OPENING OF THE 2025 CALL FOR SUBSIDIES FOR THE USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY AND FOR ENERGY SAVING AND EFFICIENCY MEASURES IN ASTURIAS

Today, March 27, 2025, the 2025 Call for SUBSIDIES FOR THE USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY AND FOR ENERGY SAVING AND EFFICIENCY MEASURES IN ASTURIAS, issued by the Ministry of Ecological Transition, Industry and Trade of the Principality of Asturias, has opened. Its purpose is to grant subsidies to promote the use of renewable energy, energy saving and energy efficiency, reducing fossil fuel consumption as much as possible.

This call will have a budget of €2.5 million for Asturias alone, representing a great opportunity to fund projects aimed at reducing fossil fuel consumption in the region.

Below is a summary of the main features of this funding, pending confirmation once the call is published in the BOPA:

BENEFICIARIES AND TYPES OF PROJECT

• Use of biomass as fuel for thermal energy production: private companies and self-employed workers, individuals, non-profit entities and homeowners’ associations.
• Geothermal systems for thermal energy production (heating and/or cooling): private companies and self-employed workers, individuals, non-profit entities and homeowners’ associations.
• Stand-alone photovoltaic solar energy: private companies and self-employed workers, individuals, non-profit entities.
• Electricity production through mini-hydraulic turbines or wind turbines: private companies, self-employed workers, individuals, non-profit entities.
• Facilities for the energy use of biogas: private companies and self-employed workers.
• Heating/cooling networks: private companies and homeowners’ associations
• Measures in the building sector (renovation of thermal installations in existing buildings): private companies, self-employed workers, non-profit entities and homeowners’ associations.
• Public aid program for industries (replacement of energy-consuming equipment and facilities with high-efficiency technologies): private companies whose activity falls under any of the classes in Section C: Manufacturing Industry, of the CNAE.
• Installation of publicly accessible alternative fuel refueling stations (commissioning of CNG and LNG refueling stations): private companies legally accredited and registered to carry out fuel supply activities.

PROJECT REQUIREMENTS

• Does NOT have an incentive effect.
• Actions carried out between 05/11/2024 and 11/17/2025.

ELIGIBLE EXPENSES

Eligible costs are specific to each type of project, and are as follows:

Measures in the building sector:

• Replacement of heating and/or cooling production equipment with high energy-efficiency alternatives in individual and centralized installations (boilers, heat pumps, etc.).
• Replacement of heat transfer fluid circulation equipment with high energy-efficiency alternatives.
• Acquisition of free cooling systems using outside air and heat recovery systems for exhaust air.
• Installation of systems combining conventional equipment with evaporative techniques that reduce the installation’s energy consumption (evaporative cooling, evaporative condensation, condensation air pre-cooling, direct and indirect evaporative cooling prior to exhaust air heat recovery).
• Installation of control and regulation systems for equipment and/or installations that save energy.
• Replacement of electric heating systems with boilers using liquid fuels or gases with the minimum efficiency levels indicated above.
• Replacement of commercial refrigeration installations with higher energy-efficiency alternatives.

Public aid program for industries:

• Acquisition of equipment, installations and systems that transform or consume energy in the production process, as well as the auxiliary systems necessary for their operation.
• Associated engineering project.
• Civil works for the installation of such equipment, including assembly and commissioning.

Installation of publicly accessible alternative fuel refueling stations:

• Acquisition of new equipment, and expenses related to the installations and works necessary for the commissioning of CNG and/or LNG filling facilities.
• Integrated physical (POS) or telematic payment system.

TYPE AND INTENSITY OF AID

This is a non-repayable grant, subject to the de minimis regime.

The maximum amount of aid, depending on the type of project, is:

• Measures in the building sector: up to 22% of the eligible expense.
• Public aid program for industries: up to 22% of the eligible expense.
• Heating/cooling networks: up to 30% of the eligible expense.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE

Open from 03/27/2025 to 04/27/2025.

If your company has a project that fits this call and you are interested in applying for funding, at IMPULSO we offer a comprehensive support service throughout the entire life of the application, from drafting the proposal to the final justification and payment collection. Thanks to our experience, you can make the most of this great funding opportunity.

Please do not hesitate to contact us.

Phone: 985 26 90 04 / Email: impulso@impulso.es

03/27/2025