Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) Energy Research Funding Notice Published

The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) has published a new energy research funding notice (Förderbekanntmachung) that has become effective on 1 January 2015. The notice relates to the government’s 6th Energy Research Programme. In line with the programme it provides support for research along the whole energy value chain from power generation (including CCS) to transmission, distribution and storage as well as for energy efficiency.

Germany’s goal to transform the energy supply so that by 2050 power is largely supplied by renewable resources and a high degree of energy efficiency is reached can only be reached by using innovative technologies and solutions, BMWi points out. The aim of public funding is to reduce the considerable economical and technological risk associated with the development of new energy and energy efficiency technologies and allow for system optimisation by innovation.  All energy-related technologies with the exception of biomass are eligible for support, including system integration of renewable energy sources and energy system analysis.