Sol Associates
Position as at 1 October 2026
Four things disqualify a Modernisation Fund KP1 storage filing, and each one bites after the feasibility study is already paid for, not before. The call closes on 30 October 2026 at 14:00, 29 days from today, so the screening is worth doing now.
Co-located storage is out. A battery paired with an existing generation asset on the same connection point sits outside this stand-alone scheme, whatever its technical merits.
Partnership or grouped structures are out. Assembling entities to route around the 15 million EUR per-enterprise aid cap does not reduce your exposure, it disqualifies the filing.
Replacement of existing capacity is out. A new storage asset that substitutes for capacity already commissioned on the same site does not count as new capacity added, which is what the scheme is funding.
Double funding is out. A project already receiving state aid or EU grant support toward the same eligible costs cannot draw KP1 support on top of it.
None of these are edge cases an experienced applicant would expect to trip on by accident, which is exactly why they are worth screening for deliberately, in writing, before committing to the feasibility study spend that a filing requires. Catching one of these after the study is commissioned is an expensive way to learn the scheme's exclusion list.
Source: Modernisation Fund KP1 stand-alone storage call, official scheme guide, exclusion criteria.
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