Application Deadline: 05/31/2022
About Opportunity
Phase 2 of Green BELLE is now open – offering grants from £1,000 to £10,000 to eligible SMEs in Leicester and Leicestershire towards the cost of energy efficiency measures.
Eligibility Requirements
- Both the business and the premises in which you wish to install energy efficiency measures must be within Leicester or Leicestershire.
- Your business must meet all of the criteria listed below, to meet the EU definition of a Small or Medium-Sized Enterprise (SME).
- Has fewer than 250 employees
- Has an annual turnover that does not exceed €50 million or an annual balance sheet that does not exceed €43 million
- No more than 25% of the organization is owned by an enterprise that is not an SME in itself
- Your business must be within a sector eligible for support from EU funding programs.
- Ineligible sectors include: (please note that this is not a complete list)
- Banking and insurance companies, including insurance brokers
- Provision of local social welfare facilities, for example, hospitals, nursing homes, fire stations, child-minding facilities, sports facilities, parks, public libraries
- Farming, soil conservation and infrastructures
- Building and renovation of housing
- Your business must not have received over €200,000 in De Minimis State Aid funding over the last three rolling years.
Benefits
- Energy efficient heating systems and controls, e.g. boiler replacements and heat pumps
- Low energy lighting replacements (LEDs) and controls
- Renewable energy systems – e.g. biomass, solar panels
- Innovative low carbon measures, such as heat recovery systems
- Replacement Energy Efficient Machinery – e.g. Air Compressors
- Insulation
- Building Energy Management Systems
Official Website: Green BELLE Grant
