Fast-Track support for Strategic Investments in Portugal
Developing large-scale projects in Portugal can be a complex journey, requiring coordination across multiple stages and entities. However, securing Portuguese Important Project (PIN) or Investment Project for the Interior (PII) status unlocks a powerful advantage—streamlining approvals and accelerating progress.
With direct support from key governmental bodies such as APA, CCDR, Floene, REN, and others, investors benefit from: ✔ Priority in licensing – ensuring faster approvals ✔ Simultaneous administrative processing – cutting through bureaucracy ✔ Significant reduction in timelines – getting projects off the ground quicker
For those looking to invest in Portugal, PIN/PII status is the key to unlocking efficiency and success.
This call is intended for pilot projects developed by Spanish Energy Communities, which stimulate the participation of actors that traditionally do not participate in the energy sector and which are active in the area of electrical and thermal renewable energies, energy efficiency, infrastructures for sustainable mobility and demand management.
Beneficiary:
Energy Communities (minimum of five partners, where at least one must be an individual or SME).
Fields of intervention:
The entire Spanish national territory
Areas of action:
The areas of action/investments considered eligible are:
Renewable electric energies (renewable energy sources: biomass, biogas or other renewable gases, wind, hydro and solar photovoltaic)
Renewable thermal energies (renewable energy sources: aerothermal, biomass, biogas, biomethane or other renewable gases, geothermal, hydrothermal and solar thermal energy, as well as their exploitation systems)
Energy efficiency: improvement of the energy efficiency of the thermal envelope
Sustainable mobility: Electric vehicle charging infrastructure and procurement of plug-in and fuel cell electric vehicles for shared mobility
Demand management: innovative storage systems
Eligible expenses:
Equipment, materials and auxiliary installations
Technical projects
Technical assistance
Construction works
Funding rate (non-refundable):
Electric renewable energies - 60%
Thermal renewable energies - 60%
Energy efficiency - 30%
Sustainable mobility - up to 5 000 EUR
Demand management - 40% of the total investment value
Budget:
EUR 10 M - third call (up to EUR 1 M per project)
EUR 30 M - fourth call (minimum of EUR 1 M per project)
Period of application: from 19 December 2022 to 13 February 2023
