LA RIOJA Call for Applications: Grants for Investment in Electricity and Thermal Energy Generation Facilities Using Renewable Energy Sources (IDAE)
Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving – IDAE
At IMPULSO, we are pleased to inform you that the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, through the Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving (IDAE), will allocate 316 million euros to promote renewable energy facilities for both thermal and electricity production throughout the national territory.
This grant program is implemented through calls for applications issued by the IDAE in each autonomous community, and is now open in LA RIOJA. Its purpose is to award, under a competitive bidding process, grants for investment projects in electricity generation facilities using renewable energy sources (ELECTRICITY) or thermal energy production facilities using renewable energy sources, including equipment to improve management and optimize production (THERMAL ENERGY).
Below, we summarize the main features of these grants:
BENEFICIARIES
Individuals or legal entities, public or private.
PROJECT TYPES
- ELECTRICAL ENERGY: investment projects in facilities for generating electrical energy from renewable sources, which may include investment actions that improve management and optimize production, allowing for self-consumption and the incorporation of energy into local markets, included in the following types of facilities:
| Energy Source | Type of Action | Installed Power Limit |
| Wind* | High-power wind facilities with storage | Wind turbines with unit power > 100 kW |
| Small-power wind facilities | Wind turbines with unit power 10 < P ≤ 100 kW (total power limit 1 MW) | |
| Very small-power wind facilities | Wind turbines with unit power 10 < P ≤ 10 kW (total power limit 100 kW) | |
| Solar Photovoltaic* | PV micro self-consumption WITH storage in the public sector | 10 kW ≤ P < 100 kW |
| Seasonal PV self-consumption | 100 kW ≤ P ≤ 10 MW | |
| PV micro self-consumption WITHOUT storage in the public sector | 10 kW ≤ P ≤ 100 kW | |
| PV self-consumption WITHOUT storage in the public sector | 100 kW ≤ P ≤ 10 MW |
*modifications to existing facilities are permitted provided their regulatory useful life has ended
- THERMAL ENERGY: investment projects in thermal energy production facilities using renewable energy sources, included in the following types of actions linked to renewable energy:
| Energy Source | Type of Action | Nominal Power Limits (kW) |
| Aerothermal | Aerothermal with residential photovoltaic | P ≥ 50 |
| Aerothermal with photovoltaic in the services and industry sectors | P ≥ 100 | |
| Biomass | Biomass boilers for low-capacity industrial application | P < 5000 |
| Biomass, single building | P ≥ 100 | |
| Geothermal or hydrothermal | Geothermal or hydrothermal for services or industry applications | 50 ≤ P |
ELIGIBLE COSTS
- ELECTRICAL ENERGY: Preparation of the execution project, site supervision, health and safety coordination, main generation equipment, civil works, foundations, discharge and storage systems, electrical and control systems, hydraulic systems, pumping, instrumentation, measurement, auxiliary equipment, monitoring, smart distribution networks, transport and assembly, commissioning, etc.
- THERMAL ENERGY: Preparation of the execution project, thermal response tests, pumping tests, technical site supervision, health and safety coordination, main generation equipment, storage systems, civil works, foundations, discharge and storage systems, heat/cold distribution systems to points of consumption, electrical and control systems, hydraulic systems, pumping, instrumentation, metering, auxiliary systems, monitoring, transport and installation, commissioning, etc.
PROJECT REQUIREMENTS
- Project duration: facilities must be fully completed before June 30, 2023.
- Incentive effect.
TYPE AND INTENSITY OF AID
Non-repayable grant that IDAE may advance to the beneficiary by means of an upfront payment.
The amount of the aid granted will be specified in the decision of the procedure in terms of unit amount and total amount.
The aid intensity will be calculated based on the eligible budget substantiated by the applicant, the actual installed capacity, as well as a minimum unit contribution to be established depending on the type of action.
APPLICATION DEADLINE
The deadline for submitting applications is until 12:00 on 21 December 2020.
BUDGET ALLOCATION:
ELECTRICITY: €1,100,000.
THERMAL ENERGY: €510,171.34.
20/10/2020
