GIDI: Industrial

You will need to apply for co-funding through the EECA website using the online application form (found at the ‘Apply Now’ tab next to the Application Guide). We recommend you attend an Applicant Briefing Session to help you understand the Applicant Guide. Details are listed above under Webinar and FAQs. You can watch the recording of the Applicant Briefing Session soon after this date.

The GIDI Fund is open to all New Zealand-based and NZBN registered private sector businesses. Excluded are State sector agencies eligible for State sector decarbonisation funding, find out more here: State sector decarbonisation fund | EECA. Local government organisations - Local and Regional Authorities; and Council Controlled Organisations (CCO’s) are also excluded from applying.

You should only apply for the amount of Government public good co-funding necessary for your decarbonisation project to be approved for investment (i.e. this funding will assist you to overcome barriers preventing you from otherwise investing in decarbonisation at this time) and only up to a maximum of 50% of the eligible project costs. The amount of co-funding requested will affect how your application is assessed. The funding will only help meet the incremental cost of projects.

If you have a large project (greater than $10M) you may be required to agree to special conditions as part of your Funding Agreement with EECA or asked to enter into a non-standard funding agreement through the EECA partnership pathway for large emitters.

You can apply for co-funding if your project reduces or enables the reduction of energy use and/or carbon emissions of existing industrial processes, through energy efficiency, fuel switching (e.g., from coal to biomass or electricity) to a renewable energy supply or other decarbonisation approaches.

Projects that are ineligible for GIDI:

• Industrial co-funding include residential and commercial buildings and campuses
• Transport initiatives including off-road vehicles and marine vessels
• Waste minimisation
• Electricity generation
• Scope 3 emissions
• Reducing agricultural emissions or embodied carbon (other than through the energy used to make a product)
• Displacing one fossil fuel for another (e.g., coal to natural gas)
• Greenfields developments (other than where an existing operation using non- renewable fuel types is relocated to a greenfield site which will then use renewable fuels), and
• Research and Development (technologies must be commercially proven and available).

For a full and complete list, we suggest you refer to the Applicant Guide. Note that EECA’s new GIDI: Commercial Buildings, and other EECA funding streams coming online may be suitable.

If you require feedback on whether your project would potentially fit with the Fund’s scope, contact us at GIDIFund@eeca.govt.nz

Yes, GIDI: Industrial now has a more user-friendly ‘Applicant Guide.’ This is similar to the RFP’s from past funding rounds, that is a product is being launched, the process, goals, assessment criteria, evaluation approach, how to apply, and the contract terms are all similarly set out. To ensure you understand the information requirements EECA expects to see reflected in your application, we recommend you take time to carefully read and understand the Applicant Guide before applying.

No, GIDI funding rounds 1-5 had a deadline to submit applications but the new GIDI: Industrial is an ‘always-on’ fund which means Applicants can apply for funding at any time from 1 July 2023 onwards. The GIDI Assessment Panel will meet up to four times per year to review and make funding recommendations on applications seeking greater than $2M co-funding. These applications must be received by EECA at least six weeks prior to a Panel meeting date (refer to the applicant guide for dates). Decisions on applications seeking funding less than $2M co-funding will be made once they have been approved by the EECA Chief Executive or relevant General Manager.