Austrian Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs, Energy and Tourism (BMWET)
2026
How can energy-intensive industrial processes be made climate-friendly whilst at the same time safeguarding competitiveness and production sites? Through the Industrial Transformation funding programme, Austria aims to drive forward industrial decarbonisation. Prognos has evaluated the programme’s impacts and how it operates.
The Industrial Transformation funding programme specifically supports energy-intensive industrial companies in transforming their production processes. The aim is to facilitate investment in climate-friendly technologies and thereby contribute to achieving climate neutrality in Austria by 2040.
The analysis shows that the programme is well-suited to making a substantial contribution to industrial decarbonisation in Austria.
In total, there were four funded projects out of seven applications submitted in the 2025 funding round:
The evaluation shows that the funded projects not only promise significant greenhouse gas reductions but can also generate positive economic effects. It also underlines the programme’s importance as a targeted complement to the European Emissions Trading Scheme and to the existing Austrian funding landscape for industrial transformation.
For the evaluation, Prognos analysed the two funding rounds of the programme in 2025. The study examined the expected direct and indirect impacts of the funded projects, as well as the funding efficiency and the suitability of the instrument compared with alternative funding approaches. As the projects are still ongoing, the study should be regarded as an early assessment of effectiveness and, at the same time, as a basis for the further development of the evaluation design.
To the study (PDF, in German)
Further information on the BMWET website (in German)
Project team: Dr Fabian Muralter, Dr Kirsten Kubin, Dr Stephan Heinrich, Sebastian Phadt
Last updated: 07.08.2026
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