Household - After Karlsruhe ruling: Federal Office stops funding programs
No more federal subsidies for energy consultations, heat pumps and electric cargo bikes for the time being: the Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (Bafa) has temporarily put nine funding programs on hold due to the spending freeze in the federal budget. They had previously been paid for primarily from the Climate and Transformation Fund.
With immediate effect, no more applications for the programs will be approved or accepted, the federal authority in Eschborn near Frankfurt announced. However, projects that have already been approved for funding can still be pursued.
The Federal Constitutional Court had declared the reallocation of 60 billion euros in coronavirus loans in the 2021 federal budget null and void. The money was to be used retrospectively for climate protection and the modernization of the economy. The federal government is now looking for new ways of financing.
Specifically, funding for heating networks, building energy consultations, heat pumps, serial refurbishments, climate-friendly refrigerants, electric cargo bikes and citizen energy companies for wind turbines, among other things, has been halted. The programs for e-cars and federal funding for efficient buildings are not affected by the pause in applications.
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Source: www.stern.de
