Funding for business energy improvements in Germany

Finance for efficient equipment, renewable process heat, energy controls and production improvements. Small companies can also get support for electrification.

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KfW 295 has separate funding categories for these investments. Research and development, used equipment and operating costs are excluded.

The loan application goes through a financing partner before the project begins.

Opportunità di finanziamento (6)

Contributi e incentivi fiscali

Umweltinnovationsprogramm (230)

KfWfino a 7,5 Mln EUR

Investment grants or interest-subsidised loans for companies and public bodies delivering first large-scale demonstrations of environmental technologies in Germany.

In inglese

Prestiti e altri finanziamenti

Business energy and resource efficiency loan (295)

KfWfino a 100 Mln EUR

Loans for organizations investing in efficient industrial equipment, renewable process heat, energy-management systems or process electrification in Germany. After KfW accepts the completed work, it reduces the amount the borrower must repay.

In inglese

Climate investment loan (293)

KfWfino a 25 Mln EUR

Loans of up to €25 million per project for climate-technology production, lower-carbon industrial processes or infrastructure. Businesses and self-employed applicants can finance projects in Germany; projects elsewhere in the EU need a specified German company connection.

In inglese

Environmental investment loan (240, 241)

KfWfino a 25 Mln EUR

Loans of normally up to €25 million per project for businesses financing eligible resource-saving, pollution-control, climate-mitigation or climate-resilience investments in Germany or elsewhere in the EU.

In inglese

Renewable energy loan (270)

KfWfino a 150 Mln EUR

Loans of up to €150 million per project for renewable electricity, heat, networks and storage, including projects abroad when the applicant has the required German corporate connection.

In inglese

Large-scale sustainable transformation financing (291)

KfWfino a 100 Mln EUR

Large loans arranged by several financing partners for majority privately owned businesses making eligible cleaner industrial, energy, transport or other environmental investments, with KfW normally covering €7.5 million to €100 million of the lenders' risk.

In inglese