New support rates

The new Environmental Agreement for the period 2011-2017 focuses on long lasting measures. Thus the new support rates for such measures are considerably higher.

Support rates for applications received in 2011
From 1.1.2011 the NOx Fund may grant the following support rates on the condition that the EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) approves the Environmental Agreement 2011-2017:

• New buildings and retrofitting gas propulsion
  Applications received in 2011 for new buildings or retrofitting to gas propulsion with implementation from 2011 and before the end of 2015 may receive up to 80 % support, maximum up to NOK 350 per kg NOx reduced. Measures already granted support under the Environmental Agreement 2008-2010 with implementation in 2011 will also get these support rates provided that the enterprise has joined the agreement for the period 2011-2017.
   
• Filling stations for gas
  The NOx Fund may support filling stations for gas as long as more than one gas supplier can supply the filling station with gas and as long as all interested buyers may purchase gas from the filling station. Applications will be handled on an individual basis.
   
• New and promising NOx reducing measures
  Applications the NOx Fund receives in 2011 which represent new and promising NOx reducing technologies may receive up to 80 % support, maximum up to NOK 225 per kg NOx reduced. The measures have to be implemented from 2011 and before the end of 2013. Applications already granted support under the Environmental Agreement 2008-2010 with implementation in 2011 will also get the new support rates provided that the enterprise has joined the agreement for the period 2011-2017.
  
  Up to 30 % of the granted support may be paid by the NOx Fund independent of actual NOx reduction. A list of such technologies will be posted on the NOx Fund’s homepage mid February 2011 and further updated.
   
• Catalytic reduction with the use of urea
  The NOx Fund may only grant support for catalytic reduction with the use of urea (SCR) where the use of such technologies is demanded by the client and where the client performs controls to make sure the SCR system is in use. Applications may receive up to 60 % support, maximum up to NOK 100 per kg NOx reduced. The NOx Fund requests all ship owners with a SCR system to install equipment to measure the urea consumption.
  
  Operating support for urea is maintained at NOK 2.50 per kg consumed. A SCR system with documented operation since installation may receive support for renewing the catalytic elements with up to 80 % support.
   
• Electronic propulsion of car and passenger ferries
  Applications the NOx Fund receives in 2011 with implementation from 2011 and before the end of 2015 may receive up to 80 % support, maximum up to NOK 350 per kg NOx reduced. Measures already granted support under the Environmental Agreement 2008-2010 with implementation in 2011 will also get these support rates provided that the enterprise has joined the agreement for the period 2011-2017.
   
• Gas in land based industry
  Applications the NOx Fund receives in 2011 with implementation from 2011 and before the end of 2015 may receive up to 80 % support, maximum up to NOK 225 per kg NOx reduced. Measures already granted support under the Environmental Agreement 2008-2010 with implementation in 2011 will also get these support rates provided that the enterprise has joined the agreement for the period 2011-2017.
   
• Engine modifications and retrofitting
  Applications the NOx Fund receives in 2011 with implementation from 2011 and before the end of 2013 may receive up to 80 % support, maximum up to NOK 225 per kg NOx reduced. Measures already granted support under the Environmental Agreement 2008-2010 with implementation in 2011 will also get these support rates provided that the enterprise has joined the agreement for the period 2011-2017.
   
• Other NOx reducing measures
  Applications the NOx Fund receives in 2011 with implementation from 2011 and before the end of 2013 may receive up to 80 % support, maximum up to NOK 225 per kg NOx reduced. Measures already granted support under the Environmental Agreement 2008-2010 with implementation in 2011 will also get these support rates provided that the enterprise has joined the agreement for the period 2011-2017.
   
• Measures implemented from 2008-2010 
  Measures implemented from 2008-2010 may receive support corresponding to the old Environmental Agreement 2008-2010.
   
• Older measures and measures with NOx reduction as a positive side effect
  Measures implemented from 12. May 2006 and in 2007 together with measures where the NOx reduction is not the main reason for the implementation of the measure, but a positive side effect, may receive up to NOK 50 per kg NOx reduced.

Measures to be implemented in 2011 that has already been granted support
All measures implemented or with planned implementation in 2011, which have already been granted support, will get their conditions changed according to the support rates above from 1.1.2011, after ESA has approved the agreement (not applicable for SCR measures already granted support with planned implementation in 2011) and the enterprise has joined the Environmental Agreement 2011-2017. 

Payment of support
The support will be paid in Norwegian kroner (NOK) per kg NOx as measures in actual achieved reductions, where support is based on actual reduction in emissions subject to NOx tax and operations between installations on the Norwegian continental shelf. The financial support will be paid once the relevant measure has been implemented and its effect has been documented. The documentation will be checked by Det Norske Veritas (DNV). 

Application form
You may read more about applications for support and download our application form here.