to apply
- Companies
Funding requirements
- Permanent establishment or branch in Germany
- Amortization period (without funding) more than 4 years
- Funded investment measure must be operated appropriately for at least 3 years
- Savings concept must be prepared by qualified energy consultants or internally within a certified management system
- Implementation period up to 48 months after grant notification
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Documents required for application
- Project outline
- Savings concept
- Formal funding application (easy-Online)
- Proofs related to the savings concept
Evaluation criteria
- Funding efficiency (GHG reduction per funding euro)
- Quality of the savings concept
Description
The nationwide initiative of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) supports companies of all sizes in investments aimed at increasing energy and resource efficiency in industrial and commercial plants and processes. Grants of up to 60 percent of eligible costs are awarded on a competitive basis, with a maximum of €20 million per project. Funding is provided for, among other things, process and procedural changes, measures for waste heat utilization, energy-efficient heating, cooling, and ventilation systems, as well as electrification and utilization concepts for renewable energy sources. A prerequisite for application is an operational site or branch in Germany, a payback period (without funding) of more than four years, and the involvement of a qualified energy consultant or the use of a certified management system for the savings concept.
The two-stage application process begins with the submission of a project outline via the electronic easy-Online system; positively evaluated concepts may then submit a formal funding application. The preparation of the savings concept is supported concurrently – with up to 5 percent of the net investment volume, up to a maximum of €50,000. Within several competition rounds held annually, funding efficiency is determined based on greenhouse gas savings per euro of funding, which decides the ranking. Projects must be implemented within 48 months after the grant award and operated for at least three years. SMEs and contractors based in Germany thus have the opportunity to make their production processes more sustainable, reduce fossil energy consumption, and lower costs in the long term.
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