Energy Aid
Funds Finnish companies and organizations of any size carrying out energy-efficiency, renewable-energy, or energy-audit projects through Business Finland's Energy aid scheme.
Energy aid is an investment grant run by Business Finland. It funds capital investments and energy audits that cut energy use, save energy, or add renewable-energy generation. It does not fund general company operations or projects that are not about energy performance.
There is no single fixed award amount. Energy aid instead pays a percentage of your project's eligible cost, and both that perceā¦
Energy-efficiency and energy-saving investments, renewable-energy investment projects, and energy audits. Covers both standard efficiency upgrades to processes, equipment, or facilities and projects that use genuinely new energy technology.
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