Energie- und Energieeinspartechnologie; Beantragung einer Förderung für die Entwicklung und Innovation

The Free State of Bavaria promotes the research, development and application of new energy and energy-saving technologies.

Purpose

The funding is intended to enable the research, development and application of new energy and energy-saving technologies. This is also intended to improve economic efficiency and environmental compatibility, reduce dependence on non-renewable energy sources, increase energy supply security and create and maintain jobs. Above and beyond individual cases, the aim is also to contribute to the achievement of national and international targets for improving energy efficiency, energy saving, the increased use of renewable energies and the reduction of energy-related CO2 emissions.

Recipients of funding

Companies with their registered office or branch in the Free State of Bavaria are eligible to apply.

Type and scope

The grant is provided as partial financing in the form of subsidies as part of project funding.

The grant amounts to

• up to 50% of the eligible expenditure for individual company projects in the field of industrial research,
• up to 35% of eligible expenditure (for SMEs in accordance with Annex I of the GBER) or up to 25% (for companies that are not SMEs in accordance with Annex I of the GBER) for individual company projects in the field of experimental development,
• up to 40% of eligible expenditure (for SMEs in accordance with Annex I of the GBER) or up to 30% (for companies that are not SMEs in accordance with Annex I of the GBER) for technical feasibility studies prior to industrial research or experimental development,
• up to 40% of eligible expenditure (for SMEs in accordance with Annex I of the GBER) or up to 30% (for companies that are not SMEs in accordance with Annex I of the GBER) for energy efficiency measures within the meaning of Art. 38 of the GBER for investments in energy measures, which serve the purpose of demonstration and introduction (demonstration projects),
• up to 50% of the eligible expenditure (for SMEs pursuant to Annex I of the GBER) or up to 40% (for companies that are not SMEs pursuant to Annex I of the GBER) for investments within the meaning of Art. 41 of the GBER to promote renewable energies for demonstration and introduction purposes (demonstration projects), provided that funding is not excluded on the basis of EEG funding.

• detailed project description including exploitation plan

The implementation of the project must be associated with a considerable technical and economic risk. The projects must be characterized by a high degree of innovation, i.e. the technologies, products and services to be developed or demonstrated must go beyond the state of the art in science and technology.

The essential parts of the project must be carried out in the Free State of Bavaria.

Funding will not be provided for projects that have already begun before the responsible project management organization receives a verifiable application or that are being carried out on behalf of third parties not involved in the project.

At least one of the partners significantly involved in the project must already have specific research capacities (for research projects), specific development capacities (for development projects) or operational experience (for demonstration projects) at the time the application is submitted. Studies must be carried out independently by a neutral body that is not involved in any subsequent implementation of the study results.

The applicant must demonstrably use an appropriate amount of own or external funds for the financing in accordance with its asset, liquidity and earnings situation, which are not replaced or reduced in price by other public funding.

Cumulation with European Union funds or other state aid is only possible under the conditions of Art. 8 GBER.

Companies in difficulty are not eligible for funding. This applies in particular to applicants for whom insolvency proceedings have been applied for or opened. The same applies to applicants and, if the applicant is a legal entity, to its legal representatives who have made an affidavit in accordance with Section 807 ZPO or Section 284 AO or are obliged to do so.

A grant may not be awarded in accordance with these funding principles to a company that has not complied with a recovery order based on an earlier Commission decision declaring a grant to be unlawful and incompatible with the common market.

Outlines and applications for grants must be submitted to the project management organization.

Applications must be submitted in a specific form and must be submitted electronically. The access data for this can be obtained from the project management organization. Further information is available on the Internet platform for electronic applications (ELAN) of the State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy (see "Online procedure").

The project management organization will review the outlines and applications in the name of and on behalf of the Free State of Bavaria, will make a recommendation for the funding decision, if necessary with the involvement of experts, and will process the funding, process the payment requests, review the interim reports, the proof of use and the utilization reports as well as handle the correspondence with the applicants. The project management organization is entitled to obtain explanations from the applicants regarding the applications and the processing of the funding. The project management organization is obliged to maintain confidentiality.

The granting authority is the Bavarian State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy. The approval authority issues the grant notification and disburses the funding. The calls for funds and the proof of use must be submitted to the project management organization, which forwards them to the granting authority.