Project Development Assistance for sustainable energy investments

About the call

PDA is technical assistance that brings specific sustainable energy investment projects to a bankable, investment-ready stage. The call budget is €8 million. Typical applicants: municipalities, regions, energy agencies, utilities, industrial clusters - in other words, organisations with a pipeline of projects but lacking the capacity to bring them to investment stage.

Distinctive feature of this call

A requirement for a clear and measurable investment outcome. Projects are evaluated primarily on the volume of investment they trigger. Beneficiaries are expected to not merely conduct studies but to actually mobilise investment, confirmed by signed contracts, within the project's lifetime.

What is funded

• Technical and financial studies, feasibility studies.
• Energy audits.
• Legal and procurement support.
• Structuring of financing, including Energy Performance Contracts (EPC).
• Preparation of tender documentation and running of tenders.
• Organisational innovation: setting up one-stop-shops, bundling schemes to package small projects into investment-attractive portfolios.

Conditions

• Call budget: €8 million
• Indicative grant amount: €1-1.5 million
• Consortium: at least 3 applicants from 3 different countries.
• Key indicator - the leverage ratio: the ratio of investment triggered to the grant amount. Check the exact minimum threshold in the call document.

Deadline

16 September 2026, 17:00 CEST