BAFA Module 4: Energy-related optimization

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Savings through process optimization

Processes and systems offer great potential for savings.
In Module 4, BAFA promotes the implementation of measures for process and system optimization.

What is funded by BAFA in Module 4: Energy and resource-related optimization of systems and processes?

Module 4 supports investments and measures that demonstrably contribute to the energy and resource-oriented optimization of industrial and commercial facilities and processes.
In addition, the optimization should support the following changes in companies:

• Increasing energy and resource efficiency,
• Reduction of fossil energy consumption,
• Avoidance of CO2-intensive resources.

The measures must also be compatible with the 2045 greenhouse gas neutrality target and not cause any lock-in effects in relation to fossil technologies.
The payback period of the entire project must also be at least 3 years in total without the use of funding.
The funding is open to all technologies and can also include the measures listed in modules 1 and 3.

Eligible investment costs

• Process and procedure conversions with the aim of saving energy and resources (in particular optimization of production processes),
• Measures for the use of waste heat from processes (e.g. integration of waste heat for the provision of heat, feeding into heating networks, conversion of waste heat into electricity),
• Measures on systems for heat supply, cooling and ventilation (if clearly used for processes for the manufacture/processing/refinement of products),
• Measures for the energy-efficient provision of process heating/cooling,
• Measures to reduce/avoid energy and resource losses in the production process (e.g. insulation, hydraulic optimization, avoidance of production waste),
• Expenses for the creation of a savings concept,
• Implementation support for the subsidized investment measure by external energy consultants.

Measures that cannot be clearly and predominantly assigned to a process or that fall within the scope of the GEG are not eligible for funding.

Investment volume & funding amount

• Maximum funding: 15 million euros per investment project
• Funding rate: up to 50 percent of eligible investment costs
• Funding efficiency: max.
  Funding of 500 euros (900 euros for small and medium-sized enterprises) per ton of CO2 saved per year

Technical requirements

For the promotion of measures within the scope of Module 4, a savings concept drawn up by an energy consultant must be submitted to BAFA when the application is submitted.
The form provided by BAFA must be used for the preparation.
An information sheet with the exact requirements for the savings concept, the energy consultant and further information is available for download on the BAFA website.

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