He Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO)through the Institute for Energy Diversification and Conservation (IDAE)has solved the problem definitively allocation of 156.4 million euros from the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR) to 35 innovative independent energy storage projects (independently) and another 10 thermal storage with different technologies.
Institute for Energy Diversification and Conservation (IDAE)
This new relief package – integrated into the program INTALMAC– joins the line of stimuli reversible hydroelectric pumped storage projects that he IDAE resolved in July with the allocation of the 100 million euros made possible. The development of all these proposals, financed with funds Next GenEU in the context of PERTE ERHAwill contribute to the consolidation of the storage as an essential pillar for the flexibility and security of the electricity supply in the transition to a renewable and carbon-free energy system.
According to You can consult the final resolution here, the 35 projects of line 1 storage independently– are developments in the field of batteries with electrochemical technology. Once operational, they will together supply 2,820 MWh of storage capacity and a further 690.2 MW of power to the system.
With 15 projects, Asturias is the community with the highest number of selected files and a larger amount of aid, 60.8 million euros. They are followed by the Canary Islands, with five projects and 14.9 million euros, the Basque Country (4 and 9.6 million euros) and Catalonia and Cantabria, both with three proposals each and incentives worth 39.9 million and 11 million respectively. million euros.
The remainder will be deployed in the Valencian Community (2) and the Balearic Islands, Andalusia and Galicia, with one each. It is striking that half of the projects are in the Just Transition (10) and Demographic Challenge (7) areas.
The sum of the incentives to 35 selected files through competitive competition between the best presented exhaustions 150 million specifically assigned to the line 1 in the INTALMAC call and, together, represent eligible investments worth 706.9 million.
Thermal storage
Within line 2, dedicated to thermal storage, the 10 projects with the best technical assessment will receive subsidies, which will be distributed another 6.48 million. In total, these projects will increase storage capacity by 88.35 MW and add 591.27 MWh to energy storage capacity. Among them, the 23.5 MWh of capacity and 2.9 MW of power that will be contributed to the system by molten salt and solid material technologies from several selected stocks stand out.
Four of the funded proposals will be developed in Castilla y León, another three in Castilla-La Mancha and the rest are in the Basque Country, Madrid and Galicia.
Integration of renewable energy sources
The call selection process considered, in addition to the economic viability of the projects presented, The technical characteristics that allow the integration of renewable energy sources have been assessed.which will contribute to the overall objective of increasing storage capacity and providing stability to the network, ensuring the provisioning and secure operation of the system.
Factors such as job creation, contribution to the demographic challenge and just transition, the impact of the project on the area in which it is located and on the industrial value chain, as well as environmental and gender equality aspects have also been taken into account . , the participation of SMEs and the level of innovation of the projects, among other externalities.
PERTE-ERHA for renewable energy, renewable hydrogen and storage
These tools are part of the Component 8 of the PRTR: “Electrical infrastructure, promotion of smart networks and use of flexibility and storage”and in Investment 1 of the aforementioned part, aimed at the use of energy storage. Moreover, this call is one of the measures envisaged in the proposal PERTE-ERHA of renewable energy, renewable hydrogen and storagewhich will mobilize an investment of more than EUR 16.3 billion to develop technology, knowledge, industrial capabilities and new business models in the field of clean energies.