Financial incentives for investments in efficient use and renewable sources of energy are available to businesses, in the form of grants and loans with a subsidized interest rate allocated under the "de minimis rule”
Financial incentives for investments in efficient use and renewable sources of energy are available to businesses, in the form of grants and loans with a subsidized interest rate allocated under the "de minimis rule”. The amount of the grant is up to 20% and the loan amounts up to 80% of the eligible investment costs at the annual interest rate of three months EURIBOR + 0%.
The Eco Fund also enables small and medium-sized enterprises the obtaining of grants for carrying out an energy audit. The grant can amount up to 50% of the eligible costs of carrying out an energy audit (excluding VAT) which a company orders from an external contractor.
The Eco Fund uses grants to encourage companies to purchase new electric and hybrid vehicles, as well as for the processing of vehicles to be processed in a way that the series-mounted internal combustion engine will be replaced by an electric propulsion unit.
Legal entities, sole proprietors and private individuals can also obtain loans for:
- investments in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions,
- investments in technologies that reduce air pollution in the technological process,
- investment in waste management,
- investments in the field of water protection and efficient water use,
- initial investments in changes in the production processes, in order to surpass environmental standards; in new technologies that will achieve higher efficiency and reduction of environmental pollution compared to established technologies of the same type; and for installing biofuel production plants which use raw materials produced in a sustainable way.