KOMUNERG energy community support

• Apply as an energy community under §§20b–20i of the Czech Energy Act, registered with the Energy Regulatory Office (ERÚ). It must be an association, cooperative or another corporation with substantially equivalent internal arrangements. Its main purpose must be environmental, economic and social benefits for members, rather than profit.
• Your statutes must demonstrate open, voluntary membership, democratic governance, voting limits and profit-use rules. For an energy community, voting rights belong only to individuals, small enterprises, local or regional authorities, voluntary municipal associations and their contributory organisations. No voting member may exercise more than 10% of all votes.
• The project must share electricity from new or existing renewable sources within no more than three neighbouring administrative districts of municipalities with extended powers (ORP), or Prague. At least 80% of annual generation and 60% of daily generation must be consumed in community/member buildings in that area. A qualified specialist's energy assessment must substantiate the generation and consumption balance.
• You cannot be an undertaking in difficulty under Article 2(18) of the EU General Block Exemption Regulation, insolvent, in liquidation, in arrears to public budgets or on taxes, or a company in which a public official covered by §2(1)(c) of the Czech Conflict of Interest Act, or a person they control, holds at least 25%. The financial-distress test includes insolvency triggers and outstanding rescue or restructuring support; capital-loss tests depend on legal form, age and size, and controlled economic groups are assessed alongside the applicant where relevant. For Article 41 support, you must also have no unpaid order to repay unlawful, incompatible public aid; this check includes linked and partner enterprises, including foreign connections. Submit the financial documents required by the call and SFŽP guidance.
• For a generator, contracted export capacity must be at least 30% of installed capacity; installed capacity cannot exceed the connection agreement. For medium-voltage distribution and transmission connections, the connection agreement must allow the grid operator to reduce electricity exports without compensating you. This condition does not apply to local distribution networks.
• Solar projects cannot use class I/II protected agricultural land or forest land. The agricultural restriction has exceptions for floating solar and legally defined agrivoltaics; temporary agricultural-land withdrawal does not satisfy the rule.
• Equipment must meet the call's independently certified technical standards, efficiency, controllability and warranty requirements. For batteries connected to solar or wind, supported usable capacity is 0.2–1.2 kWh per kW of supported peak generation capacity; standalone batteries use 0.2–1.0 kWh per kW of generation included in the project. Support is reduced proportionally above the maximum. Lead and nickel-cadmium (NiCd) batteries require documented closed-loop recycling: lead batteries must achieve at least 65% recycling overall and 97% lead recovery; NiCd batteries require 75% overall and 99% cadmium recovery. Other technologies, such as lithium or nickel-metal hydride batteries, do not need this evidence of subsequent disposal. Biomass/biogas combined heat and power must achieve at least 90% total efficiency and use at least 50% of useful heat within the community, with heat metering and documented eligible fuel.
• Land/building purchases, unrelated building works, general overheads, routine maintenance and operation, and financial costs are excluded. VAT is eligible only if you cannot deduct it; a later right to recover VAT requires repayment of the corresponding support.
• Do not fund the same eligible costs from other public sources; notify SFŽP of other public funding. Where construction/demolition waste arises, at least 70% by weight of nonhazardous waste must be prepared for reuse, recycling or other material recovery, excluding naturally occurring category 17 05 04 material. A qualified technical supervisor must verify the project requirements.
• Complete the project within the five-year deadline tied to the support decision. You can ask SFŽP for an extension if exceptional, objective and unforeseeable circumstances would cause you to miss that deadline. Maintain ownership, operation and purpose for at least five years after completion; the call's sustainability monitoring runs for five years from submission of final-evaluation records. Property-use rights must cover the sustainability period.

Estado

encerra 31/12/2027

Abre

15/01/2026 · 12:00:00 UTC+01:00

Encerra

31/12/2027 · 12:00:00 UTC+01:00

Condições do período de candidaturas

• Closes earlier when the allocation and reserve are filled. Reserve applications have no guaranteed funding.[^c12]

Register your energy community with ERÚ and prepare its statutes, member information, project proposal and sustainable operating model. Commission the required energy assessment from an authorised specialist. Prepare the connection agreement or future connection agreement where relevant, the mandatory Excel cumulative budget and support calculation, and the financial/public-aid declarations. The initial member list can be indicative; the final list is required before the support contract.

For the Article 41 investment branch, submit your funding application before starting construction or making an irreversible equipment commitment. Preliminary feasibility studies, land purchase and permits are not treated as starting work; sending the tender selection decision is treated as an irreversible step.

Apply electronically through AIS SFŽP. Complete eligible applications are processed in submission order, subject to funding. The call has a CZK1 billion allocation; eligible applications beyond it can enter a reserve of up to another CZK1 billion, without guaranteed funding. Intake ends when the allocation and reserve are filled, even before the published closing date.