Fundusz Transformacji Ciepłownictwa

Purpose

Energy, environment, infrastructure

R&D relevance

0 of 3

Poland eligible

Yes

Country limit

Poland

Region

Any

Consortium

Unclear

Readiness level (TRL)

—

Topics

• District heating
• Energy transition

Machine-classified from the call text; check eligibility at the source. 23 Oct 2026

Typed facts extracted from the source documents by Scindu's grant-data review. Each value keeps its own conditions. Unknown means unstated, not zero or unlimited.

Applicant type

The programme includes entrepreneurs producing or distributing heat through a public district-heating network with the required concession; qualifying project-finance SPVs with at least 51% ownership/voting/profit rights held within specified eligible group relationships; waste-heat recovery entrepreneurs subject to §7.4(1)(b); and housing cooperatives subject to footnote 8 conditions.

SPV requires one of the programme-defined group relationships. Waste-heat and cooperative applicant classes have additional conditions stated in cited provisions.

Eligible project scope

Eligible project classes include renewable heat installations ≥1 MW, high-efficiency cogeneration ≥1 MW (excluding fossil fuel and forest biomass), renewable-powered electric boilers ≥1 MW, waste-heat recovery ≥0.5 MW, integrated heat storage and specified heating-network modernization/digitalization/cybersecurity. At least one §7.5.1–7.5.4 project is mandatory; §7.5.5–7.5.6 optional only alongside one.

Subtypes and conditions in §7.5 apply, including geothermal verification, biomass restrictions, renewable electricity and storage integration; do not interpret category labels alone as eligibility.

Other condition

Programme intake is continuous; dates, submission method and review process are to be specified by the call notice or call regulations published by NFOŚiGW.

No intake-specific notice or regulations included in captured materials; retain the schedule status as planned.

Other condition

Public aid must comply with applicable state-aid rules; costs already financed with other domestic or foreign public funds, including EU funds, cannot be funded again; investment durability is five years from completion.

Other condition

At least 70% of annual useful heat from a supported installation must be supplied to the public network; waste and waste-derived fuels, including co-incineration, are excluded; only new devices manufactured no more than 24 months before installation are permitted; DNSH applies.

Other conditionExact scheduled intake only; no identifier published.

The current schedule lists the exact route as planned continuous from 1 December 2026 through 31 March 2027, with no call identifier.

Schedule says planned, not open. Call-specific regulations, application form, attachments and final access criteria remain unknown.

Other conditionProgramme-wide.

Programme-wide budget is PLN 3 billion: up to PLN 1.2bn non-repayable and PLN 1.8bn repayable support. It does not state a pool for this exact intake.

Do not infer intake allocation or remaining balance.

Other condition

The programme runs during 2026–2030; agreements through 29 December 2028 and spending through 31 December 2030. Eligible costs run from 1 July 2026 through 30 September 2030.

Other condition

Waste-heat applicants must direct 100% of recovered heat to or for a public network; technical/commercial receipt conditions must be agreed with a licensed distributor/operator, with connection conditions by application and bilateral heat-sale agreement before funding contract.

Eligible cost

The programme incorporates the NFOŚiGW eligible-cost guidelines. Current guideline §3.3 makes employee remuneration conditionally eligible when project duties are explicitly described and costs are prorated to project work; gross pay and employer statutory charges are eligible components.

Conditional cost category only; programme excludes project-management category 3.2 other than investor/authorship supervision. No job or hiring demand is published.

Eligible cost

Programme incorporates NFOŚiGW eligible-cost guidelines with explicit carveouts: preparation costs excluded (except §6(2) stated below); category 3.2 project management excluded except investor/authorship supervision; category 3.4 information/promotion excluded; land purchase 3.5.1 and other costs 3.5.5 excluded; intangible property capped at 20% of eligible investment costs.

Guidelines govern only subject to programme-specific exceptions; direct staff wage eligibility is represented separately.

Eligible cost limit

30 % of eligible costs stated in the application

Only §7.5.6 network undertakings; denominator is application eligible costs.

Funding intensity, maximum

100 maximum loan intensity, percent of eligible costs

Separate from the grant maximum of 50%; actual loan is subject to amount caps and applicable conditions.

Funding intensity, maximum

50 maximum grant intensity, percent of eligible costs

Grant maximum 50%; separate programme loan maximum is 100% of eligible costs. Project-finance own-funds condition applies only to project-finance investments.

Grace period, maximum

12 months

Maximum grace on principal instalments; measured from last-tranche disbursement to first principal repayment, and in no event longer than 12 months after investment completion.

Loan interest, minimum

1.5 percent per annum

Preferential-rate loan option only: WIBOR 3M plus 50 basis points, with a minimum annual rate of 1.5%; a separate market-rate option also exists.

Loan principal, maximum

PLN 200,000,000

Grant cap is a separate award ceiling from the loan cap. Market/preferential terms are alternatives; actual award is not guaranteed.

Loan term, maximum

240 months

Maximum financing period is measured from planned first-tranche payment to planned final principal repayment; the exact schedule is set for the loan.

Own contribution, minimumApplicant’s own contribution to eligible investment cost for project-finance investments.

15 percent of eligible investment costs

Project-finance investments only; applicant own funds exclude bank credit, bond issues, shareholder loans and loans from other entities; contribution must be paid-in share capital funded in cash.

Project funding, maximum

PLN 50,000,000

Programme maximum grant award; not the total intake pool and subject to exact call rules and applicable public-aid limits.

• Conditional generic eligible cost category; not an advertised job or hiring plan.

  Other role · Staff cost the grant can fund

  Employee remuneration can qualify if project tasks are clearly stated in job duties and the salary is prorated to project work. Project-management cost category is excluded except investor/authorship supervision. No project-specific hiring, titles, positions, headcount, pay or duration is stated.

• Approved FTC priority programme

  gov.pl

• NFOŚiGW General Guidelines for Eligible Costs

  gov.pl

• Official NFOŚiGW calls schedule

  gov.pl

• Official programme page and links to the approved programme

  gov.pl

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Provider

NFOŚiGW · Transformacja energetyczna

Source

gov.pl

Checked

24 Oct 2026

Review status

Partial review

Independent QA

No published hold

Reviewed

23 Oct 2026