Storage and photovoltaic at zero cost for your company
If you are a manufacturing company in one of the 30 municipalities of the Piceno area, the storage system (BESS) and the photovoltaic plant serving your production line are eligible for a grant of up to 100%. Not a loan, not a tax credit.
20 million reserved for the area · maximum €300,000 per company · desk open from 31 August 2026 in chronological order
A grant, not a loan. What it funds.
The 2026 Fund against De-industrialisation supports the investments of manufacturing companies to strengthen and upgrade their production units. Managed by Invitalia, it is granted under the de minimis regime: the contribution covers up to 100% of eligible costs, with a cap of €300,000 per company.
Storage system
The BESS is a brand-new, capitalisable plant installed to serve the production unit: it is among the eligible machinery and plant, including installation costs.
Eligible costPhotovoltaic plant
New plant, extension or integration with storage: photovoltaic serving the production unit is among the eligible instrumental plant works.
Eligible costPlant & digital
Upgrading of production plant, process technological innovation, digitalisation and intangible assets (software, intangibles).
Eligible costStorage and photovoltaic. From design to maintenance.
STILCA Energy is a storage specialist, with thirty years of plants behind it. We handle both technologies in-house, without subcontracting the critical steps: you have a single point of contact for the whole project.
BESS storage systems
Utility-scale industrial storage, from hundreds of kWh to tens of MWh, designed around how your energy system actually works.
- Peak shaving — cut power peaks and the fixed charge on the bill
- Time shifting — store energy when it is cheap
- Continuity — the line does not stop when the grid fails
- Grid services — flexibility becomes revenue
Photovoltaic plants
We build, extend and integrate industrial photovoltaic plants. And if you already have one, storage is what makes it truly useful: the energy you now give to the grid, you use it.
- Design and analysis of consumption and loads
- Workmanlike installation and assembly
- Permitting handled by us
- Maintenance and O&M, power electronics repair
Analysis
Consumption, critical loads, energy autonomy goals.
Design
Sizing of storage and photovoltaic, permitting.
Installation
Assembly and commissioning, without subcontracting the critical steps.
Maintenance
Operation, O&M and specialist repair over time.
Does your company qualify?
Manufacturing
You carry out at least one activity of macro-category C (ATECO 2025). It need not be the prevailing code. Any size.
Territory
You have, or are establishing, a production unit in one of the 30 municipalities under Piceno Consind.
Compliance
Registered in the Business Register, not in liquidation or insolvency proceedings, compliant on contributions and taxes.
De minimis
You have residual de minimis capacity in the three-year period, calculated at single-undertaking level.
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Order of arrival counts. Here's why to move now.
Applications are submitted on a first-come basis and processed in strict chronological order of arrival. Whoever applies first is assessed first, and the 20 million run out. The project must be built and ready before the desk opens.
The grant application is handled by NextLab Srl, our official partner (Ascoli Piceno · Pescara · Fermo): verification of requirements and de minimis capacity, submission of the application to Invitalia and reporting through to disbursement. You have a single point of contact; we take care of the technical side and the paperwork.
The answers you are looking for about the grant
Yes. A BESS storage system is a brand-new, capitalisable plant installed to serve the production unit: it is among the eligible costs of the Notice (machinery and plant, including installation costs), provided it serves the self-consumption of the manufacturing site and is bought from a supplier not connected to the company.
Yes. A photovoltaic plant serving the production unit is among the eligible instrumental plant works. You can build a new one, extend an existing one or integrate it with a storage system.
Companies of any size carrying out at least one activity of macro-category C — Manufacturing Activities (ATECO 2025), with a production unit already existing or to be established in one of the 30 municipalities under Piceno Consind, duly incorporated and with residual de minimis capacity.
The contribution is a grant covering up to 100% of eligible costs, with a maximum of €300,000 per company, within the limits of de minimis capacity. It is paid as a reimbursement, with the possibility of an advance of up to 50% against a bank guarantee.
The desk is open from 12:00 on 31 August 2026 to 12:00 on 30 October 2026. Applications are processed in strict chronological order of arrival: applying early is decisive.
Costs incurred from 8 May 2024 to 31 December 2028 are eligible. An investment already started can therefore qualify, provided it meets all the conditions of the Notice.
Free eligibility check
Tell us about your company: we analyse consumption, size the storage system and any photovoltaic, and check the grant requirements with NextLab. We tell you clearly whether you qualify and how much you can obtain.
- Site survey and consumption analysis at no cost
- Estimate of the contribution and of what remains at your expense
- Check of ATECO, municipality and de minimis capacity
- No commitment: you decide whether to proceed