Subsidy II (Investment support for farmers)
Updated: 07.01.2019
Author: Karl Wikberg
Decree No. 241/2015 states the conditions for the allocation of investment support for farmers, which can be used for the construction of heating facilities working on renewable energies.
Eligible technologies
The support can be allocated for the construction, expansion or renovation of heating facilities used for agricultural production. The condition for the allocation of the grant is that the plant needs to work on either waste, aerothermal, geothermal, solar thermal, biomass or any other renewable source.
| Aerothermal energy | Eligible. |
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| Hydrothermal energy | Eligible. |
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| Biogas | Eligible. Support is eligible for new biogas plant, which produces biogas from biomass with a purpose of heating or other energy. Biomass in this case is considered raw material growing on the farm or the by-products, organic waste and sewage sludge from sparsely populated areas. Heating facility and biogas plant are eligible for only the part it uses heat or energy for its own use. At least 10 per cent of the total energy production has to be used for producing heat (Decree No. 241/2015 §16) |
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| Biomass | Eligible. |
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| Geothermal energy | Eligible. |
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| Solar thermal energy | Eligible. |
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Addressees
The support scheme is addressed to farmers. (§1 Decree No. 241/2015).
Procedure
Competent authority | The responsible authority is the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the allocation of support is administered by the Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment. |
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Distribution of costs
| State | According to Decree No. 241/2015, the costs of the subsidy are borne by the European Union and the Finnish state according to (§19 Decree No. 241/2015). |
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Finland
