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:

• electric motors and drives,
• Pumps for industrial and commercial applications
• fans,
• Compressed air systems and their higher-level control systems
• Systems for waste heat utilization or heat recovery from waste water,
• Insulation of industrial systems or system components,
• frequency converters.

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 EUR 43 million): up to 40 percent of eligible costs,
• large companies (250 and more employees and annual turnover of more than EUR 50 million or a balance sheet total of more than EUR 43 million): up to 30 percent of the eligible costs.

Eligible costs are

• all costs for implementing the measure. The maximum subsidy limit is EUR 200,000.
• Ancillary costs for planning and installation. The maximum limit is 30 percent of the investment costs.

You will only receive the grant once you have completed your measure. To do this, you must prove

• that you have spent the money on the measure and
• 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 under the program:
You can also apply for a loan via the "Federal funding for energy efficiency in the economy" funding program (apply for a loan with a repayment subsidy for highly efficient systems or units).