Call for Proposals: Energy for Development – Provincial Law 6/2023

The call for applications is designed tosupport business investments that mitigate the impact of rising energy costs on the operating budgets of businesses based in the province of Trento.   
   

What is funded

Funding is available forinvestments in tangible and intangible assets commenced on or after 1 June 2026 and within 18 months of the date the grant is awarded. 

Specifically, the eligible expenditure categories include:

• Buildings and similar assets
• Plant, machinery, equipment and other assets
• Software, patents, licences and know-how
• Technical consultancy fees
• Additional overheads (lump sum)

Applications are assessed using an automated procedure.

For further information on the characteristics of the initiatives and on the types, categories and sub-categories of expenditure, seeArticles 9 and 10 of the Call for Applications.
   

The amount of the grant

The incentive amounts to 30 per cent of the expenditure deemed eligible under the Call for Applications.

The following increases are recognised; they cannot be combined (they arealternatives) and must be expressly requested in the application and confirmed at the time of reporting:

• 10 per cent increase: if the company recorded energy consumption costs in its 2025 financial statements exceeding 30 per cent of total production costs (Item B of the profit and loss account).
• 5% increase: for companies that transfer the right to install aphotovoltaic system on their ownoperational premises to a Renewable Energy Community (CACER), an ESCo or an asset management company (SGR).

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

Expenditure limits

The minimum eligible expenditure must exceed €25,000.00.
The maximum eligible expenditure is 500,000.00 euros.

Investment projects must commence on or after 1 June 2026 and be completed within 18 months of the date of the grant decision.

Further obligations are set out in the general provisions applicable to all projects and in the call for applications.

Small, medium and large enterprises that meet the eligibility criteria, as set out in the Call for Applications and in the general provisions applicable to all schemes, andwhich are incorporated, registered and active in the Register of Companies by 30 November 2025. Entities using the simplified accounting system, including on an optional basis, are also eligible, provided the beneficiary makes use of the flat-rate income assessment scheme.

The enterprise’s main activity must fall within the following eligible ATECO 2025 codes:

• Section B: Mining and quarrying (all codes)
• Section C: Manufacturing activities (all codes)
• Section E: limited to codes 38 (Waste collection, recovery and disposal) and 39 (Remediation 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 schools)

For further information, seeArticle 6 of the Call for Applications

Each business may submitonly one application for the incentive ( which may, however, relate to one or more operational units). The application must be submitted to the Assessing Body - Provincial Agency for Incentives to Economic Activities (APIAE) - from 12.00 on 1 October until 12.00 on 30 November 2026, exclusively online via the S.I. Pat IT platform available below.

Please note! 
In the event of technical faults with the S.I. Pat platform that prevent the application from being submitted correctly, these must be reported promptly to the support service by calling the freephone number: 800 196 977 from Monday to Friday, 8.00 am to 5.00 pm, or alternatively, by sending an email to sipat@tndigit.it, taking care to follow the specific instructions provided on the platform. 

If the issues remain unresolved, they must be reported to the case officer – APIAE Office for Energy Incentives and Other Subsidies – via certified email (PEC) to the address apiae@pec.provincia.tn.it. Once the situation and the timeframe for resolution have been assessed, the case handler may authorise the submission or rectification of the application via certified email (PEC).

Sample forms for submitting a grant application are available in the ‘Forms’ section.

• Time limits for the grant assessment process: the procedure for adopting the grant decision and determining the amount of the grant shall be completed within 60 days from the day following the closing date for the submission of applications  

• Deadlines for completion of projects: projects must be completed within 18 months of the date on which the grant is awarded

• Deadlines for reporting: expenditure documentation and the relevant supporting statements must be submitted within 6 months of the date of completion of the project 

• Deadlines for payment: the grant is paid in a single instalment within 60 days from the day following receipt of the expenditure report and subject to the submission of a declaration certifying compliance with all obligations and conditions that have expired.