ADEETIE scheme: cheaper loans, if the 10% saving holds.

What ADEETIE is

ADEETIE (Assistance in Deploying Energy Efficient Technologies in Industries and Establishments) is a Central Sector Scheme of the Ministry of Power, run by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE). It gives MSMEs an interest subvention on loans for new energy-efficient technology, with support for an investment grade energy audit and for checking the savings afterwards. The scheme runs from 2025-26 to 2027-28.

Who is eligible

• MSMEs registered on the Udyam portal, operating in one of 60 identified clusters in 14 energy-intensive sectors: brass, bricks, ceramics, chemicals, fisheries, food processing, forging, foundry, glass and refractory, leather, paper, pharmaceutical, steel re-rolling and textiles.
• Loans from ₹10 lakh to ₹15 crore, from a scheduled commercial bank, public financial institution or NBFC.
• Debt funding of up to 75% of the project cost.
• New projects only. Projects already implemented, refinanced or benefiting from another scheme are not eligible, nor are loan accounts declared NPA.

Check the cluster list and current conditions on the official portal, adeetie.beeindia.gov.in.

What you get

• Interest subvention: 5% for micro and small enterprises, 3% for medium enterprises, credited to the loan account through the lender.
• Three years: the subvention is paid for three years, whatever the loan tenure.
• Audit support: an investment grade energy audit (IGEA) and Detailed Project Report by BEE-engaged energy auditors, with the cost reimbursed within a cap if a lender approves the project.
• Verification at BEE’s cost: energy auditors carry out Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) of the savings.

How it works, step by step

1. Register on the scheme portal and submit an expression of interest for the project.
2. The project is screened and an IGEA-based Detailed Project Report is prepared.
3. A baseline specific energy consumption is established for your unit.
4. You apply to the lender, the loan is sanctioned and you install the technology.
5. You submit the project completion certificate; the lender verifies it and claims the subvention.
6. MRV checks the energy saving against the baseline on a regular basis. The subvention is released when the saving is achieved.

New enrolment closes on 31 March 2028.

The 10% condition

The guidelines say projects that achieve at least 10% energy savings and sustain it during the scheme period are eligible for the annual subvention. Two things follow:

• Savings are measured per unit of production. The baseline is specific energy consumption, energy per unit of output, so a bigger order book does not hide a saving, and a quiet month does not fake one. See specific energy consumption.
• One good month is not enough. The saving has to hold. A new motor or compressor that slowly drifts back, or an old machine left running alongside it, can take the plant below 10%.

Records that help you show the saving

Verification is done by the auditors the scheme appoints; your own records do not replace it. But a plant that keeps its own figures knows early whether the saving is holding, and can answer the auditor’s questions with data.

• Before the project: daily energy and daily production for at least a few months, so the baseline SEC reflects normal running, not one week.
• On the upgraded equipment: a meter on the panel or feeder that serves it, so its saving is seen directly and not lost inside the plant total. See sub-metering.
• After the project: the same daily energy and production records, with SEC worked out the same way, so before and after compare like with like.
• Notes on what changed: product mix, shifts, new machines. They explain movements in SEC that are not about the project.

How KONDUKTOR® EMS helps

• Energy from every panel meter, by hour, day and month, recorded inside your plant.
• Daily production entry or CSV upload, with plant-wide SEC worked out each day and downloadable as CSV.
• Excel and CSV export of energy history for the auditor and the lender.
• Running, idle and stopped time per machine panel, to show that the old equipment is no longer running.

Are you the auditor? See how fixed monitoring helps show that a saving holds.

This page summarises the ADEETIE operational guidelines as published by BEE. KONDUKTOR is not part of the scheme’s administration and cannot confirm eligibility. Check the official portal and your lender for current terms.