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RD&D Policies (Investment aid for renewable energy and new energy technologies)

  1. Abbreviated form of legal source(s)

    • Decree 1098/2017
    • Decree 688/2001
  2. Summary

    The energy aid programme coordinated by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment and its subsidiary Business Finland also counts as a RD&D policy. It aims at fostering and advancing new RES technologies in Finland by granting funding for medium-sized and large RES and energy efficiency projects in the country. Projects applying a novel technology with a scalability potential are prioritised in the decision-making but which is not specified further (Art 5 Decree 1098/2017).

  3. Addressees

    Aid recipients can be companies, municipalities and other entities, excluding housing companies, residential properties and farms (Art 7 Decree 1098/2017).

  4. Competent authority

    • Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment
    • Business Finland