IDAE: Aid program for energy efficiency actions in SMEs and large companies in the industrial sector.
Aid line of 49 million euros for energy efficiency actions in SMEs and large companies for the industrial sector regulated by the bases published in Royal Decree 263/2019, of April 12.
The main objective is for Catalonia to achieve by 2050 an economy and a society with low intensity in the consumption of material resources, low energy intensity and carbon neutrality. Objectives set in the 2030 horizon broken down into:
- That 32% of the gross final energy consumption is from energy of renewable origin,
- Achieve a 32.5 % improvement in energy efficiency compared to future energy consumption projections.
- Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40% in relation to emissions in 1990.
Until December 31, 2020 there is time for the industrial sector to present its projects that must promote the decarbonization of all consumer sectors and with particular relevance, energy saving, energy efficiency, the use of thermal energy from the environment and the increase in productivity with the same energy consumption
The fund is managed by the IDAE (Instituto para la Diversificación y Ahorro de la Energy) coming from the European Regional Development Fund; and in Catalonia they are managed by ICAEN.
The beneficiaries of the subsidies are SMEs and large companies in the industrial sector. So are the energy service companies (ESE) that act on the basis of an energy service contract with one of the indicated companies.
