Status: Applications possible until November 14, 2025
Are you a private hoofed animal keeper and are located in Drenthe? Apply for this grant for wolf-resistant fencing.
The number of wolves in Drenthe is increasing. As a result, the number of damage cases is also increasing. More and more animal farmers are therefore investing in wolf-proof fencing. To meet the costs, a subsidy can be requested from the province of Drenthe. Since April 1, 2023, besides sheep and goat farmers, other ungulate farmers (horses, alpacas) can also apply for a subsidy. For other ungulate farmers this scheme works retroactively from October 3, 2022 .
Who is this grant for?
Ungulates, which includes cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, alpacas and equines, located in Drenthe.
Purchasing or modifying fixed wolf-resistant fencing. The subsidy for a fixed fence is: €570 per hoof type and, €3.40 per linear meter with a maximum of €680 per bovine and equine animal and a maximum of €114 per other ungulate.
Purchasing a movable wolf-proof fence. The subsidy for a movable fence is: €34 per animal.
Purchasing an automatic coiling system for a movable wolf-resistant wire fence. The subsidy for an automatic roll-up system on a movable fence is: €4,500 for an automatic coiling system for a movable wire fence.
What are the conditions?
You are an existing farrier.
You are based in Drenthe.
Cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, alpacas must be registered in the Identification and registration system from the RFO. There is an exception for alpacas. The keeper is required to maintain and submit a stall list.
The activity for which you applied for subsidy has not been carried out before January 1, 2023. If the activity was carried out before January 1, 2023, then there is no/no entitlement to grant.
With relocatable wolf-resistant fencing and an automatic roll-up system, you must be able to demonstrate that the animals will graze within the province of Drenthe. Therefore, provide a map of the parcels with your application and indicate on the map where animals walk if a relocatable fence is requested.
If you choose to purchase an automatic coiling system with a movable wolf-resistant wire fence, the number of animals for which the system is purchased must include at least: A group of 17 equidae or cattle or, a group of at least 100 other ungulates.
The grant will only be given once. This means that an animal keeper who previously received subsidy for protecting sheep and goats can apply for subsidy again when doing so for protecting horses. The animal keeper cannot reapply for subsidy for sheep and goats.
This grant is for investments in devices, systems or techniques that are ready for the market. So it is not about demonstration or pilot projects. For these you get subsidy from the Energy and Climate Innovation Demonstration (DEI+).
You apply for grants for investments in the following themes:
Energy efficiency: You apply for subsidies for investments that will reduce your energy consumption within (the production process of) your company.
Recycling and reuse of waste: You reprocess the wastes into products, materials or substances for the original purpose or another purpose. By reuse, we mean any operation involving products or components that are not wastes. You reuse them for the same purpose for which they were intended.
Local infrastructure: These projects are investments in local infrastructure facilities. They must meet certain conditions. Any concession or any other form of award to a third party to operate the infrastructure is made on an open, transparent and non-discriminatory basis.
Other CO2-reducing measures: The investment must result in reduced emissions of CO₂ or other greenhouse gases within your company's production process.
You can read more details about these themes in the manual:
Your project must fit within the themes just mentioned. In addition, you must meet a number of conditions specific to this scheme. And to the general conditions of the Top Sector Energy schemes. You can read more detailed information about the conditions in the manual.
Preparing your application
You will apply for a grant in our digital application portal. Save in between as you continue later. Prepare your application well. Collect as much as possible all your data before you fill out the application. With the button 'Directly arrange your application' you will get to the application portal with eRecognition.
Request
You can apply for VEKI from March 15, 2023, 09:00 am to January 9, 2024, 5:00 pm.
You log in with eRecognition. For your application, you need at least level 3 with authorization RFO services at level eH3.
With the button 'Directly arrange' at the bottom of this page, you will enter our digital application portal. Here you submit the progress report or a project modification after the approval of your grant (decision). This is also where you request the determination of your grant.
The scheme gives you an average 11% benefit. And on top of that, you will have the usual depreciation for your investment and a lower energy bill. For 2023, there is a budget of €249 million.
For whom.
The EIA is for all entrepreneurs subject to income tax or corporate income tax. A government organization, foundation or association can also take advantage of the EIA if they pay corporate income tax. The scheme is not for individuals.
Conditions and Energy List
One of the main conditions of the EIA is that your investment meets the description under one of the codes of the Energy List.
Energy List
Use our online search tool to see if your investment is on the 2023 Energy List. It allows you to quickly search by industry, your environmental goal, technique, operating asset, the code itself or any other keyword. Or consult our brochure Energy list 2023. This can be found on the online search tool page.
Would you like more general information about the Energy List? For example, about the structure of the list in certain themes, categories? Or the codes we distinguish?
You can report 2 types of costs for the EIA: the acquisition costs and the production costs of your investment. Different submission deadlines apply for these. Make sure you submit your application on time.
