Subsidy III (Investment subsidy for offgrid installations)
Updated: 18.12.2018
Author: Tim Sternkopf
Companies, other entrepreneurial organisations, confessional facilities and associations can profit from investment subsidies granted for the installation of offgrid power plants for the purpose of self-supply. Furthermore, the subsidies may be granted to electrical energy storage devices.
Eligible technologies
Investment subsidy is granted for the installation of offgrid power plants (Offgrid subsidy guidelines).
| Hydro-power | Eligible for small hydro-power plants |
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| Wind energy | Eligible |
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| Biogas | Eligible for CHP |
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| Solar energy | Eligible |
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Amount
- Standard subsidy: 30 % of the costs of installation eligible for funding with a cap of € 1,500,000 and a minimum investment sum of € 10,000.
- Additional subsidy:
- 5 % for installations in areas higher than 1200 meters or in ecologically sensitive areas.
- 5 % in case the project is selected for EU co-funding by the European Regional Development Fund
- 5 % or a maximum of € 10,000 for EMAS and eco-label (Offgrid subsidy guidelines)
Addressees
Entitled party: Subsidies can only be claimed by companies or other entrepreneurial organisations, confessional facilities and associations (Offgrid subsidy guidelines).
Procedure
Process flow | The following documents have to be handed in at the competent authority: - Technical description of the applied measure
- Forecast of earnings and consumption
- Estimate of costs
- For wind and hydro-power plants: planning and building permission
- In case of an investment volume of more than € 500,000: report of the competent authority (Offgrid subsidy guidelines).
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Distribution of costs
The costs are borne to the state according to the available financial resources (§ 6 para. 2a UFG)
| Plant operator | Investment grants are only available if the investment costs of the plant operator exceed € 10,000. |
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| European Union | The project may be selected for EU co-funding by the European Regional Development funds with 35% of the investment costs. |
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