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Industrial Decarbonisation Bank

Initiative type
  • EU Funding Programmes
Target beneficiary
  • SMEs and micro companies
  • Large enterprises

The Industrial Decarbonisation Bank aims at EUR 100 billion in funding based on funds in the Innovation Fund, additional revenues resulting from parts of the ETS as well as the revision of InvestEU. The Bank will be placed within the governance of the future Competitiveness Fund. Prior to the revision of the ETS Directive in 2026, the Commission will launch in 2025 a pilot with a EUR 1 billion auction on the decarbonisation of key industrial processes across various sectors supporting industrial decarbonisation and electrification, using a combination of existing resources under the Innovation Fund and auctions-as-a-service.

Application process

TBC