{"id":29156,"date":"2022-12-02T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/?p=29156"},"modified":"2022-12-02T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T07:00:00","slug":"solar-panels-in-spain-legal-framework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/zonnepanelen-in-spanje-juridisch-kader\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar panels in Spain: legal framework"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Solar panels are today a <em>hot topic<\/em>. Prospective second home owners in Spain therefore often ask us about solar panel regulations. In this article, we therefore discuss three questions about installing solar panels in Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Are there any subsidies and\/or support measures for installing solar panels?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The Spanish government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idae.es\/ayudas-y-financiacion\/para-energias-renovables-en-autoconsumo-almacenamiento-y-termicas-sector\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">supports the installation of solar panels <\/a>with a budget of some \u20ac660 million. The support measures are valid until 31 December 2023 or when the funds are exhausted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the one hand, there is a direct subsidy for the installation of solar panels. On the other hand, there are rebates on annual taxes, including municipal taxes such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/annual-costs\/\">IBI <\/a>and in personal income tax. Spain's autonomous regions can determine the aid and conditions themselves. Applications are processed chronologically, and until the budget is exhausted.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iberdrola.es\/smart-solar\/subvenciones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Iberdrola has prepared a clear overview by region.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do I need planning permission to install solar panels in Spain?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>In several autonomous regions, you do not need planning permission to install solar panels for your own use. For example <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/buscar\/doc.php?id=BOJA-b-2020-90058\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Andalusia<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/eli\/es-ib\/l\/2017\/12\/29\/12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Balearic Islands<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/buscar\/act.php?id=BOC-j-2020-90372\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canarias,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/eli\/es-ct\/dl\/2019\/11\/26\/16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Catalonia<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/cindi.gva.es\/es\/novedades\/-\/asset_publisher\/68mT7WMwvnKp\/content\/decreto-ley-14-2020-de-7-de-agosto-de-medidas-para-acelerar-la-implantacion-de-instalaciones-para-el-aprovechamiento-de-las-energias-renovables-por-la\/161328209\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Valenciana <\/a>(Costa Blanca North and South).<\/p>\n<p>Depending on municipality to municipality, there may well be a tax to pay or certain requirements.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do I need permission from the co-owners' association?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>If your property is part of an urbanisation, in principle you need permission from the co-owners' association. Here, we distinguish between two scenarios:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You wish to have solar panels installed by the co-owners' association for the benefit of all owners. In this case, you need a simple majority of votes to have the community install the installation. However, there is an exception. Owners cannot be obliged to co-pay if the installation cost exceeds 9 months of ordinary contributions to the community (taking into account subsidies). So you cannot force a co-owner to participate if, after deducting any subsidies, the cost exceeds 3\/4 of the community's annual budget.<\/li>\n<li>You wish to install solar panels for private use. In this case, you will need 1\/3 of the votes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, a number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/buscar\/doc.php?id=BOE-A-2019-5089\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">technical conditions<\/a> which your installation must comply with. For example, your installation must not be further than 500m from the meter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: Different rules apply in Catalonia. For example, you might like to install your solar panels on a common area intended for private use. In that case, you will need to send the <em>technical project<\/em> of the installation to the community. Thereafter, the community can submit its comments or propose an alternative project.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article, we discuss three common questions about installing solar panels in Spain. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29164,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[729],"class_list":["post-29156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-praktisch","tag-zonnepanelen-in-spanje"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}