09 – AVAILABLE BUDGET
- The total available budget for Part A of the Scheme is EUR 40 000 000 (forty million euro)[1]. Funding for Part B of the Scheme could come from national resources, additional European Funds, other relevant funding programmes or a mix of these sources. Importantly, Part B will be launched at a later date, distinct from Part A, ensuring a phased approach to the scheme’s rollout.
- The planned total amount for Part A of grant funding is distributed indicatively in 2 (two) call procedures as follows:
| Investment aid, existing plants Categories A1 |
Investment aid, new plants[2] Categories A2 |
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| Categories | 4 Categories: | 4 Categories: |
| A1.1 Up to 120 kW
A1.2 151 kW-1 MW A1.3 >1 MW A1.4. Self-Consumers[3] |
A 2.1 Up to 120 kW
A 2.2 151 kW-1 MW A 2.3. >1 MW B 2.4. Self-Consumers |
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| Round of application submission | 1st round, one common tender, competition for budget set for each category (FiT) | 2nd round, one common tender, competition for budget set for each category & one-way CfD |
Table 1: List of Categories of Part A of the scheme for both Part A1 and Part A2
- MECI reserves the right not to award all available funds, depending on the proposals received and the results of the evaluation.
9.1 Timetable and deadlines
| Timetable and deadlines (indicative) | |
| Pre-announcement of the Scheme (Public consultation) | May 2024 |
| Public consultation evaluation results | July 2024 |
| Call opening (Publication of the final Scheme) | 1.08.2024 |
| Receiving applications (Digital platform) | 16.09.2024 |
| Deadline for submission | 02.10.2024 |
| Submission of a hard Copy of the Bank Guarantee (participation fee) | 07.10.2024
@ 15:00 |
| Evaluation (announcement of qualified applicants) | 20.10.24-05.11.2024 |
| Submission of objections | 11.11.2024 |
| Evaluation of objections and final list announcement | 18.11.2024 |
| Bidding auctions (through electronic platform) | 22.11.2024
@ 11:30-11:59 |
| Publication of Final results* | 22.11.2024 @ 12:00 |
| Signing of Grant contracts | From 1.12.2024 onwards |
Table 2: Important dates
* In case the online platform is not available the above schedule will be re-arranged (extending of timelines) and in addition two rounds of financial proposals will be submitted, through closed envelope procedure.
[1] Refer to Annex I for budget allocation.
[2] New plants are defined as those that have not received an operational licence from CERA by the time the Grant contracts are signed.
[3] If a self-consumer exports more than 20% of their production (excess production), they may be classified as a wholesale producer, and the selling price must then be established. The cap price as determined by CERA Decision (122/2023), is set to 11 cents/kWh. This price may be subject to further bidding competition in a one-way CfD, depending on the volume require by the supplier.
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