Accelerated climate investments industry (VEKI) subsidy
Do you want to reduce your industrial business’ CO2 emissions by investing in equipment, systems, or techniques? If the investment costs are too high for you, and the payback period is longer than 5 years you may be eligible for the Accelerated climate investment industry subsidy (Versnelde klimaatinvesteringen industrie, VEKI).
What are the conditions for the VEKI?
You can apply for the VEKI if you meet the conditions (in Dutch), among others:
- Your investment fits 1 of the topics of VEKI (in Dutch):
- Energy efficiency
- Circular economy
- Infrastructure facilities
- Other measures to reduce CO2 emissions
- You carry out the project at your own expense and risk.
- The effect of the measures you take must already be proven.
- Your project takes no longer than 4 years.
- You have not started the project before application.
Do you want to know if you are eligible for this subsidy? You can complete the form to have your project idea assessed (in Dutch).
You must also comply with the general conditions for the Top Sector Energy Innovation schemes (in Dutch). For example the general grounds for rejection of energy innovation subsidies (in Dutch).
How to apply?
You can apply for the VEKI to the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (Rijksdienst voor ondernemend Nederland, RVO) from 7 May 2026, 9:00 hours until 28 January 2027, 17:00 hours. You need eHerkenning level 3 to apply.
You will need to supply several documents with your application, for example a project plan and a CO2 calculation in the required format (in Dutch).