Royal Decree 962/2024, of 24 September, regulating the production of electricity from renewable sources in facilities located at sea

In this alert we will address the measures contained in the Royal Decree that regulates, among others, the competitive procedures necessary for electricity generation facilities located in the territorial sea, which will allow the granting of the Economic Regime for Renewable Energies, the reservation of capacity to the electricity grid and the priority in the granting of the concession of occupation of the maritime-terrestrial public domain.

Each competitive procedure will be regulated by a Ministerial Order that will include, among others, the area where the facilities will be located and the connection nodes, the power quota, the remuneration parameters or the concession term.

Criteria may also be included for the minimisation of environmental impact, the generation of local employment, the use of recycled materials or measures to favour compatibility with other activities (fishing, etc.), as well as the bases of public dialogue between promoters and affected actors. Another Ministerial Order will call for tenders, establishing the calendar and other elements, and may modify the parameters and criteria, taking into account the prior public dialogue.