Evaluation of the "Federal Funding Scheme for Energy Efficiency in the Economy"

The project evaluates the two funding guidelines "Federal Funding Scheme for Energy and Resource Efficiency in the Economy" - grant and loan and the funding competition. The program provide funding in the six modules: 1 - energy-efficient cross-cutting technologies, 2 - process heat from renewable energies, 3 - sensors and control equipment including energy management software, 4 - energy and resource optimizations of plants and processes, 5 - transformation plans and 6 - electrification in small enterprises.

The program is partly designed technology-open in order to facilitate and simplify investments in more complex energy and resource efficiency measures. To meet the different financing requirements of the companies, the entire program offers the possibility of funding through a direct investment grant as well as a low-interest loan with a repayment subsidy. To meet the diverse needs of applicants, a funding competition is also offered for module 4.

The aim of the project is to evaluate the target achievement, the impact and the economic efficiency and to analyse the funding options on a comparative basis.

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Background

Industry in Germany traditionally has a high level of energy consumption. With the "Federal Funding Scheme for Energy and Resource Efficiency in Economy" the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) supports companies in saving energy and resources and increasing the proportion of renewable energies used to provide process heat. The aim is to reduce energy consumption and GHG emissions and make an important contribution to achieving national and EU-wide energy and climate targets.

Task

Both as a working basis for the further development of German energy efficiency policy and for national and European accountability, the aim of the project is to conduct an overall evaluation of the "Federal Funding Scheme for Energy and Resource Efficiency in the Economy". Within the framework of this evaluation, the status quo of the federal funding as a whole and of the subprograms will be examined from an ex-post perspective and, in addition, possibilities for the further development of the program will be identified. The evaluation is fundamentally based on the three dimensions of target achievement, impact and economic assessment according to § 7 of the Federal Budget Regulation (BHO).

Results

The annual evaluation reports can be found below. Further results are published in parts in the publications mentioned below.

Publications

Neusel, L.; Hirzel, S.; Berger, C.; Schlomann, B.; Heinrich, S.; Weinert, K.; Grodeke, A.; Radgen, P.; Anzaldo Grundler, A.; Schumacher, K.; Nissen, C.; Ludig, S. (2023): Evaluation der Bundesförderung für Energie- und Ressourceneffizienz in der Wirtschaft - Jahresbericht 2022.
Schlomann, B.; Hirzel, S.; Neusel, L.; Berger, C.; Heinrich, S.; Weinert, K.; Grodeke, A.; Radgen, P.; Anzaldo Grundler, A.; Schumacher, K.; Nissen, C.; Ludig, S. (2023): Evaluation der Bundesförderung für Energieeffizienz in der Wirtschaft - Jahresbericht 2021
Hirzel, S.; Neusel, L.; Heinrich, S.; Weinert, K.; Schlomann, B. (2022): Evaluation of the German Funding Scheme for Energy Efficiency in the Economy: Classical versus Competitive Financial Measures. Energy Evaluation Europe 2022 Conference, 28.-30. September 2022, Paris-Saclay
Schlomann, B.; Brunzema, I.; Kemmler, A.;Bürger, V.;Mendelevitch, R. (2022): Methodikpapier zur ex-ante Abschätzung der Energie- und THG-Minderungswirkung von energie- und klimaschutzpolitischen Maßnahmen
Schlomann, B.; Voswinkel, F.; Hirzel, S.; Paar, A.; Jessing, D.; Heinrich, S.; Antoni, O.; Kahles, M. (2019): Methodikleitfaden für Evaluationen von Energieeffizienzmaßnahmen des BMWi.

Duration

2020 until 2024

Client

Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (BAFA)

Partner

Öko-Institut e. V.
Prognos AG
University of Stuttgart (IER)

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