The allocation from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) for investment projects under the measure amounts to almost PLN 309 million.
Our project, Improving the energy efficiency of IZO-ERG to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, will receive almost PLN 20 million in loans. The planned investment project covers the construction of a new prepreg line with a pollution control and reduction system in Gliwice (Silesia). The advanced prepreg system line will replace outdated equipment to improve the company's energy efficiency. The project will also cover a SCADA system for the line. The total CAPEX is almost PLN 29 million. Completion of the works is scheduled for mid-2027.
- Investments by companies in improving energy efficiency and installing RES systems are the way to achieve an ecological benefit for the environment and an economic benefit for the company. The "Energy efficiency and RES in companies" programme also contributes to increasing the share of renewable energy in the national energy mix - said Józef Matysiak, Vice-President of the Management Board, NFEPWM.
Fund allocations under the measure "Energy efficiency and RES in companies – investments with the highest greenhouse gas reduction potential" are intended for projects aimed at improving energy efficiency, including:
- construction, expansion or upgrades of existing industrial and production plants, industrial equipment and power installations to improve their energy efficiency;
- increasing the share of low-emission or zero-emission fuels in production processes;
- replacing low-efficiency heat sources using solid, liquid, gaseous fuels or electricity with sources characterized by higher energy efficiency ratios;
- thermal insulation upgrade of buildings and facilities used in industrial processes.
In addition, funding is provided for the construction or reconstruction of energy generation units for the own needs of companies, including:
- renewable energy sources (RES);
- energy storage systems in connection with energy generation from RES;
- own (in-house) low-emission energy sources, including high-efficiency CHP technologies.
An eligible project must generate reductions of final energy consumption within a year in the company of at least 125 toe/year (per beneficiary company), or reductions of final energy consumption per product unit (e.g. in a factory covered by the project) at no less than 10 percent. Power generation units are eligible for funding where at least 70 percent of the electricity/heat/cold produced is consumed for own needs.
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