To make this measure more effective and tailored to the specific context of your company, we recommend that you first perform an overall analysis of your energy situation.
Photovoltaics: an environmentally and financially interesting alternative for your company’s electricity production
A photovoltaic installation enables you to produce renewable electricity and to decouple part of your electricity costs from market price fluctuations. Beyond self-consumption, there are other support mechanisms that can represent an interesting economic model, such as the guaranteed feed-in tariff or the market premium resulting from a call for tenders. The installation can be financed from your own funds or by a third-party investor, who can also take care of its planning and completion.
Definition of the requirements
Analysis of plant location and solar potential – solar cadastre
To go further:
- Analysis of load curve and estimation of degree of self-consumption
Request consumption data from the grid operator or supplier (possibility of requesting through the supplier’s online portal) and compare with the photovoltaic system’s forecast production to estimate the degree of self-consumption.
- Project implementation by a project developer / third-party investor
For installations of 100 kW or more, it is possible to commission a photovoltaic project developer who can take care of the development, financing, construction, operation and maintenance of the installation.
Identify solution and check feasibility of photovoltaic panel installation project
General planning of the installation (depending on the scope of the project, in collaboration with a qualified craftsman or design office)
- Qualified craftsmen (certified electrician)
- List of large-scale photovoltaic project planners
Feasibility study of the solar panel installation project
- Technical and constructive feasibility (static calculations, roof condition, etc.): design office
- Connection feasibility: network operator
- Fire protection requirements: CGDIS
Request for quotation
- Qualified craftsmen (certified electrician)
- Possibility of including plant maintenance in the offer
Subsidy application
Government subsidies
Please note: any application for government or non-government subsidies must comply with the “incentive effect”, subject to compliance with the subsidy conditions.
In order to respect the “incentive effect”, no binding commitment (signing a quotation; paying a deposit) may be made BEFORE having received the agreement in principle from the State or the electricity and natural gas supplier following an application for subsidy.
Klimabonus (PV < 30kWp)
- Either the investment subsidy of 62.5% (until 30 September 2024 with a subsequent 50% investment subsidy starting 1 October) for the installation of photovoltaic modules operated in “self-consumption mode” without a guaranteed feed-in tariff. Power storage systems are subsidised if the building is not used for residential purposes and the storage capacity is ≤ 1 kWh/kWp.
In this case, the feed-in tariff is not guaranteed and it is necessary to sign a contract with a provider to buy the surplus electricity. - Or an investment subsidy of 20% for the installation of photovoltaic systems operated in “feed-in mode” and a guaranteed feed-in tariff for a period of 15 years with a cap of 500€ per kWp. Self-consumption is possible under this option.
- For further information: Klima-Agence.
Temporary environmental impact aid scheme (PV ≤ 60 kWp).
The extended aid scheme “SME Packages Sustainability” provides more incentives for companies to invest in measures that significantly improve their environmental impact. Photovoltaic installations are subsidised at 70% for small, 60% for medium and 50% for large enterprises for projects costing more than €7,500, with a maximum amount of €100,000.
- Verification of company eligibility and costs: Ministry of the Economy (Department for Support to SMEs)
- For any questions
Investment aid following a call for projects for photovoltaic power > 30kWp
The third call for projects to get investment aid is open to businesses for the construction and operation of photovoltaic power plants. Open from 19 July to 31 October 2024.
The following lots are included in this third call for projects:
- lot 1: > 30 kWp and ≤ 200 kWp (building roofs; ZAE land)
- lot 2: > 200 kWp and ≤ 500 kWp (roofs of Buildings; Land ZAE)
- lot 3: > 500 kWp (building roofs; ZAE land)
- lot 4: “Innovative” (on a building: roofs with lightweight modules, modules on facades)
- sub-lot 4a: > 30 kWp and ≤ 200 kWp
- sub-lot 4b: > 200 kWp and ≤ 500 kWp
- sub-lot 4c: > 500 kWp
- lot 5: > 30 kWp (shading)
The subsidies are awarded following a call for projects, which means that the projects requiring the least amount of aid in relation to the installed capacity will be selected, within the limits of the available budget.
Please note: this call for projects should not be confused with the current call for tenders aimed at awarding operating aid by means of a market premium contract. The same project cannot be tendered simultaneously in the 2 calls for tenders.
For detailed information on this call for projects, please consult MyGuichet.lu. Applications must be submitted via the MyGuichet.lu platform (see “Online services & Forms”) in compliance with the terms and conditions. To guide you, Luxinnovation will offer you online info sessions on the following dates:
Agri-PV pilot call for tenders (closed since 1st August 2023)
Call for projects for operating subsidies for large power plants
The 6th call for projects to obtain an operating subsidy (15-year market premium contract) for the construction and operation of solar photovoltaic power stations in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is currently underway. The deadline for submitting proposals is 29 November 2024 (12:00).
The following lots are included in this sixth call for projects:
- Lot 1: Industrial land (power > 500 kW and ≤ 20 MW).
- Lot 2: Roofing of buildings (power > 200 and ≤ 500 kW).
- Lot 3: Roofing of buildings (power > 500 kW and ≤ 5 MW).
- Lot 4: “Innovative” (on a Building: roofs with lightweight modules, modules on facades)
- Sub-lot 4a: > 200 kWp and ≤ 500 kWp
- Sub-lot 4b: > 500 kWp and ≤ 3 MW
- Lot 5: Shade or water basins (power > 30 kW and ≤ 3 MW)
The subsidies are awarded following a call for projects, which means that the projects requiring the least amount of aid in relation to the installed capacity will be selected, within the limits of the available budget.
Detailed information on this call for projects can be found here (FR). The full terms and conditions of the call for projects are outlined in a set of specifications. The specifications will be sent by e-mail to all interested parties on request to the following address PV@energie.etat.lu.
As an alternative to these calls for projects, it is also possible to take advantage of the feed-in tariffs.
N.B. Government subsidies and calls for projects cannot be combined for the same project.
Applying for permits
- Municipal permits depending on the municipality where the project is located.
- Permit and conditions for the installation of the grid operator.
- “Nature protection” permit if the facility is located in a protected area.
After the installation of photovoltaic panels
- In the case of a system < 30 kWp , apply for the government Klimabonus subsidy
- In the case of an application for Klimabonus subsidies, the application must be made after the installation has been completed, unlike other subsidies where the subsidy must be applied for in advance of the project.
- For further information: Klima-Agence
- In the case of self-consumption: submitting the application for self-consumption to the grid operator
- Application for a return on the electricity produced by the photovoltaic installation, according to the circumstances of each case
- Guaranteed feed-in tariff under the Klimabonus subsidy scheme (< 30 kWp) or without subsidy for installations < 200 kWp or < 500 kWp with cooperative agreement with the grid operator
- Market premium based on a call for tenders for photovoltaic installations ranging from 200 kWp to 10 MWp from the grid operator
- Market feed-in contract for self-consumption with a supplier
- Scheduled maintenance of the installation