France: Call for proposals New Emerging Technologies (Nouvelles Technologies Emergentes, also known as NTE)

Country / region

France

Name of programme 

Call for proposals NTE (New Emerging technologies) / Appel à projets Nouvelles technologies émergentes (NTE)

Type of incentive 

Subsidy

Eligible technologies 

Solar thermal, other renewable technologies (geothermal, biomass, heat recovery systems) and also technologies mixing energy efficiency and renewables.

Applicable sectors 

Multi-family houses, industry, agriculture and commercial sector

Maximum incentive for a pre-study 

Maximum 70% of the pre-study costs can be subsidized.

Incentive for the investment 

The average subsidy is around 30% of the investment cost. But NTE can also only subsidize the costs of the monitoring. The percentage of the subsidy depends on the status of the applicant and can be between 50% and 70% of the monitoring service costs.

Requirements for the system

For solar district heating, the minimum for the solar array is 500 m²

Requirements for installation 

Equipments must be certified
References of the system must already exist in France or abroad
Detailed economic analysis
Relevant level of coverage of the energy needs
Monitoring and precise follow-up for at least 24 months

Finance provider 

Regional directorates of Ademe – the French Energy Agency

Total funds 

EUR 3 million for 2016 (EUR 5,2 million in 2015)

Funding source 

Public funds

First call for proposals 

April 2013

Last opening date for proposals

28^th December 2015

Last closing date for proposals 

18^th February 2016

Next closing date for proposals

13th July 2016

Next opening date for proposals

1^st December 2016

Website 

https://appelsaprojets.ademe.fr/aap/NTE%2020162016-1?ref=NTE+20162016-1

Last review of this tabloid 

March 2016

Contact

M. Rodolphe MORLOT
Telephone: +33 4 93 95 72 54
Email: rodolphe.morlot@ademe.fr