Investments in energy

SMEs have the possibility to access non-reimbursable EU grants to invest in energetic field, especially for: 

Investment type Financing instrument

Project submission period

Purchase of equipment / constructions for energy production

LIOP – SO 6.1 Increasing the production of energy from renewable less exploited resources.

17.10.2016 – 17.10.2017

Energy efficiency

LIOP – SO 6.2 Reduction of energy consumption of industrial consumers

17.10.2016 – 17.10.2017

LIOP – SO 6.4 Increase savings of primary energy consumption produced through high-efficiency co-generation

17.07.2017 – 31.12.2019

 

⇒ In the following sections we present information for each type of the above mentioned investments which can help you in drafting a project idea.

⇒ For detailed information regarding: eligibility of your project idea, calendar of the calls, preparing the financing application, project management and more other opportunities please contact us or send the contact form.

 

 Purchase of equipment / constructions for energy production

 

Financing opportunity: LIOP – SO 6.1 Increasing the production of energy from renewable less exploited resources

Project value:

  • Maximum 15.000.000 euro;

Non-reimbursable grant percentage (of eligible costs):

  • 80% of the eligible costs for small companies;
  • 70% of the eligible costs for medium companies.

 Eligible activities/expenditures:

  • Acquisition and preparing land for the emplacement of equipment / facilities of the project;
  • Construction of buildings and / or constructions necessary for the emplacement and assembling of machinery, plant and equipment related to the project;
  • Acquisition and assembling of: machinery, equipment, new equipment, including continuous monitoring equipment, necessary for the project objective; site organization;
  • Works for the junction to the National Power System network, downstream of the point of separation (“demarcation point” as defined in the ANRE Order no. 59 / 08.02.2013 for the approval of the Regulation regarding the junction of users to the public electricity networks);
  • Network for transmission and distribution of thermal energy (heat network) until the boundary point, as defined under Law no. 325/2006 of public thermal energy service (for projects proposed by Territorial Administrative Units / Inter-community development associations);
  • Project preparation (feasibility study, technical project, tender documents, authorizations, approvals, etc.); project management; project audit; promoting activities – only for projects not covered by the state aid scheme;
  • Projects exploiting geothermal energy: perform new drill / drills or rehabilitate the existing ones and the heat pumps with a season performance coefficient SPF >=3). For projects leading to production of energy through biomass, there can be covered also the production of bio-gas.

 

 Energy efficiency

 

Financing instrument: possibility no. 1 – LIOP – SO 6.2 Reduction of energy consumption of industrial consumers

 Project value:

  • Maximum 200.000 euro, minimis aid;

Non-reimbursable grant percentage (of eligible costs):

  • 100%;

Eligible activities/expenditures:

  • Implement energy consumption monitoring systems for industrial consumers;
  • There are not eligible projects implemented in Bucharest-Ilfov region.

For further information we present below the list of eligible expenditures:

  • Equipment needed to monitor the energy consumption for industrial companies with a consumption level of more than 1.000 tep/annually, in order to reduce the losses, calculate the saving potential and identify the areas where the energy efficiency measures may have the highest results;
  • Monitoring systems (hardware and software): sensors for measure tools and/or industrial process measure and control tools;
  • RTU (Remote Terminal Units) – a specific unit which collects data from the industrial process or from the implementation area;
  • Data communication system;
  • Master station (station which collects all the communications and which is linked to all (sub) equipment);
  • Computerized data analyzing system; recommendation and optimization of these kind of actions;
  • Other equipment.

 

Financing instrument: possibility no. 2 – LIOP – SO 6.4 Increase savings of primary energy consumption produced through high-efficiency co-generation

Project value:

  • Maximum 6.000.000 euro;

Non-reimbursable grant percentage (of eligible costs):

  • 80% of the eligible costs for small companies;
  • 70% of the eligible costs for medium companies.

Eligible activities/expenditures:

  • Construction / modernizing cogeneration power plants of high efficiency (maximum 8 M We) for natural gas and biomass;
  • Construction / modernizing cogeneration power plants of high efficiency using natural residual gases produced by industrial activities of companies;
  • All activities aiming at implementing high efficiency cogeneration systems;
  • Modernizing co-generation power plants of high efficiency can be performed through investments in works for an existing power plant leading to a new production capacity;

Examples of eligible expenditure:

  • Acquisition of equipment for construction/modernization of company’s high efficiency co-generation units;
  • Constructions related to co-generation energy production project.