Abbreviated form of legal source(s)
Order TED/766/2020
Description of support scheme
MITECO and IDAE, with funds from European Regional Development Funds (ERDF), are entitled to allocate non-refundable grants for renewable energy projects (electricity and thermal) for a total of 246 million EUR until 31 December 2021.
Order TED/766/2020 established the regulatory bases for the award of grants for these projects. Based on this order, the IDAE, in collaboration with each Autonomous Community, has opened different programmes to grant aid.
Amount
Order TED/766/2020 did not establish a limit in the grant amount. However, article 13 prescribes that the decision granting the aid shall specify the total amount of aid granted, expressed in €, which may not exceed the ceiling of €15 million per project. The grants are implemented through calls made by the IDAE in each Autonomous Community. In most Autonomous Communities, the calls are closed and applications for aid are currently in the process of being evaluated.
These grants are incompatible with aids granted for the same purpose, coming from any public administrations or public or private entities, national, European Union or other international organizations. Likewise, they are incompatible with the receipt of the specific remuneration regime regulated in Royal Decree 413/2014, of June 6, which regulates the activity of electricity production from renewable energy sources, cogeneration and waste (article 10, Order TED/766/2020).
Addressees
Natural or legal entities, public or private, who develop a project under the conditions set by the regulation. Community projects can also apply for funding (article 6, Order TED/766/2020).
Procedure
To get the grant, applicants need to participate in the competitive mechanism organized per each call for proposal. Not only economic criteria are taken into consideration (i.e., low bid price), but other criteria, such as location, administrative viability, and positive externalities (e.g. owned by a RE community) (article 25, Order TED/766/2020).
Competent authority
- MITECO
- IDAE