Heat Fund — Waste Heat Recovery System Installation Support
Purpose: Meeting the objectives of developing renewable heat and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; encouraging the replacement of fossil-fuel installations with equipment producing renewable heat and/or cooling; enabling renewable heat to compete with heat produced from fossil fuels. This scheme can be used until 30 June 2027. Beneficiaries mentioned in the catalogue: businesses of all sizes and types. The conditions, amount available and timetable must be compared with the applicable official version.
The “Heat Fund – Aid for installing a waste heat recovery system” scheme is part of the Heat Fund and concerns recovering waste heat available locally. The ADEME official page consulted for 2026 presents aid for businesses and other categories of project holder, reviewed mainly by the regional offices. The application must demonstrate the amount of heat recovered and actually used, the technical study, the sizing and the eligible investment costs. The date, scale and technical conditions must be checked in the applicable funding document before any commitment. An official source has been consulted.
Funded by Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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Who can apply
Beneficiaries indicated in the catalogue: businesses of all sizes and types. Check the legal form, size, activity, area, financial situation and exclusions in the official rules in force.
Eligibility conditions
Conditions available in the catalogue: businesses must meet the following criteria: a prior study; projects must recover more than 1 GWh/year of thermal energy; the heat captured must be used as heat and/or cooling. They are not enough to confirm eligibility. Check the official criteria, exclusions, combination rules and any obligation to apply before ordering, purchasing or starting work.
What the scheme covers
Operations or costs mentioned: collective/tertiary sector: installations with a minimum production of 1,200 MWh/year of biomass energy; industrial/agricultural sector: installations producing between 1,200 and 12,000 MWh/year of biomass energy. Renewal of biomass boilers is possible under conditions. (This description in the catalogue repeats the biomass scheme: ask ADEME for the operations eligible for waste heat recovery.) Check eligible costs, supporting documents, minimum thresholds, caps and excluded costs before any commitment. For Heat Fund schemes, technical sizing, energy production, the prior study and environmental performance may determine support; use the ADEME 2026 technical guide for the technology concerned.
Amount and funding terms
The catalogue indicates: Grant of between 40% and 60% of eligible costs. The ADEME 2026 official page confirms that the scheme exists and its reference period, but the exact rate or amount must be read in the “eligibility and funding conditions” document for the project and technology.
How to apply
1) Identify the funder and obtain the up-to-date official fiche. 2) Confirm the status of the scheme, the criteria and the timetable. 3) Check the cost base, rates/caps, combination rules and documents. 4) Obtain prior approval before treating costs as eligible. The catalogue fiche describes criteria and rates that must be compared with the “eligibility and funding conditions 2026” document; confirm the recovery thresholds, eligible costs and applicable rate.
Timeline
Catalogue date to be checked: 30 June 2027. Confirm the deadline, the status of the call and budget availability with the funder. The 2026 official page presents Heat Fund aid for waste heat recovery installations, open from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026, for businesses, associations and local authorities. It sets out technical conditions and recommends prior contact with the ADEME regional office.
Key facts
- Funder
- Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Type of funding
- Grant
- Status
- Open
- Funding rate
- 40%
- Automatically extracted — check the official source
- Closes
- 30 June 2027
- Geographic scope
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Frequently asked questions
What is the Heat Fund – Aid for installing a waste heat recovery system scheme for?
The catalogue describes the following objective: meeting the objectives of developing renewable heat and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; encouraging the replacement of fossil-fuel installations with equipment producing renewable heat and/or cooling; enabling renewable heat to compete with heat produced from fossil fuels. This scheme can be used until 30 June 2027. The project must fall within the official scope and meet the technical or financial criteria in force.
Who can benefit and what are the main conditions?
The catalogue mentions: businesses of all sizes and types. Also check the location, size and legal form, exclusions and, depending on the scheme, the technical or funding conditions.
What amount can be obtained?
Grant of between 40% and 60% of eligible costs. The ADEME 2026 page confirms the scheme, but the scale must be checked in the 2026 technical conditions for the technology.
Is the scheme open and how do I apply?
Catalogue date to be checked: 30 June 2027. The 2026 official page presents Heat Fund aid for waste heat recovery installations, open from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026, for businesses, associations and local authorities. It sets out technical conditions and recommends prior contact with the ADEME regional office. Before any order or spending, confirm the status, documents and procedure with the relevant authority.
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