The Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade has allotted through the Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving (IDAE) to CCAA a total of 280.8 million Euros to execute the measures and high-priority actions contemplated in the Action Plan 2008-2012 of Saving and Energy Efficiency and in the Renewable Energy Plan (PER) 2005-2010. The Renewable Energies Plan main goal is to achieve at least 12% of the energy supply from renewable sources.

From the total funds, 252 million correspond to saving measures, to which will be added 72.3 million from communities, and 28.8 million from renewable measurements. Besides these funds, there are also tax incentives to the bio fuel production.

Along with this, the Government identified ten high-priority measures to guarantee the implementation of the Plan all over Spain, such as the energy rehabilitation in building’s envelopes, the improvement of the energy efficiency of thermal facilities of the existing buildings, and the improvement of the energy efficiency of existing buildings illumination, among others.

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