The Energy Savings and Efficiency Plan (PAEE) is a concrete program of actions, included in the National Energy Plan (PEN) 1991-2000 approved by the Council of Ministers, at its meeting of 26 July 1991, which establishes a line of grants for energy use projects, in accordance with Law 82/1980 of 30 December on energy conservation.

The Order of 30 June 1993 approved the regulatory bases for the grant of grants under the EEAP for the five-year period 1993-1997. The new facts mentioned below advise on their substantial modification.

First, the approval of Law 40/1994, of 30 December, of the National Electricity System, establishes measures that, by means of adequate management of the demand, will allow to improve the service provided to the users, as well as the development of savings and energy efficiency plans.

Second, the 1994-1999 Community support framework for Community structural assistance in the Spanish regions of Objective 1, approved by the Commission Decision of 29 June 1994, provides for the the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), additional aid in energy and environmental action compatible with the actions of the EEAP in the rational use of energy, the rational replacement of energy sources and the promotion of renewable energy.

The development of the PAEE over the period 1991-1994 has, in general terms, had a good performance. However, while cogeneration and renewable energy programmes have largely exceeded the objectives initially set, a lower level of compliance is observed in the savings and replacement programmes.

It is also necessary to consider not only the possibility of a grant for one-off projects but also the promotion of specific action plans in certain specific energy areas, in order to fully achieve the the objectives of the EEAP for the year 2000.

It seems appropriate, also, to improve and simplify the economic and financial management of the PAEE, from which the need to appoint the Institute for Diversification and Energy Saving (IDAE) as a contributing entity is derived. of the Ministry of Industry and Energy.

In the Budget of the Ministry of Industry and Energy for the financial year 1995, appropriations are provided for the Energy Savings and Efficiency Program (PEAP).

This is why it is necessary to dictate this Order, which specifically regulates the aid lines of the General Secretariat of Energy and Mineral Resources in the field of energy saving, energy efficiency and energy promotion. renewable, in coordination with the European funds and collaborating with the Autonomous Communities in actions that could be developed in facilities located in specific areas.

In its virtue, I have:

First. Purpose of the grant. -1. Actions in any of the following areas shall be understood as eligible for the purposes of this Order:

(a) Projects for the rational use of energy or the replacement of energy sources in industry, transport or buildings.

b) Development projects of one of the following renewable sources of energy: Wind, solar (thermal or photovoltaic), use of biomass or waste (industrial, agricultural or urban) and geothermal.

(c) Investments in promotion, technical or technical-financial services necessary to promote the implementation of projects listed in paragraphs (a) and (b) above.

2. The purpose of the grants linked to this Order is to contribute to the objectives of the Energy Savings and Efficiency Plan, by promoting actions for the rational use of energy or the use of renewable energy sources.

Investment projects whose cost is to be subsidised should use techniques, technologies or systems involving an optimisation of energy use.

The reduction of the environmental impact and the development of regional energy infrastructures will be elements to be taken into account when they are incorporated into the above characteristics.

Second. Temporal scope. -1. This Order shall remain in force until 31 December 1999.

2. For each financial year, the Ministry of Industry and Energy shall publish, by way of order, the corresponding call, which shall be expressive of the requirements and objectives of the PEAP for each year.

3. In Annex I to this Order, the specific actions to be awarded in each of the specific areas for the 1995 call are specified. For the years after 1995, when the corresponding call for tenders is published in the Official State Gazette, the specific actions to be awarded in the financial year in question shall be included in Annex I. This will take into account the degree of achievement of the objectives of the Energy Efficiency and Savings Plan and the development of priorities.

Third. Beneficiaries. -They may benefit from the grants provided for in this Order:

a) Public or private companies,

(b) the groupings of such companies,

d) neighboring communities on a horizontal property basis,

e) non-profit institutions,

f) local corporations, and

g) natural persons who carry out projects related to the activities referred to in the first paragraph of this Order and comply with the requirements specified therein.

