Grants for the USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY SAVING AND EFFICIENCY ACTIONS in Asturias

At IMPULSO, we are pleased to inform you that the Regional Ministry of Industry, Employment and Economic Promotion of the Principality of Asturias has opened the call to promote the USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY SAVING AND EFFICIENCY ACTIONS in order to reduce, as far as possible, the consumption of fossil fuels.

Below, we summarise the main features of these grants:

BENEFICIARIES

Private companies, including energy service providers and system charging managers, that promote the use of renewable energy and energy saving and efficiency actions, as well as temporary joint ventures (UTEs).

PROJECT TYPES

• Promotion of the use of renewable energy: biomass, off-grid solar PV, geothermal systems, mini-hydropower and wind, biogas.
• Promotion of energy saving and efficiency: measures in the industrial sector (public grant programme for industries), measures in the building sector (improving the energy efficiency of thermal installations in existing buildings), construction or improvement of heating/cooling networks, efficient freight transport and mobility, and installation of electric charging points or alternative fuel refuelling points.

ELIGIBLE COSTS

Eligible costs are specific to each type of project. Eligible investment will be considered those costs essential to achieve the energy objectives set out in the action.

PROJECT REQUIREMENTS

It will be possible to subsidise actions in progress and completed installations. In the case of private companies, the actions must have been carried out between 16/08/2020 and 01/10/2021.

TYPE AND INTENSITY OF AID

Non-repayable grant, subject to the de minimis regime. The maximum amount of aid depending on the type of project is: promotion of the use of renewable energy (between 25% and 40%), public grants for industries (22%), measures in the building sector (22%), heating/cooling networks (30%), efficient freight transport and mobility (15%), and installation of charging or refuelling points (from 25% to 100%).

SUBMISSION DEADLINE

The deadline for submitting applications is until 20 February 2021.

20/01/2021