Spain plans to allocate €480 million to boost domestic clean tech manufacturing, including solar panels
Eligible technologies span solar thermal, wind, ocean, storage, hydrogen, heat pumps, and biogas, among others
Grants of €150–350M per project will cover up to 35% of eligible costs, with bonuses
Funded through PRTR, grants are competitive and will be allocated post-spending; optional advance payments are allowed
The Spanish Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) plans to allocate €480 million to award clean technology manufacturing projects. Solar panel production features among the key components to be financed.
The other technologies to be financed include the manufacturing of concentrated solar thermal, onshore and offshore wind turbines, tidal and wave energy, battery and energy storage, heat pumps and geothermal, hydrogen, and sustainable biogas and biomethane technologies, among others.
To be funded under the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR), the initiative is aimed at ensuring the country’s energy security by increasing the manufacturing capacity of clean technologies. It will be administered by MITECO subsidiary, the Institute for Energy Diversification and Savings (IDAE).
The grant will range from €150 million to €350 million per project, aimed to cover between 15% and 35% of the eligible expenditure. MITECO added that the aid amount can be increased by 20% for investments made by small businesses, and by 10% for those made by medium-sized enterprises.
Grants will be awarded on a competitive basis only after the winner has incurred eligible expenses and executed the project. Beneficiaries may, however, request an advance payment, which will be considered a down payment and will be a maximum of the total amount of aid granted.
Winning projects may also receive support from the European Union (EU), provided that the aid does not cover the same costs.
“Clean technologies, as well as their key components, are at the heart of significant geostrategic interests and the global technological race,” explains MITECO. “Spain must seize this opportunity and strengthen the clean technology industrial value chain and its key components to ensure energy security, increase our competitiveness, and decarbonize the economy. This is in line with the European Union's core principles of digital and environmental transformation, the REPowerEU Plan, the Net-Zero Industrial Act, and the Clean Industry Pact.”
The ministry is currently seeking public consultation for the proposed plan, latest by September 8, 2025. Details are available on its website.
This call advances the ministry’s previous call for grants under the Renewable Energy Value Chain (RENOVAL) program, for which it selected 33 projects for nearly €296 million, including 7 for solar PV technology. SUNWAFE bagged the largest chunk for its proposed silicon ingot and wafer manufacturing project.
In June 2025, Spain also launched the €100 million RENOCICLA program for renewable energy equipment and recycling, and eco-design (see Spain Commits €400M To Renewable Energy Equipment, Recycling).
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