Fourth. Applications. -1. The interested parties shall submit their application, in duplicate, to the Director-General for Energy Planning of the Ministry of Industry and Energy, in one of the following places:

a) Institute for Energy Diversification and Savings (IDAE), Paseo de la Castellana, 95, plant 21, 28046 Madrid.

b) In any other of the places provided for in Article 38.4 of Law 30/1992, of 26 November, of the Legal Regime of Public Administrations and of the Common Administrative Procedure.

2. The application for a grant shall be in accordance with the model set out in Annex II to this Order and shall be accompanied by:

(a) Technical documentation, as specified in Annex I to the corresponding Annual Call Order.

(b) Updated Justification of the current account of its tax obligations and social security, in accordance with the terms laid down by the Orders of the Ministry of Economy and Finance of 28 April 1986 and 25 November 1987 (Official Journal of the State of 30 April 1986 and 6 December 1987).

(c) Declaration of applications for grants relating to the same project to the Autonomous Communities, the European Union or any other national or international government or public authorities, and, where appropriate, of the grant of grants, relating to the same project, carried out by any of the Public Administrations cited.

(d) Photocopy of the card of legal persons and entities in general, established in application of Royal Decree 2524/1975, of 25 September, if the applicant is a legal person.

e) Power of the signatory of the application and public deed of the constitution of the company, where appropriate, when the applicant is a legal person.

f) A photocopy of the tax identification card established pursuant to Royal Decree 338/1990 of 9 March, if the applicant is a natural person.

3. If any of the documents referred to in points (d), (e) or (f) of paragraph 2 of this paragraph have been submitted by the applicant to the Ministry of Industry and Energy, for the preceding five years, it shall be sufficient to record that that circumstance by pointing to the date and the administrative body before which it was lodged.

In the cases of material impossibility of obtaining the said documents, duly justified in the file, the competent body may require the applicant to submit it or, failing that, the accreditation of the other (a) means of the requirements referred to in the documents, prior to the formulation of the motion for a resolution.

Fifth. Time limit for the submission of applications. The time limit for the submission of applications and documents annexed shall be two months after the entry into force of this Order.

For the following financial years, the filing period shall be two months after the publication of the corresponding call.

Sixth. Instruction. -1. In general, the Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving (IDAE) will be the procedure's instructor.

2. In the event that the application is lodged at the seat of an administrative body other than the instructor, the latter shall send the documentation to the instructor within the maximum period of 10 days, unless in accordance with the provisions of the Seventeenth is set another thing.

Seventh. Commission for the technical assessment of grants. -1. Applications shall be examined by the technical services of the Energy Diversification and Saving Institute (IDAE) which shall forward them with their report, the documentation provided by the applicant and, where appropriate, the report issued by the Community. Autonomous, to the Commission for the Technical Assessment of the Grants.

2. The Commission shall assess the applications received and shall set out in the motion for a resolution the specific conditions to be met by the beneficiary.

3. The composition of the Commission for the Technical Assessment of Grants shall be as follows:

Will be chaired by the Director General of Energy Planning. He will be Vice President of the Director General of the Institute for Energy Diversification and Savings. They shall be vocal: a representative of the Secretariat of State of Industry with a category of Deputy Director-General; a Deputy Director-General of the Institute of Small and Medium-Sized Industrial Enterprise, appointed by the Secretary-General of Energy and Resources Minerals on a proposal from the Director-General of the Institute; a representative of the Institute for the Diversification and Saving of Energy, appointed by the Secretary-General of Energy and Mineral Resources on a proposal from the Director-General for Energy Institute, and the Deputy Director-General for Energy Conservation and Technology, who will act as Secretary.

The absence of Secretary will be covered by the Vocal in penultimate place.

4. Where, in any of the members of any of the above committees, any of the grounds laid down in Article 28 (2) of Law No 30/1992 of 26 November 1992, he shall immediately notify the President and refrain from intervening in the the procedure for the assessment of grants.

5. The legal status of the Commission is set out in Chapter II of Title II of Law 30/1992, of the Legal Regime of Public Administrations and of the Common Administrative Procedure.

