We design, apply for, and deliver projects that qualify for national and European funding programs - covering a large share of your investment costs.
With HEATEN’s high-temperature heat pumps and our public funding expertise, your decarbonization plan becomes a real, operating project—efficiently, reliably, and financially supported.
Turn your first high-temperature heat pump project into a funded pilot.
Why funding matters
Industrial decarbonization is a European priority. Governments and the EU provide substantial support to replace fossil heat with renewable technologies. Through the right program, eligible projects may receive up to 70% of costs as grants or financial incentives (program- and country-dependent).
What we deliver
Program fit & strategy: identify the best national/EU schemes for your site and timeline.
Application support: prepare the technical and financial documentation needed to win.
Pilot delivery: engineer, install, and commission high-temperature heat pumps.
Compliance & reporting: measurement, verification, and paperwork to secure disbursements.
Ready to explore funding? Share your site data and timeline - we’ll assess eligibility and outline the fastest path to a funded pilot.
INDUSTRY TRANSITION IN ACTION
Key Funding Opportunities
01
Heat Auction Innovation Fund
EU-wide tender for industrial decarbonization projects replacing fossil heat with renewable solutions like high-temperature heat pumps. Ideal forfirst-of-a-kind pilotinstallations. Competitive auction-based scheme: projects bid for funding based on €/t CO₂ avoided. The most cost-effective projects win grants covering part of the investment.
02
Horizon Europe Calls 2026 CL5-D4-06 & CL5-D4-08
Large-scale industrial demonstration projects for fossil-free heat using renewable energy, heat upgrading, and storage. Perfect match for HEATEN's technology. EU Innovation Actions (grants) covering up to 70% of total project costs. Focus on replicability and cross-sector impact.
03
EEW – Energy & Resource Efficiency in Industry (Germany)
Supports process heat from renewable sources (Module 2) and energy/resource optimization (Module 4). Heat pumps explicitly eligible. Direct grants or KfW loans with repayment bonus. Companies submit applications to BAFA. Funding based on company size and CO₂ savings.
04
BIK – Federal Funding for Industry & Climate Protection (Germany)
Funds innovative decarbonization investments such as electrification with heat pumps, as well as R&D and feasibility studies. Two-step application via easy-Online. Up to 60% funding based on CO₂ reduction efficiency — higher savings = higher support.
05
Umweltinnovations- programm (BMU/KfW) (Germany)
Demonstration of first-of-a-kind environmental technologies showing ecological and economic viability. Combination of grants and loans. Up to 7.5 million EUR. Projects must be innovative and replicable.
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (Germany)
New German funding for industrial heat pumps + thermal storage – ideal for sites with high-temp process heat that want to decarbonize and gain flexibility.
The Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energiehas launched a new federal funding call under the 8th Energy Research Programme to support large industrial heat pumps and thermal energy storage systems. The call targets real industrial demonstration projects – and projects that combine Module 1 (industrial/large heat pumps) and Module 2 (thermal storage) are explicitly encouraged.
Importantly, it also funds “micro projects” – smaller, preparatory studies that:
assess the technical and economic feasibility of integrating heat pumps and/or thermal storage into a specific production process, and
prepare a subsequent full-scale implementation project based on real site data.
At HEATEN, we are ready for proposals to demonstrate MW-scale high-temperature heat pumps + thermal storage in industrial processes (120–200 °C), combining CO₂ reduction with improved flexibility (price-driven operation, peak shaving, better use of renewables and waste heat). On the academic side, Fraunhofer IPA and the Universität Stuttgart are already on board as strong partners for modelling, storage integration, monitoring and techno-economic assessment.
If required, we bring in relevant partners, such as industrial site operators, energy providers, or research institutes, to strengthen your application.
We prepare a concise project concept, including CO₂ reduction calculations, innovation value, and technical feasibility, tailored to the funding scheme.
