{"id":14930,"date":"2020-10-01T16:01:49","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T14:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.impulso.es\/catalonia-call-for-applications-grants-for-investment-in-electricity-and-thermal-energy-generation-facilities-using-renewable-energy-sources-idae\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T14:26:51","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T12:26:51","slug":"catalonia-call-for-applications-grants-for-investment-in-electricity-and-thermal-energy-generation-facilities-using-renewable-energy-sources-idae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulso.es\/en\/catalonia-call-for-applications-grants-for-investment-in-electricity-and-thermal-energy-generation-facilities-using-renewable-energy-sources-idae\/","title":{"rendered":"CATALONIA Call for Applications: Grants for investment in electricity and thermal energy generation facilities using renewable energy sources (IDAE)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243;][vc_empty_space el_class=&#8221;vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs&#8221;]<div class=\"vntd-special-heading\"style=\"margin-bottom:px;\"><h1 class=\"header  font-secondary\" >CATALONIA Call for Applications: Grants for investment in electricity and thermal energy generation facilities using renewable energy sources (IDAE)<\/h1><div class=\"header-strips-one \" ><\/div><h2 class=\"description normal \" >Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving \u2013 IDAE<\/h2><\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1601622058866{margin-right: 20px !important;margin-left: 20px !important;padding-top: 20px !important;}&#8221;]At IMPULSO, we are pleased to inform you that the <strong>Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge<\/strong>, through the <strong>Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving (IDAE)<\/strong>, will allocate 316 million euros to promote renewable energy installations for both thermal and electrical energy production throughout the national territory.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This grant program is implemented through <strong>calls for applications issued by the IDAE in each autonomous community<\/strong>, and is now open in <strong>CATALONIA<\/strong>. Its purpose is the awarding, on a competitive basis, of <strong>grants for investment projects<\/strong> in <strong>electricity generation facilities using renewable energy sources (ELECTRICITY)<\/strong> or <strong>in thermal energy production facilities using renewable energy sources and their management improvement and production optimization equipment (THERMAL ENERGY)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Below, we summarize the <strong>main characteristics<\/strong> of these grants:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>BENEFICIARIES<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Natural or legal persons, public or private <\/strong>(including energy service companies in the case of THERMAL ENERGY).<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>PROJECT TYPES<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>ELECTRICITY: investment projects in electricity generation facilities using renewable energy sources, <\/strong>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<strong>:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"106%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"23%\"><strong>Energy Source<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"38%\"><strong>Type of Action<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"37%\"><strong>Installed Power Limit<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"23%\"><strong>Renewable Gases \/ Biogas<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"38%\">Agro-industrial or industrial biogas (electrical generation and utilization)<\/td>\n<td width=\"37%\">Regardless of its power<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\" width=\"23%\"><strong>Solar photovoltaic*<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"38%\">Self-consumption WITH storage for services or industry<\/td>\n<td width=\"37%\">100 kW \u2264 P &lt; 500 kW<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"38%\">Self-consumption WITHOUT storage for services or industry<\/td>\n<td width=\"37%\">100 kW \u2264 P &lt; 500 kW<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"23%\">N\/A<\/td>\n<td width=\"38%\">Actions associated with renewable energy communities or other types of energy communities<\/td>\n<td width=\"37%\">Limits established based on the type of action<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>*modifications to existing facilities are permitted provided they have reached the end of their regulatory useful life<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>THERMAL ENERGY: investment projects in thermal energy production installations using renewable energy sources and in renewable gas production installations,<\/strong> included in the following types of actions linked to renewable energies:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table width=\"582\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\"><strong>Energy Source<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"237\"><strong>Type of Action<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Lower Nominal Power Limit (kW)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\">Biomass<\/td>\n<td width=\"237\">Low-power industrial application boilers<\/td>\n<td>500 \u2264 P \u2264 3,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\">Geothermal or hydrothermal<\/td>\n<td width=\"237\">Services or industry application<\/td>\n<td>50 \u2264 P<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\" width=\"189\">Solar Thermal<\/td>\n<td width=\"237\">WITHOUT concentration for services or industry<\/td>\n<td>50 \u2264 P &lt; 100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"237\">WITH concentration for services or industry<\/td>\n<td>P \u2265 100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\" width=\"189\">Renewable gases<\/td>\n<td width=\"237\">Biomethane (upgrading only)<\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"2\">Regardless of power output<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"237\">Biogas + biomethane (gas production and upgrading)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"189\">Biomass, Geothermal or hydrothermal, solar thermal and renewable gases<\/td>\n<td width=\"237\">Heating and\/or cooling networks<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>ELIGIBLE COSTS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>ELECTRICITY<\/strong>: Preparation of the execution project, project management, health and safety coordination, main generation equipment, civil works, foundations, discharge and storage systems, electrical and control systems, hydraulics, pumping, instrumentation, measurement, auxiliaries, monitoring, transport and assembly, commissioning, etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>THERMAL ENERGY<\/strong>: Preparation of the execution project, thermal response tests, pumping tests, project management, health and safety coordination, main generation equipment, accumulation systems, civil works, foundations, discharge and storage systems, heat\/cold distribution systems to consumption points, grid injection systems, high-pressure compression and compressed renewable gas storage systems, adaptation of vehicles for the transport of renewable gases and service stations, electrical and control systems, hydraulics, pumping, instrumentation, measurement, auxiliaries, monitoring, transport and assembly, commissioning, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>PROJECT REQUIREMENTS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Project duration:<\/strong> the installations must be fully completed before 30 June 2023.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Incentive effect<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>TYPE AND INTENSITY OF AID<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Non-repayable grant<\/strong> which the IDAE may provide to the beneficiary as an advance payment.<\/p>\n<p>The amount of the grant awarded will be quantified in the resolution of the procedure in terms of unit amount and total amount.<\/p>\n<p>The intensity of the aid will be calculated based on the eligible budget justified by the applicant, the actual installed power, as well as a minimum unit contribution to be established based on the type of action.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>SUBMISSION DEADLINE  <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The deadline for submitting applications is <strong>until 12:00 PM on November 30, 2020<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>BUDGET ALLOCATION<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>ELECTRICITY<\/strong>: <strong>\u20ac1,900,000.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>THERMAL ENERGY: <\/strong><strong>\u20ac8,100,000.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em>01\/10\/2020<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column css_animation=&#8221;left-to-right&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][vc_empty_space][vc_wp_search][vc_basic_grid post_type=&#8221;post&#8221; max_items=&#8221;3&#8243; element_width=&#8221;12&#8243; item=&#8221;2633&#8243; initial_loading_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1601622020790-0aa016e2-dbf0-4&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column 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