Eighth. Criterion for the assessment of grants. -1. For the selection of the actions to be supported, the projects in which one or more of the following circumstances are eligible shall be considered as priorities:

(a) Projects presented by SMEs, with the understanding of companies with no more than 250 employees, up to 3,000,000,000 pesetas of net amount of their annual turnover or a total of the items of the asset not exceeding 1.500,000.000 pesetas and in which no more than 25% of companies are involved, other than SMEs, except where these are public investment firms, venture capital firms or, provided that no control is exercised, institutions or, where appropriate, those which comply with the requirements laid down by the European Union.

(b) Projects included in any of the voluntary agreements for the improvement of energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy to be established between the General Secretariat of Energy and Mineral Resources and business or consumer associations.

c) Projects derived from previous energy audit actions.

(d) Projects involving inter-company cooperation.

e) Projects involving the use of local or regional energy resources.

2. For the determination of the percentages and amounts of each grant, in addition to the terms of reference laid down in the annual call, the nature and characteristics of the project submitted by the Commission shall be taken into account. the applicant, both in its energy and economic impact, as well as the generation of industrial added value, and in particular:

(a) Investments and modifications aimed at the conservation and better use of energy, or the use of renewable energy.

b) The innovative nature of the proposed solution and its multi-sectoral use and its potential for dissemination and replication.

c) The relative level of energy efficiency of the components of the proposed solution.

d) The degree of regional energy infrastructure creation that the project brings.

e) Improving the overall energy and environmental performance of the project.

f) The potential technical-economic risk of the project.

g) The degree of economic viability of the solution presented.

3. For the purpose of possible co-financing by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), regional components shall also be taken into account, in particular:

(a) The socio-economic characteristics and the ERDF classification of the area in which the project is located.

b) The impact on the productive structure of less-favoured regions.

Ninth. Amount of the grants. -1. The amounts approved for each project or action shall be fixed in accordance with Annex I to the corresponding annual call, and in no case may the percentages or maximum unit aid set out in that Annex be exceeded. Annex.

2. Eligible costs, on which the subsidy rates are calculated and the amount of the subsidy, shall be considered to be related to those parts of the eligible actions for which implementation is essential for the achievement of the energy objectives of the same. They will also be considered as eligible costs for projects for the rational use of energy or replacement of energy sources: energy audit or technical-economic feasibility analysis necessary, with a prior character, for the project in question. In no case will the computer equipment awarded to the project be considered within the eligible cost.

Eligible costs that are financed by mechanisms for use in energy projects may be subsidised, mainly through leasing mechanisms "leasing" or third-party financing. In such cases, the beneficiary will have to apply immediately the recovery of the subsidy to reduce the amount of the deferred payment, even if the subsidy is transferred directly to the financing institution, if that is the case. contractual form in the financing contract.

3. The maximum amounts to be received for each action, both in isolation and in conjunction with other aid, will be subject to the conditions of state aid laid down in national and European Union rules.

4. Both the grant and the amounts of the grants will be subject to the availability of credit.

10th. Hearing procedure. -1. Subject to the request for a grant by the Commission referred to in paragraph 7 of this Order, the Registrar shall forward the report to the person concerned, so that, within a period of 15 working days, he shall make the allegations and the documents and justifications it deems appropriate.

2. The hearing procedure shall be submitted to the competent body for the motion for a resolution, to be expressed by the applicant or the list of applicants for which the grant and the amount of the grant is proposed, specifying their assessment and the assessment criteria followed to carry out the assessment.

11th. Resolution. -1. Within a period of 15 days, from the date of the lifting of the motion for a resolution and in accordance with Article 89 of Law No 30/1992, the appropriate resolution of the procedure shall be given by the Minister for the the authority of the Ministry of Industry and Energy to whom it is responsible for the amount.

2. The grant decision shall include the amount of the eligible investment, the amount of the grant awarded, its multi-annual distribution, as appropriate, and the obligation on the part of the recipients of grants from the expenditure budget of the Ministry of Industry and Energy to express this in its references to projects or actions and achievements.

