On August 23, 2024, the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK) published the long-awaited guideline “Federal Funding for Industry and Climate Protection” (BIK). With the BIK, the BMWK supports climate-friendly investment as well as research, development and innovation projects in the industry. The new funding program helps to achieve the national and European climate protection targets in the industrial sector and to accelerate the production ramp-up of the necessary transformation technologies in Germany. The funding offer is open to all sectors and technologies and enables smaller and medium-sized transformation projects in particular to be implemented.
The program provides funding in two modules:
Module 1: Decarbonization of the industry
Decarbonization projects are funded that reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the industrial sector as extensively and permanently as possible and thus make a substantial contribution towards achieving greenhouse gas neutrality in the industrial sector and related sectors in Germany.
The aim of promoting investment projects is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in production.
The aim of funding research and innovation projects is to tap into the potential for reducing greenhouse gases in production.
Module 2: Promotion of CCU/CCS
In Module 2, industry projects for the use or development of Carbon Capture ad Utilization (CCU) and Carbon Capture Storage (CCS) are funded.
The aim of promoting investment projects is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through CCU and CCS.
The aim of funding research and innovation projects is to exploit the potential for greenhouse gas reduction through CCU and CCS.
The following can be funded ...
... Investment projects (in accordance with the GBER) up to a maximum of € 30 million,
... Investment projects (according to TCTF) up to a maximum of € 200 million,
... R&D projects (in accordance with the GBER) up to a maximum of € 35 million.
In addition to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), large companies are also eligible to apply. The costs of investment projects should generally exceed € 500,000.
According to current planning, around €3.3 billion is available for the funding program for the entire duration of the program. The first call for funding is expected to start in September 2024. Companies will then have three months to submit their projects.
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Text: Thilo Riehl
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