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Energy Conservation Support Grant (Simple Application Course)
In order to achieve carbon neutrality, we will provide subsidies for capital investment with high energy-saving effects implemented by SMEs in Yokohama City.
Last Updated August 26, 2024
Notice
August 1 We announced the results of the temporary entry for July recruitment.
All temporary entrants have been determined as eligible businesses, and the results will be notified to the registered e-mail address.
July 23 Acceptance of temporary entry for July recruitment has been closed.
July 1 Temporary entry acceptance for applications in July 2024 has started
You can make a temporary entry for the grant from 10:00 on Monday, July 1 to 17:00 on Tuesday, July 23. This grant is not on a first-come, first-served basis.
March 27 Temporary entry results for February recruitment have been announced.
The contents were confirmed, a lottery was conducted, and the results were notified to the e-mail address registered on Wednesday, March 27.
This grant is scheduled to be offered in July.
March 15 The acceptance of temporary entries for February recruitment has been closed.
We will start accepting temporary entries on February 22. Frequently Asked Questions have been released.
February 14 We will start accepting temporary entries for February 2024 applications.
We accept temporary entry of grant from 10:00 on Thursday, February 22 to 17:00 on Friday, March 15. This grant is not on a first-come, first-served basis.
This grant is scheduled to be recruited twice, February and July 2024.
Unauthorized receipt of grants is a crime!
If a fact, false, or injustice that does not meet the grant requirements are discovered after the grant is issued, the applicant will be requested to return the grant already issued.
In addition, as there is a possibility of becoming a crime under criminal law, please check the requirements for recruitment guidance and apply appropriately.
Contents
- Recruitment information and flyers
- Overview of System
- Flow of Application
- About temporary entry
- Submission of Power of Attorney
- Introduction of equipment
- 1,000,000 yen or more including tax per order
- About grant grant application and presentation of results report
- Submission of invoice
- About transfer of grant
- Contact information
Recruitment information and flyers
A variety of conditions must be met in order to receive the grant. Please be sure to check the recruitment guide and make sure that the requirements are met before applying.
[Flyer] Recruitment of energy saving support subsidy July (PDF: 1,001KB)
Overview of System
Number of Offereds and Budget (for July 2024)
Simple application course: About 70 cases, about 28 million yen
Course name | Grant rate | Maximum amount |
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Simple application course | 1/2 | Up to 500,000 yen |
Main requirements for grantees
- Small and medium-sized enterprises ※To be 1
- Establish a business office in Yokohama City and operate at the business office after 12 months at the time of application.
- Being a taxpayer of Yokohama City Tax (corporate: corporate municipal tax, sole proprietor: personal municipal tax) and there is no delinquency of city tax
- By the time the application for grant, Yokohama CityDeclaration of Decarbonization InitiativesTo do it.
Industry | Amount of common stock or total amount of investment | Employees who always use it |
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① Manufacturing, construction, transportation, and other industries (excluding 2-4) | ¥300 million or less | 300 or less |
② Wholesale business | 100 million yen or less |
100 or less |
③ Service industry | 50 million yen or less | 100 or less |
④ Food and beverage service business, retail business | 50 million yen or less | 50 or less |
Corporations other than the Companies Act (general incorporated associations, public interest incorporated foundations, general incorporated foundations, public interest incorporated foundations, medical corporations, school corporations, religious corporations, social welfare corporations, agricultural cooperatives, NPO corporations, cooperatives, commercial and industrial cooperatives, Business cooperatives, business cooperatives, business cooperative small associations, etc.) are not eligible.
※2 Regular employees
Refers to a person engaged in business. However, this does not apply to any of the following:
- Corporate Officers
- Sole proprietors and their family employees (meaning relatives within the third degree who are the same livelihood)
- Those who are hired every day
- A person who has been used for a fixed period of 2 months or less
- Those who are in the trial period
- Those who have been used for seasonal work for a period of up to 4 months
Small and Medium Enterprise Agency homepage (outside site)
For details, please refer to the website of the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications “Japan Standard Industrial Classification”.
Small and Medium Enterprise Agency: Definitions of SMEs and Small Businesses
Major requirements for projects to be subsidized (capital investment)
- Capital investment that contributes to energy conservation at business sites that meet the conditions for each facility
- As a general rule, it must be equipment purchased from city company
- Start the subsidized project (start of construction, installation of equipment, etc.) after the applicationable company is determined (after winning is confirmed) and pay the price.
※For requirements other than the above, please refer to the recruitment guide (P.8 to 11).