The award of grants with multi-annual distribution shall be conditional, for the subsequent years to which the resolution is issued, on the existence of the corresponding budgetary appropriations. The grants for the 1995 call will be paid from the budget appropriations of the Ministry of Industry and Energy for the Energy Saving and Efficiency Programme (EAP).

3. The granting resolution may lay down technical or economic conditions of mandatory observance for the implementation of the project, such as accreditation of the necessary prior administrative authorizations for the implementation of the project, the requirement to provide an energy audit of the results obtained or any other information deemed necessary.

4. The resolution may determine the obligation to publicise the financing of the project by the aid of the Energy Saving and Efficiency Plan and, where appropriate, of the ERDF funds. It may also make the granting of aid conditional upon prior authorization to the Ministry of Industry and Energy, by the beneficiary, to make public the results of the project, in order to promote new efficiency actions. energy.

5. Within 15 working days, the person concerned shall make express acceptance of the terms of the judgment given. Otherwise it shall be deemed to be a waiver and shall be rejected.

6. The resolution will put an end to the administrative route.

7. After six months from the date on which the application was entered in any of the records of the competent body, without any decision being taken, the grant of the grant may be deemed to be rejected.

8. The granting decision shall be notified to the applicant, indicating the time limits for the implementation of the project to be supported. The communication shall be forwarded to the instructor for the appropriate purposes.

12th. Contributing entity. -1. In accordance with Article 81.5 of the recast text of the General Budget Law, a contributing entity is designated for the delivery and distribution of the aid referred to in this Order to the Institute for Diversification and Saving Energy (IDAE), with its registered office on the Paseo de la Castellana, number 95, 28046 Madrid.

2. The Institute for Diversification and Energy Saving (IDAE) will act for all the effects related to the grants or aid referred to in this Order in the name and on behalf of the Ministry of Industry and Energy.

3. The funds will be delivered periodically by the Ministry of Industry and Energy to the collaborating entity upon reasoned request. In no case shall the funds received from the Ministry of Industry and Energy for distribution among the beneficiaries be considered as part of the assets of the contributing entity.

4. Without prejudice to the provisions of the 17th paragraph of this Order, they are obligations of the contributing entity:

a) Deliver to beneficiaries the funds received in accordance with the criteria set out in this Order.

b) To verify, as appropriate, the compliance and effectiveness of the conditions or determinants for the grant of the grant.

(c) Justify the application of the funds received to the Ministry of Industry and Energy and, where appropriate, provide the justification presented by the beneficiaries.

d) Submit to the actions of verification that in respect of the management of these funds can be carried out by the Department of the grantor and of the financial control that carries out the General Intervention of the Administration of the State the audit procedures of the Court of Auditors.

5. In order to properly regulate their relations, the Ministry of Industry and Energy, as a grantor Department, and the Institute for Energy Diversification and Savings (IDAE), as a contributing entity, will sign the appropriate Convention of collaboration.

13th. Payment of the grants. -1. Prior to the payment of the subsidy, it will be a prerequisite for the beneficiary to provide evidence that the activity covered by the grant has actually been carried out or is being implemented, where appropriate.

In order to facilitate the monitoring and control of the project, the beneficiary of the grant will fill in the standard documentation that the Institute for Diversification and Energy Saving (IDAE) will give to it after the notification of the decision.

The IDAE will verify the compliance and effectiveness of the conditions or determinants for the grant of the grant and will provide the beneficiaries with the corresponding funds according to the criteria established in the Order.

2. For the payment of the grants under this Order the beneficiary will request it from the Institute for Diversification and Energy Saving (IDAE), attaching an updated accreditation to the current of its tax and front obligations. (a) to the social security system, in accordance with the terms laid down by the orders of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance of 28 April 1986 and 25 November 1987 (Official State Gazette of 30 April 1986 and 6 December 1987).

3. Where an account payment is requested, a partial certification of the value of the work executed, extended by the Institute for the Diversification and Saving of Energy (IDAE), shall be presented, without prejudice to the provisions of the the 17th paragraph of this Order, as well as an endorsement in accordance with the provisions of the following paragraph.

