Bando Energia Sviluppo - L.p. 6/2023

The call is aimed at supporting business investments that mitigate the impact of rising energy costs on the operating budgets of companies located in the province of Trento.

What it finances

Investments in tangible and intangible assets started after 1 June 2026 and within 18 months from the date the incentive was granted are subsidised.

Specifically, the eligible macro-items of expenditure include

• Buildings and assimilated
• Plant, machinery, equipment and other assets
• Computer programmes, patents, licences, know-how
• Technical consultancy expenses
• Additional overheads (flat rate)

Applications are processed using an automatic procedure.

For more information on the characteristics of the initiatives and the types, items and sub-items of expenditure, seeart. 9 and 10 of the Call for Proposals.

The amount of the incentive

The incentive measure is equal to 30% of the expenses considered eligible under the Call for Proposals.

The following bonuses are recognised, which cannot be cumulated(alternatives), to be expressly requested in the application and to be confirmed at the time of reporting

• 10% increase: if the company has recorded in the 2025 financial statements energy consumption costs exceeding 30% of the total production costs (Item B of the income statement).
• 5% bonus: for companies that transfer the right to install a photovoltaic system on their operating unit to a Renewable Energy Community (CACER), an ESCo or an SGR.

The incentive is granted under de minimis regime pursuant to Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/2831 of 13 December 2023.

Minimum and maximum expenditure limit

The minimum eligible expenditure must be greater than EUR 25,000.00.
The maximum limit of eligible expenditure is EUR 500,000.00.

The investment initiatives must be started as of 1 June 2026 and completed within 18 months from the date of the granting measure.

Further obligations are laid down in the general provisions common to all measures and in the call for tenders.

Small, medium-sized and large enterprises that meet the requirements, as set out in the Call for Proposals and in the general provisions common to all measures, and that are established, registered and active in the Companies Register by 30.11.2025. Also eligible are entities adopting simplified accounting, even on an optional basis, where the beneficiary makes use of the flat-rate income determination scheme.

The activity of the enterprise must be carried out prevalently and fall within the following eligible ATECO 2025 codes:

• Section B: Mining and quarrying (all codes)
• Section C: Manufacturing (all codes)
• Section E: limited to codes 38 (Waste collection, recovery and disposal activities) and 39 (Remediation activities and other waste management services)
• Section F: Construction (all codes)
• Section G: limited to code 46 (Wholesale trade)
• Section H: Transport and storage (all codes)
• Section Q: limited to code 85.53 (Driving school activities)

For further information, seeart. 6 of the Announcement

Each enterprise may submit only one application for an incentive (which may refer to one or more business units). The application must be submitted to the Instructing Authority - Provincial Agency for Incentives to Economic Activities (APIAE) - exclusively online via the IT platform that will be made available shortly.

Attention!
Incentive application deadlines will be announced on this page at least 30 days before the opening date.

Application forms will be published shortly, before the opening of the application deadline.

• Grant applicationdeadlines: the procedure for the adoption of the grant decision and the determination of the contribution is concluded within 60 days starting from the day following the closing date of the application deadline

• Deadlines for completing the initiatives: the initiatives must be completed within 18 months from the date the incentive is granted

• Deadlines for reporting: expenditure documentation and related certificates must be submitted within 6 months from the date of completion of the initiative

• Deadlinesfor payment: the grant is paid in a single instalment within 60 days from the day following the receipt of the statement of expenditure and upon receipt of the declaration certifying compliance with the obligations and constraints expired.