Energy Efficiency Financing Support on EU level

Type of support	Name of the support	Brief specification
European funds channelled through Operational Programmes in Member States (ESIF)	Cohesion Fund	Investments on key priority areas – see managing authorities:¹⁰ promoting the production, distribution and use of energy derived from renewable sources supporting energy efficiency and smart energy management investing in the waste sector and water sector improving the urban environment, including decontamination of brownfield sites supporting a multimodal Single European Transport Area developing and improving environmentally-friendly (including low-noise) and low-carbon transport systems in order to promote sustainable regional and local mobility developing and upgrading comprehensive, high quality rail, river and sea transport, intermodal transport systems and their interoperability.
	ERDF	Investments on key priority areas – see managing authorities: ¹⁰ innovation and research information and communication technologies competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) the low-carbon economy
Direct funding from the European Commission	Horizon 2020	Projects focused on "Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy":¹⁴ energy efficiency low carbon technologies smart cities and communities Projects focused on "Climate Action, Environment, Resource efficiency and Raw materials" building a low-carbon, climate resilient future. ¹⁶
	Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)	Projects of common interest in the energy sector, namely in electricity and gas. The support projects geared at the following objectives: ending energy isolation increasing competitiveness by promoting the integration on the internal energy market and the interoperability of electricity and gas networks across borders enhancing the Union's security of supply integrating energy from renewable sources and developing smart energy networks eliminating energy bottlenecks completion of the internal energy market
	LIFE	Traditional projects are best-practice, demonstration, pilot, information, awareness-raising or dissemination projects that cover the following priority areas: Nature & Biodiversity Environment & Resource Efficiency Environmental Governance & Information Climate Change Mitigation Climate Change Adaptation Climate Governance & Information
	Territorial cooperation (INTERREG)	Support for SECAP implementation (soft measures, e.g. awareness raising, stakeholders’ involvement) SECAP implementation (hard measures) SECAP preparation SECAP development
Direct funding to public bodies and SMEs for developing bankable projects	EEEF	Supports projects in the sector of energy efficiency and partly small-scale renewable energy
	ELENA	Support for costs related to feasibility and market studies programme structuring, business plans energy audits and financial structuring preparation of tendering procedures, contractual arrangements and project implementation units
	Horizon 2020 PDA	Technical assistance for proposals focusing on: existing public and private buildings including social housing, with the aim to significantly decrease energy consumption energy efficiency of industry and service energy efficiency in all modes of urban transport energy efficiency in existing infrastructures such as street lighting, district heating/cooling and water/wastewater services
	JASPERS	Technical assistance for proposals focusing on: expansion of gas distribution and storage facilities ions building wind farms, solar rooftops, geothermic and biomass facilities rehabilitating district heating plants and networks retrofit old buildings for a higher energy performance decontaminating polluted sites establishing and extending integrated waste management systems building waste-to-energy facilities to recover energy from waste and reduce landfilling of waste
	JEREMIE	Support for creation of new business or expansion of existing ones access to investment capital by enterprises (particularly SMEs) to modernise and diversify their activities, develop new products, secure and expand market access business oriented research and development, technology transfer, innovation and entrepreneurship technological modernisation of productive structures to help reach low carbon economy targets productive investments which create and safeguard sustainable jobs
	JESSICA	Supporting projects in the following areas: urban infrastructure - including transport, water/waste water, energy heritage or cultural sites - for tourism or other sustainable uses redevelopment of brownfield sites - including site clearance and decontamination creation of new commercial floor space for SMEs, IT and/or R&D sectors university buildings - medical, biotech and other specialised facilities energy efficiency improvements.
	JASMINE	Its objective is to: disseminate good practice in the EU as regards microcredit lending. support the development of microcredit providers active in the European Union in various fields such as institutional governance, information systems, risk management and strategic planning (capacity building). help these intermediaries become sustainable and viable operators on commercial terms.

Energy Efficiency Financing Support on EU level – brief summary