Applications for the operation are now open:
Incentive System for Climate and Energy Transition – Energy Efficiency and Decarbonisation – General Scheme and Contractual Investment Scheme (RCI) – Individual energy efficiency operations, including non-building interventions and building interventions, and decarbonisation operations promoted by businesses aimed at reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
Submission of Applications:
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General Regime: 26/01/2026 to 27/02/2026 (18:00)
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RCI: 26/01/2026 to 30/12/2026 (18:00)
Appropriation
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ERDF: €165 million
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National Allocation: Up to 150 million euros / year
Nature of Beneficiaries:
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General Scheme:
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Companies of any size, pursuant to Article 84 of the REITD
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NUTS II regions of Mainland Portugal (North, Centre, Alentejo and Algarve)
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RCI:
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Large Companies, pursuant to Article 118(2) of REITD
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Mainland NUTS II regions (North, Centre, Lisbon, Alentejo and Algarve)
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Minimum Eligible Investment:
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Standard Scheme: €400,000
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RCI: €25 million (except in the case of operations of strategic interest)
Maximum Support Rate:
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General Regime: 85%
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RCI: Negotiable, defined in contract
(In either case, the maximum co-financing rates are limited to those defined in paragraph 1 of Article 87 of the REITD, as well as the maximum aid intensities established in Articles 36, 38 and 38-A of Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June, in its current wording. Similarly, in either case, the aid cannot exceed the threshold of 30 million euros per company and per investment project under the terms provided for in point (s) of paragraph 1 of Article 4 of the RGIC)
Eligible Costs:
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Energy efficiency, for interventions other than in buildings:
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Equipment optimisation (motors, turbines, pumping systems, ventilation or compressed air)
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Replacement of furnaces, boilers and injectors
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Recovery/use of waste heat or cold (including industrial symbiosis)
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Industrial refrigeration optimisation
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Modernisation and process optimisation
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Energy management, monitoring and control systems
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Energy efficiency, for building interventions:
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Equipment for renewable energy production (solar panels, heat pumps, etc.)
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Energy storage systems with at least 75% of annual energy coming from directly connected renewable generation
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Connection to district heating/cooling networks
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Construction and installation of electric charging infrastructure (conduits)
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Installation of equipment for the digitalisation of the building, including broadband
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Green roofs and rainwater retention systems
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Environmental protection and decarbonisation:
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Replacement of fossil fuel equipment with electric ones
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Improvement of access and quality of the electrical service
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Alternative fuels derived from non-fossil waste and low-carbon feedstocks
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Development of new low-carbon products and industrial symbioses
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Phase-out of fluorinated gases with lower global warming potential alternatives
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Digitalisation for traceability, circular economy and resource optimisation.
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Eco-innovation and circular business models
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Renewable and low-carbon raw materials
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Digital solutions for resource and emissions monitoring and optimisation
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Renewable energy production for self-consumption and renewable heating/cooling production
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Retrofitting of equipment for renewable fuels
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Studies, diagnoses, audits, certifications and DNSH assessments
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Eligibility Conditions:
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Investments in the incorporation of renewable energy sources are only eligible as a complement to investments aimed at reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and cannot, in any case, exceed 30% of the total eligible expenses.
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