A total of 23 municipalities in the Community of Madrid with less than 5000 inhabitants have received a favourable assessment to receive aid from the DUS 5000 program and are making progress in their projects for the installation of renewable energy in their municipalities.
The total amount of aid amounts to 12,542,295.77 euros, financed through the European Recovery and Resilience Mechanism as it is included in the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.
The objective of the DUS 5000 Program is to give a boost to Sustainable Urban Development, in the municipalities of demographic challenge, through actions that constitute unique clean energy projects such as energy efficiency projects in buildings and public infrastructures, promoting green investments and, in particular, self-consumption, as well as sustainable mobility, facilitating the modal change and ensuring the participation of municipalities in the deployment of the infrastructure to recharge and boost the electric vehicle, including measures to save energy and reduce light pollution through the improvement of public lighting.
Link to the detail of municipalities and grants awarded.