4. In the case of the last payment, the beneficiary shall request the body concerned, as defined in the preceding paragraph, to extend the audit report, after the completion of the project, which it shall sign together with the beneficiary or their representative. It shall be forwarded to the Institute for Diversification and Energy Saving (IDAE) one of the copies of the Act, together with the documentation referred to in point 2 of this paragraph.

In accordance with the provisions of Royal Decree 2357/1982 of 12 August 1982, when the total amount of the grant is greater than 3 000 000 pesetas, the General Intervention of the State Administration may designate its representative to carry out the verification of investments. To this end, the Directorate-General for Energy Planning shall request such designation where appropriate. If he is appointed as representative of the General Intervention, he shall sign the minutes, together with the other two representatives.

14th. Advance payment of the grants. -1. In reasonable and justified cases, upon request of the person concerned, the grant awarded each year may be paid in part before the performance of the action, up to the limit of 85 per 100 of which it would be payable in the current exercise.

2. Where the payment is granted in advance, the beneficiary shall submit the original of the deposit guarantee, consisting of the General Deposit Box or any of its branches, of bank or financial institution, sufficient to judgment of the Directorate-General for Energy Planning, for the amount of the aid granted and anticipated, and interest for late payment, from the moment of the advance payment to the end of the current year. The provisions of Article 36 of the recast text of the General Budget Law shall be deemed to be in the interest of delay.

3. For the recovery of the remainder of the annuity corresponding to the current financial year, the beneficiary shall submit to the Institute for Diversification and Energy Saving (IDAE) the documentation referred to in the thirteenth paragraph of this Article. Order. Taking into account that in the financial year corresponding to the last annuity of the grant, it is understood that this is the last payment, and in the rest of the financial years of an account payment.

4. The endorsement, referred to in point 2 of this paragraph, shall be released when the accreditation has taken place that the origin of the aid has been carried out. This shall be sufficient for the submission of the documentation requested in paragraph 3 of this paragraph.

15th. Justification. The beneficiary of the grant shall be obliged to show the documents requested by the Directorate-General for Energy Planning, within the period specified, and to facilitate the checks to ensure the successful implementation of the supported action. It shall also be subject to financial control activities corresponding to the General Intervention of the State Administration and those provided for in the legislation of the Court of Auditors.

sixteenth. Non-compliance. -1. Any alteration of the conditions under consideration for the grant of the grant, as well as the concurrent obtaining of other grants other than those communicated in the grant application, granted by other administrations or entities public, national or international, may result in the modification of the grant decision.

2. The grant shall be revoked, as well as the reimbursement of the amounts received and the requirement of interest for late payment from the time of payment of the grant, in the cases and in the terms provided for in Article 81.9 of the text recast of the General Budget Law.

3. The conduct referred to in Article 82 of the recast text of the General Budget Law shall be punishable and punishable under the terms laid down therein.

seventeenth. Agreements. In order to facilitate the participation of the Autonomous Communities and to coordinate and join forces, the Ministry of Industry and Energy will promote agreements with them, in which the particular procedures may be determined Better to achieve the objectives of the Energy Saving and Efficiency Plan (PEAP), or the drafting of specific action plans in specific energy areas.

Eighteenth. The grant referred to in this Order, in addition to that provided for in this Order, shall be governed by the provisions of Articles 81 and 82 of the recast of the General Budget Law, in Law No 30/1992 of 26 November 1992. Legal status of the public authorities and the common administrative procedure and in Royal Decree 2225/1993 of 17 December 1993, which adopted the Rules of Procedure for the granting of public subsidies.

Nineteenth. Development of the Order. -The General Directorate of Energy Planning is empowered to dictate the resolutions necessary for the implementation and development of this Order.

Transitional disposition.

Applications for a grant for 1995, submitted under the Order of 30 June 1993, as amended by 8 April and 18 October 1994, relating to projects relating to the efficient use of energy or promotion of renewable energy, shall be processed in accordance with the provisions of this Order, where no decision has been taken at the time of its entry into force. To this end, the Directorate-General for Energy Planning will request, if necessary, from the petitioners the contribution of the documentation necessary to complete the processing.

Repeal provision.

