The Xunta de Galicia encourages self-employed people and Ferrolterra companies to apply for support energy storage infrastructure offered, which are charged to the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and have a financing of € 2.5 million.
The territorial delegate of the Xunta in Ferrol, Martina Aneiros, recalled that the deadline for applying for infrastructure support storage energy from the Ministry of Economy and Industry ends on November 18. Aneiros reported this call intended for companies, self-employed people and business associations during a visit to the Horticina company, where she was accompanied by the mayor of Cerdido, Alberto Rey.
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The company Cerdido, dedicated to the production, planting and marketing of fruits, fruits and agricultural raw materials, has benefited from this helpline in previous editions with which Installed 192 solar panels of 545 watts each with six 15 kW inverters and 24 batteries. For the last two she received a contribution of 28,392 euros.
The order is for cover purposes energy storage projects using batteries -which are not lead-acid- with a capacity of 800 euros/kWh and which require a minimum investment of 25,000 euros. The support, as the territorial delegate explained, will also cover the accessories necessary for the installation, the costs of assembly and the preparation of the technical project.
“From the Xunta, we promote the adaptation of the necessary infrastructure through these tools that aim to contribute to the use of renewable energy sources, energy efficiency and the electrification of demand as one of the main ways to decarbonize the economy,” Aneiros recalls.
The budget of the call that is financed by the European Regional Development Funds (ERDF) amounts to €2.5 million. The maximum support per project is 500,000 euros and will cover between 20 and 50% of the costs, depending on the size of the company -20% for large companies, 40% medium and 50% small.
Each of the applicants or entities benefiting from the support offeredmay request from the entity as many contributions as projects are submitted, with the restriction that it will not be possible for them to receive a total of more than one million euros.