Fund the decarbonisation of your operation
SITCE supports operations that cut energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions — and every one of them needs a measurement layer to prove it. That layer is software, and it is eligible expenditure.
What is SITCE?
The Sistema de Incentivos à Transição Climática e Energética supports the substitution, adaptation or introduction of low-carbon equipment, processes and technologies — and, on a complementary basis, the incorporation of renewable energy sources. Interventions in both production processes and buildings are eligible.
It is aligned with the National Energy and Climate Plan 2030 (PNEC 2030) and the Carbon Neutrality Roadmap 2050, and operates under two regimes: the General Regime, with a minimum of €400,000 eligible expenditure, and the Contractual Investment Regime (RCI), exclusive to large enterprises at €25M — or €15M with a favourable strategic-interest opinion from DGEG.
Energy monitoring, measurement and management systems are a necessary component of virtually every SITCE project, because you must quantify and subsequently evidence reductions in energy consumption and GHG emissions against contracted indicators.
Who can apply?
- Companies in sectors producing tradable and internationalisable goods and services — notably those exposed to international competition through exports, services to non-residents, or import substitution.
- General Regime managed by IAPMEI and Turismo de Portugal; Contractual Investment Regime managed by AICEP and exclusive to large enterprises.
- Regions: Norte, Centro, Lisboa, Alentejo and Algarve.
Criteria for eligibility
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Minimum total eligible expenditure of €400,000 under the General Regime, or €25M under the RCI
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Costs incurred before the application date — or before the Registo de Pedido de Auxílio (RPA) date, where applicable — are not eligible
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Renewable energy incorporation is eligible only as a complement to the main efficiency investment, and may not exceed 30% of total eligible expenditure
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Projects have a maximum duration of 24 months
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Self-assessment of alignment with the DNSH (Do No Significant Harm) principle
Eligible interventions
Four intervention types, each measurable against the reduction indicators you contract at approval.
Low-carbon production processes
Substitution, adaptation or introduction of low-carbon equipment, processes and technologies in production processes.
Energy efficiency in buildings
Energy-efficiency interventions in business buildings, including the control and management systems that operate them.
Process electrification
Electrification of processes and the corresponding reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
Complementary renewables
Incorporation of renewable energy sources, capped at 30% of total eligible expenditure.
Eligible expenses
- Equipment, processes and technologies delivering energy-consumption or GHG-emission reductions.
- Studies, diagnostics and audits — notably energy audits — and certifications, including those required to measure GHG and primary-energy consumption reductions.
- Self-assessment of the alignment of the planned investments with the DNSH principle.
Not eligible
- Cogeneration investments.
- Natural-gas equipment.
- Costs incurred before the application.
- Investments required to comply with EU standards already in force.
- GHG reduction in activities under Annex I of the EU ETS Directive.
Co-financing rate on eligible expenses
85% is the fund (FEDER) rate, granted as a subvention under Article 87 of the REITD. The effective aid intensity for your company is calculated on eligible costs and respects GBER ceilings, which vary by enterprise size, location and investment type.
Regimes and conditions
| General Regime | Maximum co-financing rate 85%, subvention basis, minimum €400,000 investment |
| Contractual Investment Regime | Rate defined through negotiation, respecting State aid limits; large enterprises only |
| Support form | Non-repayable subvention (fundo perdido), calculated on real costs |
| Prior aid request | Companies that filed an RPA under Aviso 03/RPA/2025 may apply using that registered data |
Contracted result indicators
- Reduction in primary energy consumption.
- Reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
- Installed electrical power replacing fossil sources (kW).
- Area of buildings with improved energy performance (m²).
- Installed capacity in self-consumption units (UPAC, kW).
What Elyntis delivers under this programme
You cannot claim a reduction you cannot measure. We build the data layer that establishes your baseline at application stage and evidences your contracted indicators at closure.
Energy monitoring & metering
The measurement platform required to evidence your contracted reduction indicators, from meter to report.
EMS / BMS platforms
Building and process energy-management systems with dashboarding and alerting for operational teams.
IoT sensor networks
Data acquisition infrastructure across production lines and facilities, including edge collection and connectivity.
GHG & energy analytics
Analytics and reporting tooling for GHG and primary-energy accounting, supporting both the application baseline and post-project verification.
ERP & operations integration
Integration of energy data into your existing ERP and operations systems, so consumption sits alongside production and cost.
Application dossier support
Technical scoping documentation and cost breakdowns for the technology components of your dossier, coordinated with your energy auditor.
Phases of Aviso MPR-2026-01
Applications are submitted through the Balcão dos Fundos (balcaofundosue.pt). The schedule below is the one published for this Aviso — confirm the current status before planning around it.
Read these as closing dates — the point at which each phase stopped accepting submissions. No opening date is published alongside them, so they tell you when a window ended, not when the next one starts. Ask us and we will check the current phase status for you.
Closed 27 February 2026
Closed 29 May 2026
Open until 30 December 2026
Exclusively for large enterprises under the RCI.
Both General Regime phases have closed — what now?
SITCE is phased by design: this Aviso alone ran two General Regime phases before the Contractual Investment phase, and the instrument sits inside a programming cycle that runs to 2030 with the PNEC 2030 targets still to be met. Further General Regime phases are the expected pattern rather than the exception.
That makes the closed window useful rather than lost. Energy audits and baseline measurement take months, costs incurred before the application date are not eligible, and companies that filed an RPA under a prior notice can apply using that registered data. Building the measurement layer now is what makes the next phase straightforward.
Official source: COMPETE 2030 — SITCE, Eficiência Energética e Descarbonização (MPR-2026-01)
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