How many provisions of equal or lower rank are repealed to the present, in particular:

Order of 30 June 1993 approving the regulatory basis for the granting of grants to energy efficiency projects under the Energy Efficiency and Savings Plan (PEAP) ("Official Journal of the European Union"). State of July 8).

Order of 8 April 1994 on the call for grants for energy use projects under the Energy Efficiency and Savings Plan for 1994 ("Official State Gazette" of 6 May).

order of 18 October 1994 amending the order of 30 June 1993 (Official State Gazette of 31 October 1993).

Final disposition. Entry into force.

This Order shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the "Official State Gazette".

Madrid, March 28, 1995.

EGUIAGARAY UCELAY

Ilmo. Mr. Secretary General of Energy and Mineral Resources and other authorities.

ANNEX I

1. CONCRETE ACTIONS OBJECT

GRANT IN 1995

A) Rational use of energy and replacement of energy sources

1. Industry

Applications: Projects that allow a substantial reduction of the energy consumption of the plant, or part of it, decreasing the specific consumption of the processes, with the consequent improvement of the environmental impact.

Projects may include the application of innovative or low-diffusion technologies, of specific application for the plant or process in question, or of general multisectoral application.

Projects that include integrated optimization of processes through advanced control systems should be eligible to be applied to similar processes and will not be eligible for those aimed exclusively at the development of software.

Industrial projects in the agri-food sectors, curtids, auxiliary automobile industry, paper and red ceramics will be considered priorities.

Maximum Grant: Up to 30 per 100 of eligible cost.

2. Transport

Applications: Projects for introduction and demonstration in fleets of more efficient and clean vehicles (natural gas, diesel-electric, electronic control and recovery of braking energy, among others).

Projects for introduction and demonstration in fleets, with alternative fuels to conventional fuels (bioalcohol, biodiesel, new battery systems, among others).

Projects related to the optimization of routes and loads by applying fleet management models. They will have the eligible cost character only the costs of development and adaptation of the model and infrastructure, except for computer science.

Maximum Grant: Up to 40 per 100 of eligible cost.

3. Buildings and services

Applications: Projects should make it possible to reduce energy consumption and air pollutant emissions by improving the technical and economic efficiency of energy consumption.

a) Unique projects of new buildings or of global rehabilitation of an existing building.

These projects should be viewed simultaneously:

Application of a design for low energy.

Optimization of materials and components of the envelope. Integrated management of the air conditioning and lighting load in the buildings of the tertiary sector.

optimised electrical and air conditioning systems with an effective integration of renewable energy systems (assets or liabilities), where possible.

The unique projects relating to the rehabilitation of buildings must also be accompanied by a prior energy audit which will assess overall the total energy consumption before the reform and in which the conditions for the assessment of such consumption after completion of the rehabilitation works.

(b) Global rehabilitation projects for facilities that include at least the application of one of the following technologies:

High performance boilers.

High-efficiency lighting equipment.

Thermal Accumulation.

Cogeneration with absorption or with renewable fuels.

Integrated facilities management systems, provided they include energy optimization programs and maintenance programs.

Additional conditions: Priority will be given to the standard and modular components.

Attention should be given to the architectural integration of the systems.

The test and measurement phase must be carried out for at least one year.

Maximum Grant: Up to 20 per 100 of eligible cost.

B) Renewable energy

1. Wind

Applications:

(a) Innovative machines, of a unit power exceeding 350 KW and less than 1,000 KW, of which there is no commercial background. A machine, or two, will be subsidised if the proposed designs are clearly different and complementary to each other.

b) Wind parks of unique characteristics: Difficult access, high online costs of evacuation or low-wind conditions. Up to a maximum of 20 MW of installed power in one or more parks, with commercial machines of the same technology, will be subsidised.

c) Individual units for singular applications: Isolated systems, even when they behave as an alternative to the connection to the network, and applications in hard or very low winds.

Assessment criteria: Basic criteria for the quantification of grants:

The accreditation of the wind resource, based on sufficient historical data and reliable modelling.

The minimisation of investment costs and the optimal use of available wind resources.

