Funding · Manure (FNR)
You want to digest more manure in your biogas plant and reduce emissions? The FNR programme funds the necessary investments — from gas-tight storage covers to processing technology. We check whether your project fits and support you with the concept, the application and the expert supervision. For projects in Germany only.
What it's about
Digesting more manure reduces greenhouse gas emissions and feedstock costs — but it requires investment: in gas-tight covers for the digestate storage, in processing and mixing technology or in additional storage capacity. Without funding, you carry that alone.
FNR funding covers up to 40% of it. But it comes with clear conditions: the application must be submitted before the project starts, a manure investment concept is required, and expert supervision is mandatory. A formal error or an order placed too early costs you the grant.
That’s exactly where we support you.
The details
Eligible are investments that reduce emissions from the use of manure and increase the share of manure:
Not eligible: e.g. land, livestock buildings, mobile equipment, ongoing operating costs and power generation itself (that is covered by the EEG/KWKG).
How we support you
From an honest preliminary check through the manure investment concept to the application via easy-Online — we do the application, you focus on your project.
I am approved as an expert for the FNR programme and am happy to review your application.
The road to funding
01
Quick funding check or call: does your project fit the programme?
02
Manure investment concept and comparative quotes, application before the project starts.
03
You build, the expert supervision runs alongside.
04
Proof of use with invoices — then the grant is paid.
What's at stake
Anyone who places orders before applying loses the funding.
And the deadlines are running: construction measures by 31 Dec 2028, everything else by 30 Jun 2029.
The state covers up to 40% of the investment.
Your plant digests more manure and runs with lower emissions.
Concept, application and supervision are taken care of.
Why us
Over 750 successful funding applications, 30 years of practice with our own biogas plants. We have submitted applications and operated plants ourselves — we know both sides of the table. Katharina Danner is listed as an FNR-approved expert for expert supervision and is also a dena-certified energy consultant.
750+ applications
successfully supported for our clients.
30 years of practice
with our own biogas plants — built and operated.
Approved
as an expert for expert supervision.
Honest preliminary check
If the application doesn’t fit, we tell you — beforehand.
At a glance
Existing plant with manure
Already digesting manure? Then you need more than 1,000 t per year in addition.
Existing plant without manure
Not using manure yet? Then you need a manure share of at least 20%.
New plant
Building new? Then you need a manure share of at least 70%.
Grant
Scope of funding
gas-tight covers and almost everything around more manure and slurry digestion — processing, mixing and storage technology
Joint plants
Supplying manure for joint digestion or raw gas for central upgrading — manure share ≥ 50%, radius ≤ 20 km
Timing
Requirement
Existing plant in operation for ≥ 12 months, manure investment concept required
Expert supervision
Deadlines
construction 31 Dec 2028, otherwise 30 Jun 2029
Honest pre-selection
you want everything from a single source — an experienced partner who supports you from the first conversation to the payment.
you value close support that comes from real biogas practice and knows the funding programmes as well as the technology in your plant.
it mainly has to be fast and the application just has to go out “somehow”.
speed matters more to you than thoroughness. We’d rather prepare your application carefully and robustly — that takes a little more time, but it stands up to scrutiny.
More than funding
We are engineers first. If you are building a new biogas plant or converting to more manure, we support you from the calculation to stable full load — including the right funding.
Next step
Tell us briefly what you are planning — in a short conversation we’ll tell you whether and how the funding fits you.
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