policy_id,country_iso,country_update,policy_name,policy_title,jurisdiction,supernational_region,country,subnational_region,policy_city_or_local,policy_instrument,sector,policy_description,policy_type,stringency,policy_status,decision_date,start_date,end_date,high_impact,policy_objective,reference,last_update,impact_indicators.comments,impact_indicators.name,impact_indicators.value,impact_indicators.base_year,impact_indicators.target_year 211001418,FRA,Sporadic,"Heat Fund (Fonds Chaleur)","Heat Fund (Fonds Chaleur) France (2009)",Country,,France,,,"Grants and subsidies","Agriculture and forestry, Electricity and heat, Industry","The French government has created a Heat Fund in order to support the production of heat through renewable energy (implementation of measures decided under Grenelle I). In 2018, the budget is estimated at € 540 million. This scheme only focuses on the national call for tenders for large biomass plants with a heat production over 1,000 toe per year.",Renewables,2,"In force",2009,,,Unknown,Mitigation,"http://www.res-legal.eu/search-by-country/france/single/s/res-hc/t/promotion/aid/subsidy-fonds-chaleur/lastp/131/ http://www.ademe.fr/expertises/energies-renouvelables-reseaux-stockage/passer-a-laction/produire-chaleur/fonds-chaleur-bref",,,,,,