Dear Partners,

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business Environment, through the  Intermediate Body for Energy, announces the call for proposals for projects that target investments for increasing the energy efficiency, inside operation 4.1, which are co-financed by structural funds.

Total budget for this call is 240 million lei and the maximum amount of funding for a project is 80 million lei (approximately EUR 18.5 million) which can represent up to 70% of the eligible project.

The winning projects can benefit from a pre-financing of up to 35% of the total grant.

Potential beneficiaries are SME’s and large enterprises that carry out economic activities in the extractive industry or manufacturing.

What can be financed:

• Specific equipment for  enterprises active   in industrial sector, in order to obtain energy savings based on energy  balance (eg, air compressors, pumps, machinery / equipment / ventilation   systems, heating / cooling, boilers, burners, heat exchangers, frequency converters,      integrated energy management and others);
• High efficiency Cogeneration   units  of industrial enterprises (Cogeneration plants upgrading or building new  ones);
• Constructions related to  industrial processes of energy efficiency.

The period for submitting the applications is June 15 to October 30, 2012.

For more information related to developing an application within this call for proposals please contact one of our consultants.