Scottish Government funding to help you pay for your energy efficiency projects
Loans up to £100k are available to help you pay for energy and carbon-saving upgrades in your business. You could also receive a cashback grant of up to £20k.
An SME loan can be used to finance the installation of energy efficient systems, equipment or building fabric, including:
The loan is available to Scottish businesses that fall within the EU definition of small and medium-sized enterprise (SME), not-for-profit organisations, and charities.
If you are an SME and installing eligible equipment, you could receive a cashback grant of up to £20,000 for your business.
The SME Loan Scheme has already provided Scottish businesses with over £26 million in loans for more than 950 projects.
Check out our case studies to see who is already benefitting.
“The loan was critical in allowing us to go ahead and install our biomass boiler. The support that we received from Zero Waste Scotland was excellent and made the entire process from application to installation extremely straightforward.” Sine Davis, West Highland Hotel
For further information and answers to FAQs, click here.
If you have already had an energy efficiency or renewable assessment and it details the project you would like funding for in the recommendations, great news, you are ready to start your application. Please fill in the form below to access the SME Loan Scheme application form.
If your business hasn’t had a free energy efficiency or renewable assessment yet, you can register your interest in this support here.