The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) promotes measures to increase energy efficiency in companies.
You can receive funding for the following measures:

• Measurement, control and regulation technology and sensor technology to monitor the efficiency of energy flows,
• Energy management software, including the costs of training your employees.

You will not receive funding

• for measures prescribed by law,
• if you have already started the measure before submitting the application.

The amount of the grant depends on the size of your company:

• small and medium-sized companies (up to 249 employees and annual turnover of no more than EUR 50 million or balance sheet total of no more than EUR43 million): 40 percent of the eligible costs,
• large companies (250 and more employees and annual turnover of more than EUR 50 million or balance sheet total of more than EUR 43 million): Percent of eligible costs.

Eligible costs are

• All costs for the implementation of the measure,
• ancillary costs for planning and installation.

Eligible costs also include the costs for

• the cabling of the technology and
• for the creation of a measurement concept by a service provider.

You can receive a maximum grant of EUR 10 million.
You will only receive the grant once you have completed your measure. You must provide proof of this:

• that you have spent the money on the measure,
• that the measure technically fulfills its purpose.

You must keep all invoices and receipts relating to the eligible costs.

Applications for funding are processed by the Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA).
You have no claim to the approval of the funding.

Reference to further funding opportunities of the program:
You can also apply for a loan via the "Federal funding for energy efficiency in industry" funding program (apply for a loan with repayment subsidy for measurement, control and regulation technology, sensor technology and energy management software).