Federal Ministry of Economics publishes seven calls for funding

20.11.2025

Source: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy

The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK) has published several new calls for funding that address key areas of the energy transition.

The programs are aimed at municipalities, industry, research institutions and energy suppliers and are intended to bring technological innovations into practice more quickly. The focus is on electricity and heating technologies, test infrastructures, cross-sector heat supply and the cyber resilience of the energy system.

Real-world laboratories for the energy transition 2025: testing under real conditions

With the new real-world laboratories, the BMWK aims to test innovative technologies and business models in real operating environments. The focus is on solutions for electricity and heating applications. Municipalities, companies in the energy sector, energy-intensive industries and the housing industry are particularly eligible to apply.

All details on the call for funding

Test infrastructures for energy innovations

Universities and research institutes are invited to set up modern test environments for wind energy, photovoltaics, grid infrastructures and heating and cooling technologies. The aim is to be able to reliably validate and certify research results.

All details on the call for funding

Mission Heat: Geothermal energy, large heat pumps and building refurbishment

Several calls address the heating sector:

Geothermal exploration initiative: collaborative projects under industrial leadership are to develop better underground data and modern exploration techniques in order to expand medium-depth and deep geothermal energy more quickly.

All details on the call for funding

Large heat pumps and thermal storage transfer initiative: Industrial companies and manufacturers can apply for funding for demonstration projects to transfer innovative heat pump and storage technologies into industrial applications.

All details on the funding call

Modernization in existing buildings (MiB): This call supports climate-friendly refurbishment solutions for buildings and involves owners, tradespeople and industry alike.

All details on the funding call

KEWinnA - Innovative connection of remote heat sources: Energy suppliers and energy service providers are to develop new concepts to integrate waste heat, geothermal energy or solar thermal energy into heating networks on a large scale.

All details on the call for funding

Mission Energy System: Strengthening cyber resilience

With the CYANE innovation competition, the BMWK is funding projects that improve the cyber resilience of the energy system. Companies, operators, authorities and research institutions are to jointly develop solutions to ward off digital attacks and increase security of supply.

All details on the call for funding

The large number of calls for funding shows The BMWK is focusing strongly on cross-sector innovations, new heating technologies and a secure energy system in 2025. All programs are intended to help accelerate technology development and facilitate its transfer to the market.