Subsidies for biomass systems: Investment subsidies for biomass
heating systems are granted in every region but their amounts
and conditions are very diverse.In Lower and Upper Austria,
Carinthia, Styria and Burgenland the subsidies account for 25–30%
of the investment costs.In the other regions the amounts partly
depend on parameters like the type of the heating system,
emissions and other parameters. Fig. 12 illustrates the historic
development of typical(for some regions maximum)subsidies for
biomass heating systems from 1998 to 2005. Due to the different
conditions acomparison is not straight forward.Never the less,the
figure illustrates that from 1998 to 2005 subsidies were introduced, and then raised significantly, in all regions.(Due to the diversity of support schemes and different eligibility criteria a direct comparison between regions is not possible and actual
amounts can vary widely.The ranges represent the deviation of
the maximum/typical values,depending on boiler types,emissions and other criteria.)