No, and this is what it actually is
An ERE represents 1 kilogram of avoided CO₂-equivalent across the chain, measured against a European fossil reference value. You do not become entitled to one by submitting an application, but by actually supplying renewable energy to transport and being able to evidence it.
The system around it is the fuel transition obligation (BTV), administered by the Dutch Emissions Authority (NEa) through the Register Energie voor Vervoer (REV). The government establishes that system and enforces it. It does not pay out.
| Characteristic | Subsidy | ERE |
|---|---|---|
| Who pays | The government, from public funds | The market: fuel suppliers that must meet their obligation |
| Application procedure | Application, assessment and an award decision | No desk and no award decision; you register an account or authorise a service provider |
| Ceiling | A subsidy ceiling, and those who apply too late fall outside the scheme | No ceiling; the limit is what you supply to transport |
| Certainty of the amount | Fixed in the award decision | Market-dependent, and at present no price exists |
| What you do to earn it | An investment or activity the scheme wants to encourage | Demonstrably supply renewable kWh to transport |
Five characteristics on which a subsidy and an ERE differ. Source: NEa.
What an ERE is, is covered more fully at what an ERE is. What the regulation around it is, and why "regulation" does not mean grant scheme either, is on the ERE regulation.
Where the proceeds actually come from
The question underneath "is it a subsidy" is almost always: is this guaranteed money?
The demand for ERE’s is real and set in law. The BTV requires fuel suppliers to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of their transport fuels by at least 14.5% by 2030, and ERE’s are tradable in the road, inland shipping and maritime sectors. That obligation is precisely why ERE’s have value: there are parties that must hold them.
That the market exists is clear from the regulator's own figures. In 2025, 313 companies registered renewable energy, around 40 companies hold an annual obligation, and compliance with that obligation has been close to 100% in almost every year.
⚠️ And then the honest limitation. There is no ERE price at present. The REV is closed and no ERE’s are being traded, so a market price cannot yet exist. Every amount per kWh circulating today is an assumption, including ours. So the answer to "is this guaranteed money" is: the demand is set in law, the amount is not.
The inversion: subsidy can actually reduce your yield
This is the substantive point of the page, and it runs exactly counter to what the search assumes.
Grid power counts towards the grid-average renewable share. If you generate renewable electricity yourself and supply it directly to transport, the full factor can apply, which roughly doubles the number of ERE’s. Attached to that 100% claim is a condition involving subsidy: no operating subsidy may have been received over the booking period. A declaration from the RVO that no subsidy was granted over that period suffices as evidence.
Since the 2024 application round, SDE++ applies only to grid supply. As a result the award year determines the outcome, and that appears on your RVO confirmation letter, not the year your installation was built:
| SDE++ award year | 100% ERE | 50.5% ERE |
|---|---|---|
| before 2024 | no (that would be double compensation) | yes |
| 2024 or later | yes | yes |
| no SDE++ | yes | yes |
Whether the full factor is open depends on the award year on your RVO confirmation letter, not on the year of construction. The underlying condition (no operating subsidy over the booking period) is NEa-covered; the dating rule comes from the Voltico white paper of May 2026, a first-party source.
The conclusion that makes this page distinctive: claiming 50.5% ERE is possible in every case. An older SDE++ award does not exclude you from ERE’s, only from the 100% variant. So the answer to "does my subsidy exclude me" is neither yes nor no, but: not from ERE’s, only from the doubling.
The complete set of conditions for the 100% route, including the non-grid GoO and the metering requirements, is on what a charge point earns. Only the subsidy side is covered here.
Where people confuse "subsidy" with something else
Three confusions, each with a different answer.
The ERE regulation. A regulation is not the same as a grant scheme. The ERE regulation is the body of legislation establishing the system: the Environment Act, the Besluit energie vervoer and the Regeling energie vervoer. It imposes an obligation on fuel suppliers and enables tradable units; it pays out nothing itself. Worked out at the ERE regulation.
Charge point subsidies that do exist. There are schemes for charging infrastructure, and they sit outside the ERE system. They can coexist, with the condition above as the thing to watch: an operating subsidy affects your 100% claim.
SDE++. Covered in section 3.
What you get no ERE’s for at all
Those searching for subsidy are often looking at the wrong application. Four things do not qualify, regardless of whether subsidy is involved.
Swappable batteries in road transport. Charging these lacks the "metered supply point with a vehicle connection" that article 10 of the Besluit energie vervoer requires. A vehicle connection is, for instance, a plug that can be connected directly to an electric road vehicle.
All mobile machinery. Construction cranes, tractors, bulldozers, stationary engines, mobile equipment, agricultural and forestry vehicles and machinery on building sites do not fall under transport. Only supplies to transport qualify, so an electric crane at your depot does not count, even where it runs off the same charging infrastructure as your trucks.
Electricity generated from liquid biofuel on site. In practice not bookable: the same renewable energy may not be booked in twice, and the electricity booker will almost always be unable to evidence that the biofuel used was not already booked in by someone else.
Feed-in to the grid. Electricity you feed back to the grid does not qualify; only what goes into a vehicle.
Want to know what is possible in your situation?
This is how Voltico's ERE service provision works, from the data connection through to payout.
What Voltico does for you here
Voltico never states a fixed amount per kWh: the ERE price is and remains market-dependent. We do handle the administration around any SDE++ award, so it is clear whether the full factor is open for your site.