IDAE - Instituto para la Diversificación y Ahorro de la Energía
Spanish Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving

C/ de la Madera, 8
ES-28004 Madrid
SPAIN
Tel: +34 914564900 Fax: +34 915230414
Website: www.idae.es

Main Contact
Isabel DEL OLMO, Manager of the Institutional Relationships Dept
Email: isabel_delolmo[at]idae.es

Other Contacts
Marisa OLANO, Manager of the International Relationships Dept
Email: molano[at]idae.es

Virginia VIVANCO COHN, International Relations Dept - Project Responsible
Email: vvivanco[at]idae.es

Enrique JIMENEZ LARREA, General Director of IDAE

Enrique GAVILANES VAZQUEZ, General Secretary of IDAE

Year of Creation: 1974

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National Energy Agencies : Biomass & Bioenergy : Buildings : EUFORES : EnR : EnerAgen : Energy Efficiency : GreenLight Programme 2000- : Hydropower : Industry : LIFE Programme : Lighting : OPET Network : Penelope Project : Photovoltaics : Renewable Energy Sources & Systems : SAVE II Programme 1998-2002 : SMILE Project : Solar Thermal : Sustainable Transport : Wind Energy

Further Information

The Spanish Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving (Instituto para la Diversificación y Ahorro de la Energía, IDAE) is a publicly owned business-structured entity reporting to the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce through the General Secretariat for Energy.

The basic function of the IDAE is to promote energy efficiency and the rational use of energy in Spain. It also seeks to promote diversity of energy sources and the use of renewable sources of energy. It promotes these aims through dissemination activities, technical consultancy and the implementation of projects with a technologically innovative component.

In the pursuit of its objectives the IDAE carries out the following activities:

Technical consultancy for government departments at national, regional and local level, with a view to optimising the results of activities to improve energy efficiency and diversification.
Technical support for users (both companies and individuals). The IDAE, as an independent body, also gives technical advice to financial institutions concerning energy projects.
Diffusion activities promoting energy efficiency and renewable sources of energy.
Co-operation agreements with business sectors and associations to foster energy efficiency and the uptake of renewable energy by industry.
Product development, in order to systematise the range of services the IDAE offers and define products facilitating:
- Introduction of new, more efficient technologies on the market.
- Incorporation of mature technologies on the Spanish market in cases where potential user sectors are insufficiently aware of them.
- Technology transfer to the Spanish industrial fabric of mature technologies which can be adapted or developed for Spanish industry.
Financial and technical support for the implementation of energy efficient installations and diversification of energy sources, such as those using renewable sources of energy, along three main lines of action:
- Third-Party Finance, in which the IDAE recoups its investment and the cost of the services it provides through the resulting energy savings. Application of this financial formula to combined heat and power (CHP) projects usually takes place through joint ventures ("Temporary Business Unions", UTE's and "Economic Interest Groups", AIEs).
- Shareholdings in joint-stock companies. This formula is mainly used with wind power and biomass projects.
- Co-operation agreements to promote the development of technologies in their final phase or commercial development by means of demonstrations projects.
Participation in the management and promotion of European Community programmes and promotion of Spanish technologies abroad, facilitating their introduction in international markets, particularly in Europe, the Mediterranean region and Latin America.

Status: Public Business Entity
Creation date: 1974
Staff: 130
Wood fuel staff: 10

Reports

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Legislation

Legislation: Ener-Iure - contributing towards a better knowledge of the legal and administrative barriers that Renewable Energy Sources face

Case Studies

Case Study: Second Seminar on City, Energy and Environment in Latin America - IDAE, Spain

Case Study: Co-operation with local and regional energy agencies - IDAE, Spain

Case Study: Raising public awareness on the Green Paper on Security of Energy Supply - IDAE, Spain

Case Study: Congress and support actions on the rational use of energy and renewables in municipalities: Energy and sustainable cities. Towards a healthier urban environment - IDAE, Spain

Case Study: Seminar on Optimisation of Energy Consumption in the Olive Oil Sector. Energy Exploitation of Residues - IDAE, Spain

Case Study: The Mobility Plan of Tres Cantos industrial area - Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain