More than 4 billion euros for AID PROGRAMS aimed at CITY COUNCILS and other LOCAL AUTHORITIES

Several aid programs across MITMA, IDAE and MITECO

At IMPULSO, we are pleased to remind you that CITY COUNCILS and other LOCAL AUTHORITIES have several AID PROGRAMS at their disposal which, overall, have a budget allocation of more than 4 billion euros (expandable) and offer non-repayable grants that can reach up to 100%.

Below, we indicate the main programs and aid lines that could fit a Local Authority:

Aid programs from the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda

(MITMA)

Aimed at “Urban agenda and housing”
Ø Housing rehabilitation program for economic and social recovery in residential environments.
· Line of action: NEIGHBORHOODS (Programmed Rehabilitation Residential Environment (ERRP))

– 976 million euros.

– Through the Autonomous Communities (via the State Housing Plan).

– Competitive bidding.

– Actions for the comprehensive rehabilitation of predominantly residential buildings and homes, urban regeneration and renewal, the deployment of Rehabilitation Offices (one-stop shop) and digitalization. The actions will be those necessary to carry out the energy efficiency renewal of certain residential buildings in the area, and it will be promoted that this type of building-level action be accompanied by other urban improvement and comprehensive transformation actions for the adaptation and mitigation of climate change in the urban environment.

– Up to 100% grant or public-private partnership formulas.

Ø Program to Promote the Rehabilitation of Public Buildings (PIREP)
· Line of action: LOCAL PIREP

– 600 million euros.

– Through the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (Mitma).

– Competitive bidding.

– Improvement actions in public buildings of all types (administrative, educational, welfare, sports, health, cultural or public service, etc.), with the main objective of achieving an average energy saving of over 30% and which are to be intended for public use.

– Types of actions financed:

– Type A. Interventions aimed at improving the energy efficiency of public buildings.

– Type B. Works aimed at improving environmental efficiency in terms of water, use of materials, waste management, adaptation to climate change and protection of biodiversity.

– Type C. Actions to improve accessibility. Interventions that remove barriers and improve physical, cognitive and sensory accessibility.

– Type D. Actions to improve habitability.

– Type E. Building conservation actions. Actions aimed at improving the conservation of the building.

– Type A bis. Drafting of projects and other work necessary for the execution of the works included in group A.

– Type B bis, C bis, D bis, and E bis. Drafting of projects and other work necessary for the execution of the actions included, as appropriate, in groups B, C, D and E.

– Up to 100% grant (type A and A bis actions). The rest up to 85%. Projects may include actions of all types mentioned in the previous point, although at least 2/3 of the budget must correspond to type A and A bis actions.

– Line 2 open until June 9. This line is intended for buildings to be rehabilitated whose work reception takes place no later than March 31, 2026.

Aimed at “Sustainable transport and mobility”
Ø Program for the development of low emission zones and transformation of urban and metropolitan transport
· Line for city councils

– City Councils > 50,000 inhabitants or provincial capitals. It can also be aimed at City Councils between 20,000 and 50,000 inhabitants under certain conditions.

– 1.500 billion euros.

– Competitive bidding.

– Actions for the improvement of air quality in urban environments and the promotion of the decarbonization of urban mobility, as well as the enhancement and optimization of urban and metropolitan transport.

– Types of projects:

– Implementation of Low Emission Zones (ZBE).

– Digital and sustainable transformation of collective transport and promotion of healthy mobility.

– Transformation of public transport fleets.

– Digitalization.

– Up to 80% grant.

– Imminent opening.

 

Aid programs from the Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving

(IDAE)

Ø Program for Installations linked to Self-consumption and Storage, with renewable energy sources
– 600 million euros (expandable).

– Through the Autonomous Communities.

– Simple concurrence.

– Lines aimed at City Councils:

– Program 4: Self-consumption installations, with renewable sources in the residential sector, Public Administrations and the third sector.

– Program 5: storage in existing self-consumption installations in the residential sector, Public Administrations and the third sector.

– In the form of a grant. They will be increased by 5% in Demographic Challenge municipalities.

Ø Investment program for local singular clean energy projects in demographic challenge municipalities (DUS 5000 PROGRAM)
– City councils, provincial councils, … of municipalities with fewer than 5,000 inhabitants.

– 75 million euros (expandable).

– Through the Autonomous Communities.

– Simple concurrence.

– The eligible topics are:

– MEASURE 1: Reduction of energy demand and consumption in public buildings and infrastructure.

– MEASURE 2: Renewable electricity generation installations for self-consumption.

– MEASURE 3: Renewable thermal generation installations and heating and/or cooling networks.

– MEASURE 4: Fight against light pollution, efficient and intelligent lighting, Smart Rural and ICT.

– MEASURE 5: Sustainable Mobility.

– Minimum investment of €40,000 per project, and maximum of €3,000,000.

– Currently open. It will be valid until 11/04/2022.

– Up to 100% grant. Minimum 85%.

Ø Energy rehabilitation program for buildings in demographic challenge municipalities (PREE 5000)
– City councils, provincial councils, … of municipalities with fewer than 5,000 inhabitants.

– 50 million euros (expandable).

– Through the Autonomous Communities.

– Simple concurrence.

– Actions aimed at reducing non-renewable primary energy consumption by at least 30% and achieving a one-letter jump in CO2 emissions compared to the starting situation. They can be the following:

– Improvement of the energy efficiency of the thermal envelope.

– Improvement of the energy efficiency of thermal installations.

– Improvement of the energy efficiency of lighting installations.

– Open until 12/31/2023.

– Up to 50%, which can be increased by a further 25% if the action is integrated.

Ø Incentive Program for the implementation of renewable thermal energy installations
– 150 million euros expandable up to 500 million.

– Through the Autonomous Communities.

– Simple concurrence.

– Lines aimed at City Councils:

– It has a specific line aimed at public administrations:

– Implementation of renewable thermal energy installations in non-residential buildings, establishments and public sector infrastructure.

– Up to 70% grant. They will be increased by 5% in Demographic Challenge municipalities.

– Pending opening.

 

Aid program from the Institute for Just Transition (MITECO)
Ø Aid program for environmental, social and digital infrastructure projects in municipalities in areas affected by the energy transition
– Aid exclusively for city councils, provincial councils, associations of municipalities, …, affected in their territory by the closure of thermal power plants, nuclear power plants, and/or mining.

– Budget of 91 million euros.

– Finances projects between €30,000 and €4,000,000 in budget, aimed at:

– Rehabilitation of buildings, recovery of villages, settlements, farmsteads or similar for new social uses, the provision of public services, or the improvement of access to housing.

– Rehabilitation of buildings and spaces for use in digital innovation, promotion of entrepreneurship and economic development in which the reduction of the digital divide is enhanced and access and knowledge for women to new technologies is made possible, encouraging their permanence in affected territories.

– Environmental infrastructure for the enhancement of the natural environment, the improvement of environmental services and regeneration of the areas.

– Sustainable mobility solutions (communication between municipalities or isolated nuclei, adaptation of urban roads, etc.).

– Call published. Projects are expected to be submitted starting at the end of May.

– Aid intensity: 100% of project costs, including non-recoverable VAT.

– Possibility of advance payments.

 


04/05/2022