Subject equipment
Equipment that contributes to energy conservation at business sites and is listed below
※Please refer to the recruitment guide (P.9 to 11) for equipment that is not covered and expenses that are not covered.
Subsidized facilities | Subject conditions | |
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(1) Commercial air conditioning equipment | Designated equipment ※1 or achieve top runner criteria ※2. (Those manufactured and sold for home use are not eligible.) |
Update only |
(2) Commercial water heaters | Designated equipment ※1 or those that are updated to latent heat recovery type or heat pump type electric water heater (Those manufactured and sold for home use are not eligible.) |
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(3) High-performance boiler | Designated equipment ※1 or those with boiler efficiency of 95% or more | |
(4) Transformer | Designated equipment ※1 or achieve top runner criteria ※2. (Those manufactured and sold for home use are not eligible.) |
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(5) Commercial refrigeration equipment | Designated equipment ※1 or achieve top runner criteria ※2. (Those manufactured and sold for home use are not eligible.) |
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(6) Industrial motors (Limited to motor body, compressors, pumps, and blowers) |
Designated equipment ※1 or 3-phase 200V, motor output of 0.75kW or more, and equipped with IE3 or more motors that conform to the top runner system. | |
(7) LED lighting | Renewal of the instrument body and the light source part together with electrical work (replacement of the light source part only or replacement of LED to LED is not applicable) | |
(8) Demand controller | It measures the amount of electricity used and makes monitoring predictions, etc., which can be visualized and can control power use automatically if the target power is exceeded. (Only the equipment itself and installation costs for monitoring and control are covered, and system usage fees and general-purpose equipment such as PCs and servers are not covered.) | New construction only |
(9) Production facilities | Designated equipment among machine tools, plastic processing machines, press machines, printing machines, and die casting machines ※1 | Update only |
※1 Designated Equipment
Facilities for which an organization designated by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) ((one company) Environmental Co-creation Initiative) publishes model numbers on web pages, etc. under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's “Supplemental Budget for FY2023 Energy Conservation Investment Promotion Support Project Cost Subsidy Equipment Unit Type”
※2 Achievement of Top Runner Criteria
This refers to those that achieve an achievement rate of 100% or more of the energy-saving performance target standard effective as of February 1, 2024, as defined in accordance with the Act on Rationalization of Energy Specifications (Energy Conservation Law).
Please refer to the recruitment guide (P.10) for how to check the top runner standards (energy saving standards).
Flow of Application ★This is a procedure for Yokohama City.
①Temporary entry application ※Reception has been closed
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★Determination of businesses that can be applied
②(Only when applying for proxy)
Submission of Power of Attorney
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③Introduction of equipment
(After the decision date of the company that can apply)
※Either way of procedure 23 can be done first.
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④Grant application and performance report
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★Sending a grant grant decision and grant amount confirmation notice
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⑤Submission of invoice
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★Transfer of Grants
About temporary entry ※Application has been closed.
Temporary entry result
In the recruitment in July, all temporary entrants were decided as businesses that could apply.
In light of the execution status of the business budget, we did not draw lots this time.
<Businesses that can be applied>
On Thursday, August 1, we will inform your registered e-mail address of the future flow, so please check it.
"Email subject: [News from Yokohama City] [Important] Yokohama City Energy Conservation Support Subsidy Simple Application Course Results"
Submission of Power of Attorney
In the simple application course, grant applications and performance reports can be delegated to proxy/agent.
The power of attorney must be seal, both the power of attorney (equipment operator) and the power of attorney (proxy/agent).
How to submit a power of attorney
Please download the power of attorney (No. 17 style), fill in the required items, and submit it from the power of attorney submission form (outside site).
Power of Attorney (No. 17 style) can be downloaded from the following.
The “Power of Attorney Submission Form” may be submitted by either the power of attorney (equipment operator) or the power of attorney (proxy/agent).
After confirming the contents at the secretariat, the URL of the grant application form will be sent to the e-mail address of the assignee.
(Please note that the delegate will not be able to log in to the grant application form after confirmation by the secretariat.)
【PDF】 Power of Attorney (No. 17 style) (PDF: 291KB)
【Word】 Power of Attorney (No. 17 style) (word: 39KB)
Introduction of equipment
In the simple application course, after the introduction and payment of the equipment are completed, you must apply for a grant and perform the performance report procedure at the same time. (Because the flow is different from the energy-saving diagnosis consultation course, be careful not to make any mistakes.)
In addition, we establish various requirements for grant of grant, and, after receiving grant application and presentation of results report, confirm in Yokohama-shi whether we meet grant requirements of grant based on presentation documents I will do it.
