Funding guideline comes into force on 1 March 2018
With the so-called Small Series Directive, the Federal Environment Ministry is launching a new funding programme within the framework of the National Climate Initiative. Funding is provided for products and processes for climate protection that are already ready for the market but have not yet made the breakthrough. The directive comes into force on 1 March 2018.
Innovative products and processes often find it difficult to quickly establish themselves on the market and make the leap into regular series production. This is where the Federal Ministry for the Environment wants to help in future with investment grants within the framework of the small series funding guideline.
Five different technologies are the subject of the funding, which were selected within the framework of an ideas competition and its evaluation by a panel of experts. Eligible for funding in the future are
- Micro hydropower plants with up to 30 kilowatts of electrical output in technical installations,
- energy-efficient equipment for local oxygen production (which can be used, for example, in hospitals, research facilities, chemical processes or sewage treatment plants),
- decentralised systems for heat recovery from domestic hot water (for example, shower channels, tubs or pipes with heat exchangers),
- Drilling equipment for innovative geothermal storage probes and
- electrically assisted cargo bikes and cargo bike trailers with high payloads and transport volumes for bicycle-based cargo transport. The promotion of cargo bikes is part of the Clean Air Emergency Programme.
Companies as well as municipalities and other organisations can benefit from the funding. Private individuals can also apply for funding for heat recovery systems from domestic hot water.
The Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA) will accept applications for funding under the directive from 1 March 2018. Applications can only be submitted online.
Further information:
www.klimaschutz.de/kleinserien-richtlinie
The leaflet on the new funding guideline for small series as PDF:
www.bafa.de/...kleinserien_klimaschutzprodukte_node.html
Keywords: Bike-/Velo-City, DE-News, Funding, Climate protection, Mobility, Sustainable management, Resource efficiency, Environmental policy, Urban production, eMobility