You log in with eRecognition. For your application, you need at least level 2+ with authorization RFO services at level eH2+.
On our page about the application process, you can read more about the submission deadlines. You will also find a roadmap and a short video explaining how to apply.
Have you submitted your application? Then you will receive a confirmation of receipt with a reference number by e-mail. You will receive this within a few hours after you have sent the application form.
Would you like to view more about your application later? For example, about its receipt, registration, verification, decision or related correspondence? Or respond to it? Then log in again with eRecognition and go to your application.
The SME Sustainability Grant Scheme (SVM) helps you as an SME entrepreneur to make your business more sustainable. With this subsidy, you receive compensation for hiring a consultant for tailored energy advice and its implementation.
End date: Saturday, September 30, 2023 - 17:00 (CET)
Grant amount (if conditions are met): The subsidy amount for sustainability advice is minimum € 400 and maximum € 750. The maximum subsidy amount is € 2,500 for advice and support together.
Total budget: €14,400,000
The SME Sustainability Grant Scheme (SVM) helps you as an SME entrepreneur to make your business more sustainable. With this subsidy, you receive compensation for hiring a consultant for tailored energy advice and its implementation.
SMEs up to 250 employees (FTEs) and annual sales of up to €50 million;
Who own one or more business premises or rent business premises (or space therein);
and not under the legal energy savings obligation fall. This means that your premises per year will therefore not exceed 25,000 m3 natural gas (equivalent) and 50,000 kWh of electricity consumed.
Did you apply for this subsidy in 2021 or in 2022 for a commercial building? If so, you will not receive another grant for that commercial building in 2023.
What do you get a grant for?
You will be reimbursed for 80% of the cost of:
An energy recommendation for making your premises and/or operations more sustainable;
support for the implementation of the energy-saving and sustainability measures in this opinion.
The energy advice deals with potential energy and CO2-saving measures in your business premises and operations. The investments required for this are also included in the advice.
You will receive a grant for costs incurred from April 1, 2023 and applied for by 5 p.m. on September 30, 2023.
Examples
Examples of business premises sustainability measures are:
You have the advice drawn up by an energy consultant from outside your company. He or she investigates and advises you about the sustainability measures and the investments required for this. The energy advice must cover all aspects of the building and business operations. For example, does advice focus only on solar panels or LED lighting? Then it is not complete energy advice and you will not receive a subsidy.
After issuing the advice, your energy advisor can also help you implement the measures from the advice. The following support activities will then also be reimbursed to you:
Requesting and reviewing one or more quotes
applying for grants or funding opportunities
drafting and issuing orders
applying for the SME Sustainability Grant (only if any of the above activities have also been carried out)
Note! There are self-appointed consultants operating who will tell you that they are working on our (RFO) behalf, that the SVM will become mandatory next year, or who will offer you the SVM for free. This is false in all these cases. Do not be persuaded by them.
How much subsidy will you receive?
The subsidy amount for sustainability advice is minimum € 400 and maximum € 750. The maximum subsidy amount for advice and support together is € 2,500.
You apply for a maximum of one grant for each business premises for advice and one for support. This can be done in one application or in 2 separate applications. That is up to you.
What expenses will you be reimbursed for?
Only the costs of advice and support from the energy advisor will be reimbursed. The investments in the measures themselves are not covered by this subsidy. Therefore, you will not be reimbursed for the purchase and installation costs of, for example, LED lighting or solar panels. You may be able to use other subsidies for this:
To improve the quality of advice and support for you as a business owner, we have updated the scheme. This is new in 2023:
You sign the 'Declaration Subsidy for Sustainability in SMEs' in which we inform you about the conditions. This states, among other things, that you know you are not obliged to have an energy advice drawn up.
The energy consultant must have at least 2 years of experience advising SME entrepreneurs on energy conservation and sustainability. The advisor can demonstrate this.
You attach the annual statement from your energy supplier to your application.
We have tightened the requirements for the energy balance that the energy consultant prepares for you.
You can apply for the grant for consulting and the grant for support separately. Are you applying for the grant for advice and the grant for support separately? Then you must commission a measure per application. In the case of advice this can be a simple measure. In the case of support, it concerns the measure for which you have received support.
You provide the requested data. Your energy consultant prepares the advice and you commission one of the measures from the advice. At that point, you can apply for the subsidy for the advice.
You ask your advisor for support in implementing one of the measures in the advice. Your advisor will help you, for example, with requesting and evaluating offers. After commissioning the measure, you can also apply for a subsidy for support.
You may also apply for the grant for advice and the grant for support all at once. Then you only need to commission the measure for which you have received support.
Request
You can apply for this grant from April 1, 9 a.m. to September 30, 2023, 5 p.m.
You log in with eRecognition. For your application, you need at least level 2+ with authorization RFO services at level eH2+.
We process grant applications in order of receipt until the budget runs out. You can find the budget still available on this page.
You will receive a decision on your application within 8 weeks.
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