Förderkredit "Energie vom Land" beantragen (Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank)

• Programmbedingungen Energie vom Land (Nr. 255/256)
• Programmbedingungen Energie vom Land Leasing (Nr. 265)

Application for a promotional loan from Rentenbank for investment in the use of renewable energy no. 255/ 256

With this programme, Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank (LR) promotes investments in the use of renewable energies. In particular, the focus is on the energetic utilisation of renewable raw materials from agriculture and forestry as well as energy generation from wind and sun.

Note: Loans under this programme are exempt under Regulation (EU) No. 651/20141, Article 17 and may contain aid.

What is financed?

Under the LR-Top conditions, funding is provided for (No. 255):

• Investments for the production, storage and distribution of bioenergy. These are, for example, biogas plants, biomass cogeneration plants, wood gasification plants, plants for the production of biogenic fuels or local heating networks for the distribution of renewably produced heat.
• Investments by entrepreneurs in the agricultural and food sector, including farmers, in the production, storage and distribution of renewable energies. This includes corresponding investments by companies in which at least 50 percent of the shares are held by the aforementioned entrepreneurs.
• Investments in photovoltaic installations on buildings used for agricultural purposes or formerly used for agricultural purposes.
• Investments by hydropower plant operators in migration aids for fish (fish ladders).

Funding is provided under the LR base conditions (No. 256):

• Investments in "citizens' and farmers' wind farms". These are companies in which the majority of shares are held by local citizens, businesses and landowners. The shares in the company are typically distributed through a regionally open participation procedure that enables local citizens and land owners to acquire capital shares in the wind farm.

Conditions

The above-mentioned investments must serve to set up a new establishment, expand an existing establishment, diversify the production of an establishment into new, additional products or fundamentally change the entire production process of an existing establishment.

Type of support
Low-interest loan

Amount
up to EUR 10 million per final borrower and year. The maximum permissible loan amount per borrower may be limited by EU regulations.

Financing share
up to 100 % of the eligible investment amount

Disbursement
100 %

Term
4 to 30 years

Repayment

Various repayment rates are available. For more information, please contact your house bank or Rentenbank. The first year is always repayment-free; up to three repayment-free initial years can be agreed.

Fixed interest rate
up to a maximum of 10 years

Collateral
Standard bank collateral for the borrower (agreement with the borrower's bank)

Note: There is no legal entitlement to the promotional loan.

Leasing financing

Refinancing at favourable interest rates is also available for the leasing of machinery and technical equipment.

Contact

Credit institution (house bank)

Your bank will tell you which documents are required in detail.

Eligible applicants: Energy production companies are eligible for funding, regardless of the legal form chosen. The enterprises must be "small and medium-sized enterprises" (SMEs) as defined.

• Loan interest
• Processing fee
  • Loan amount ≤ EUR 125,000: up to one per cent
  • Loan amount > EUR 125,000: max. EUR 1,250

Rentenbank does not grant the loans directly, but via your chosen house bank. You submit your application there before starting the project.

• Get advice from the experts of your house bank as early as possible, who will accompany you during the lending process.
• You can also take advantage of the advisory services offered by Rentenbank.
• The application is submitted to your house bank.

• Application: before the start of your project
• Programme duration: until 30.06.2024 at the latest

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