Spain´s Ministry of Industry has increased its budget for Energy Efficiency programs, reaching a total of 1,400 million euros. IDEA will be the organism managing the newly allocated funds, which will come from the National Fund of Energy Efficiency written in Spain´s National Budget (2015) and from European FEDER funds (2014 – 2020).

The programs that will receive additional funds are:
• Energy rehabilitation of buildings
• Municipal outdoor lighting
• The Industry: 320 projects proposed by companies from the industrial sector will receive funds. The projects are targeted at technology performance improvements in equipment and processes and at the implantation of energy management systems
• Modes of transports
In addition, the Ministry plans to launch other projects before year-end, such as the performance improvement programs for energy efficiency in railway systems (dotted with 13 million euros) and water desalination cycles (dotted with 12 additional million euros).

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