For this reason, please read the recruitment guide (P.6 to 11) carefully and make sure that all of the subsidy requirements are met before ordering and contracting equipment.
If it is found that the requirements for the grant are not met after the installation and payment of the equipment is completed, the grant cannot be issued.
Notes
- You will need a photo that allows you to check the status of the equipment before updating, so be sure to take and save the photo before replacing the equipment.
- If the order amount exceeds 1 million yen including tax, an estimate of two or more city businesses (head office is in Yokohama city) is required. (Recruitment Guide page 15)
1,000,000 yen or more including tax per order
About all estimates company to see, presentation of the following documents is necessary as proof that it is city company.
In the case of purchase from a corporation | One of the following documents is required: ・“Corporate register copy (certificate of all history items or current certificate of history items)” of the estimated company |
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In the case of purchase from sole proprietors | Estimate and one of the following documents are required ・"Pledge (No. 4 style) to be a business in Yokohama city" stated by the estimate company ・"Yokohama-shi general competitive bidding qualified person list" |
The list of qualified persons in Yokohama City is available on the Yokohama City website.
List of qualified persons (construction) (outside site)
List of qualified persons (articles, consignments, etc.) (outside site)
About grant grant application and presentation of results report
Submission deadline
February recruitment: Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Application for July: Friday, November 29, 2024
Submission method
Enter the registered email address of the winner from the button below and proceed to the login form.
Winners will be informed of how to log in by e-mail.
Please apply as soon as required documents is ready.
Documents to be submitted
Please refer to the Application Guide (P.17) for documents to be submitted. Please make sure that you have all the submitted documents at hand before applying.
Click here to download the attached materials.
Documents required to be submitted by all business operators
【Excel】 Statement of expenses to be subsidized (No. 3 style) (Excel: 22KB)
【PDF】 Statement of expenses to be subsidized (No. 3 style) ※For paper submission (PDF: 240KB)
【PDF】 Statement of expenses to be subsidized (No. 3 style) ※Example of description (PDF: 437KB)
【PDF】 List of names of officers (No. 5 style) (PDF: 278KB)
【Word】 List of names such as officers (No. 5 style) (word: 16KB)
Documents to be submitted as necessary
【PDF】 Pledge (fourth style) that it is business in Yokohama-shi (PDF: 156KB)
【Word】 Pledge (the fourth style) to be company in Yokohama-shi (word: 23KB)
If the order amount is 1 million yen or more, and if you purchase from a company that is not registered in the Yokohama City Qualified Person List and a sole proprietor, you need to have this form listed at the place of purchase.
【PDF】 Reason for bidding or quotation (more than 1 million) (No. 6 style) (PDF: 283KB)
【Word】 Reason for bidding or quotation (more than 1 million) (No. 6 style) (word: 34KB)
【PDF】 Reason for bidding or quotation (less than 1 million) (No. 6 style) (PDF: 231KB)
【Word】 Reason for bidding or quotation (less than 1 million) (No. 6 style) (word: 32KB)
"Reason book pertaining to bid or estimate" is necessary when procurement from city companies is difficult due to the nature of article and construction.
※Please consult with the city representative before applying.
How to prepare documents
When preparing documents, be sure to check the recruitment guide (P. 14 to 18) for how to prepare documents and points to note.
Submission of invoice
Final submission deadline
Friday, February 28, 2025
In principle, the invoice must be submitted within one week after receiving the grant amount confirmation letter.
When you receive the delivery amount confirmation letter, please submit without waiting for the final submission deadline.
Submission method, etc.
Please confirm the documents required for submission and the submission method in the guidance enclosed when sending the grant decision and the grant amount confirmation notice.
About transfer of grant
After Yokohama City receives the appropriate "Grant Invoice", the grant will be transferred to your designated account in about one month.
Contact information
Economic Affairs Bureau Manufacturing Support Division, Yokohama City Energy Conservation Support Grant
Telephone: 045-671-3489 (Reception hours/9: 00-17: 00 * 12: 00-13: 00 and excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays)
Email address: ke-yci@city.yokohama.jp
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Manufacturing Support Division, Small and Medium Enterprise Fisheries Promotion Department, Economic Affairs Bureau
Telephone: 045-671-3489 (Reception hours/9: 00-17: 00 * 12: 00-13: 00 and excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays)
Telephone: 045-671-3489 (Reception hours/9: 00-17: 00 * 12: 00-13: 00 and excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays)
Email address: ke-yci@city.yokohama.jp
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