The profitability of the project.

The environmental impact of the project, duly documented.

Proven experience of results from previous installations in national territory.

Maximum Grant:

Innovative machines: Up to 40 per 100 of eligible cost.

Unique Parks: Up to 30 per 100 of eligible cost.

Individual units: Up to 30 per 100 of eligible cost.

2. Solar thermal

Applications: Projects regarding the optimal technical and economic integration of the active solar energy systems in conventional systems for:

Production of A.C.S. The installations of more than 40 square meters of useful surface will be subsidized.

Production of large amounts of thermal fluid for heat or cold, excluding recreational pools.

Specific conditions: Collectors approved by the Administration and guaranteed, at least, for three years.

Installation guaranteed by the installer and maintenance contract for at least three years. Both ends must be justified at the end of the installation, which is an essential condition for the recovery of the final payment of the subsidy.

Assessment criteria: Basic criteria for the quantification of grants will be the data provided on the energy potential available and the performance in their recovery.

Maximum subsidy: Up to 27,000 pesetas per square metre useful, considering positively, when establishing the volume of subsidy, the firm offer, by the supplier of the collectors, of guarantees against defect of Manufacture in excess of three years.

3. Solar PV

Applications: Conversion of solar energy into electricity by photovoltaic systems for electricity supply according to acceptable cost perspectives:

a) On network-attached systems: Antenna distribution line improvement.

b) On isolated systems in the distribution network:

b.1. Telecommunications facilities.

b.2. Signalling and alarm devices.

b.3. Electrification of isolated population cores, by means of single and centralized systems.

b.4. Agricultural and livestock applications.

Additional conditions: The specific cost of PV modules in peseta/nominal Wpico should be clearly specified.

Assessment criteria: Basic criteria for the quantification of grants will be the data provided on the energy potential available and the performance in their recovery, as well as the possible added value to their own energy balance.

Maximum Grant:

Systems connected to the network: Up to 800 pesetas/Wp.

Isolated systems: Up to 1,600 pesetas/Wp.

4. Harnessing biomass and waste

Applications:

(a) Energy use of biomass for the replacement of fossil fuels or electricity.

b) Energy use of biomass for the production of electricity. Only projects using a maximum of 10 per 100 of conventional fuel as support for the operation of the plant and the rest of the biomass fuel shall be eligible.

Additional conditions: Projects must comply with the guidelines of national policy as regards the environment and agriculture.

In the application, the stable supply of the resource must be credited.

Maximum Grant:

a) Fossil fuel or electricity replacement projects: Up to 20 per 100 of eligible cost.

b) Electricity production projects: Up to 15 per 100 of eligible cost.

C) Promotion and services actions

Applications: The following promotion actions will be eligible, derived from voluntary agreements for the improvement of energy efficiency and the use of renewable energies to be established between the General Secretariat of Energy and Mineral Resources and business associations or consumers.

Information, training and training actions.

Sectoral studies and analyses to identify technologies or techniques for energy efficiency in a given sector.

Making and disseminating databases of technologies for energy efficiency and the application of renewable energy.

Energy audits and feasibility studies will be eligible, provided that they are aimed at the pre-design of energy efficiency and savings actions.

Maximum Grant: Up to 30 per 100 of eligible cost.

2. GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR ALL

SECERS

For budgets of 100,000,000 pesetas and higher will be delivered project signed by competent technician, with the following minimum content:

1. Project supporting memory:

Technical description.

Justification for the chosen alternative.

2. Expected savings or energy production and expected period of recovery of the investment, without subsidy and with the grant requested.

3. Budget broken down.

4. Investments to be made and timetable of the same. Economic and financial viability.

5. Potential for replicability of the project in the same and other sectors and antecedents, if any, of use of applied technology.

6. Regional socio-economic impact.

For budgets less than 100,000,000 pesetas will be delivered memory, with the following minimum content:

1. Brief technical description. 2. Expected savings or energy production and forecast period of investment recovery in months.

3. Budget broken down.

4. Investments to be made and timetable of the same.

5. Potential for project replicability in the same or other sectors.

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