Bioeconomy production facilities; application for funding.
Companies that invest in production plants for the material use of biogenic raw materials with a positive climate effect can apply for funding in the BayBioeconomy Scale-Up funding program.
Description
Purpose
In order to achieve the sustainability goals of the UN Agenda 2030, the development of a sustainable bio-based economy is required. To achieve this, industrial production processes must be converted to the use of renewable raw materials. The promotion of scale-up plants for the material use of renewable raw materials is intended to increase the willingness of companies to invest. The investments should generate new value chains and jobs and strengthen value creation in rural areas.
Object
Investments in production plants for the material use of renewable raw materials (e.g. biorefineries, bioproduct plants) with a positive climate effect are supported. Biorefinery concepts that use biogenic residues to increase resource efficiency or combine material and energy use are eligible for funding, provided that the focus of value creation is on material use.
Beneficiaries
Eligible applicants are commercial enterprises that have their registered office, a branch office or an operating facility in the Free State of Bavaria at the time of approval, in which the subsidized measure will also be used.
Eligible costs
Eligible costs for funding under No. 2.1 of the BayBioökonomie-Scale-Up Guideline are investment costs (plant and machinery, operating and office equipment) for setting up the production facility.
In the case of funding according to No. 2.2 of the BayBioeconomy-Scale-Up Guideline, the project-related additional investment costs are eligible for funding compared to a reference technology (conventional production plant that processes fossil raw materials). Costs for the conversion of conventional production plants using fossil raw materials to the use of renewable raw materials are considered additional investment costs.
Type and amount
The subsidy is provided in the form of a grant as part of project funding.
Funding rate for investments by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) (No. 2.1): up to 10% of eligible expenses for medium-sized enterprises and up to 20% for small enterprises.
Funding rate for funding in accordance with Art. 36 General Block Exemption Regulation (AGVO) (No. 2.2): up to 40 % of the eligible expenditure (additional investment costs), the funding rate is increased by up to 10 % for medium-sized companies and by up to 20 % for small companies.
Prerequisites
- The plant must save at least 50 percent greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional plants for comparable end products. This must be demonstrated (e.g. through greenhouse gas certification in accordance with ISO 14064), taking into account the raw materials/precursors (including their production and transport).
- The organic raw materials used in the promoted plant must be predominantly of biogenic origin (at least 60 percent), excluding residual materials and waste products. The sustainability of the raw materials must be proven throughout the entire useful life of the plant by means of suitable certification (e.g. ISCC-PLUS or REDcert2 for agricultural products and for wood PEFC/FSC or an equivalent certificate).
- A proof-of-concept must already have been provided for the production process on a demonstration scale; only projects from TRL 8 are funded.
- The production plant must be established in Bavaria.
- The eligible expenditure must amount to at least EUR 250,000.
- The project must not have been started before the Government of Lower Bavaria has received a verifiable application. As a rule, the submission of a binding declaration of intent to conclude a supply or service contract attributable to the execution of the project is deemed to be the start of the project. Planning, certification and approval procedures are not considered to be the start of the project.
Procedure
The application process has two stages and begins with the submission of the outline to the government of Lower Bavaria as the granting authority (stage 1: outline phase).
- The outline submissions must fit thematically to the respective funding call.
- The draft proposals are reviewed and evaluated by experts.
In the second stage of the process, the Bavarian State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy will invite the selected outlines to submit formal applications for funding (stage 2: application phase).
Special notes
The project outlines must be technically meaningful and enable the reviewers to assess the selection criteria. The selection criteria can be found in particular in No. 4.1, 4.4 and 7.1.2 of the BayBioEconomy Scale-Up guideline.
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Status:31.10.2023
Responsible for editing:Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Landesentwicklung und Energie
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