KfW-Promotional Credit Renewable Energy - Standard (KfW Product Number 270)

This funding product Renewable Energy - Standard supports:

• Domestic and foreign private and public companies, regardless of size
• Corporations and public law entities, municipal associations
• Private individuals and non-profit applicants who must feed at least part of the generated electricity or heat into the grid
• Cooperatives, foundations and associations
• Freelancers
• Farmers For projects abroad:
• German private companies and their foreign subsidiaries
• Joint ventures with a significant German participation abroad
• Freelancers based in Germany Tip for private individuals Solar thermal systems and heat pumps for residential buildings are funded with the Funding Loan Residential Buildings (KfW product number 261). Alternatively, you can receive a grant from the Federal Office for Economic and Export Control (BAFA).

Investments in Germany and abroad, such as:
Establishment, expansion and acquisition of facilities for the use of renewable energies including the associated costs for planning, engineering and installation. The facilities must meet the requirements of the Renewable Energy Expansion Act.

• Photovoltaic systems on roofs, facades or open spaces
• Facilities for electricity generation from hydropower up to a size of 20 MW
• Facilities for electricity generation from wind power
• Facilities for electricity and heat generation in combined heat and power plants (CHP plants) based on solid biomass, biogas or geothermal energy
• Facilities for the production, processing and feeding in of biogas, biogas pipelines
• Battery storage
• Establishment, expansion and acquisition of facilities only for heat generation based on renewable energies
• Heat/cold networks and heat/cold storage, which are fed from renewable energies
• Flexibilization of electricity demand and supply, digitalization of the energy transition with the aim of integrating renewable energies into the energy system in a system-compatible manner, for example power storage systems (power-to-X technologies), load management, measuring and control systems, as individual measures or retrofitting
• Contracting projects and modernizations with performance increases

Interest rates:
Please refer to the conditions overview for interest rates and terms.
Your individual interest rate is determined by your location, your economic situation and the quality of your security.
The minimum term is generally 2 years.
Loan amount and disbursement:

• Up to €50 million per project
• Up to 100% of your investment costs
• 100% disbursement
• Can be drawn within 12 months after approval, either in one lump sum or in installments
• Provision fee of 0.15% per month starting 6 months and 2 banking days after approval Repayment:
• During the interest-free period you only pay interest - afterwards equal quarterly installments plus interest on the remaining loan amount.
• You can fully or partially repay your loan ahead of schedule - subject to a prepayment penalty
• Repayment is made through your house bank. Collateral: You agree with your bank on the type and amount of security.

Combination with other subsidies:
The combination with other public subsidies (loans, grants and subsidies) is possible.

For investments in electricity generation (for example photovoltaics, wind turbines, CHP plants) simultaneous use of a state subsidy in the form of a feed-in tariff, for example according to the Renewable Energy Act or the Combined Heat and Power Act, is possible.