Joint venture agreements in energy projects are essential to structure cooperation between sponsors, investors, developers and operators in Spain. A well-drafted JVA provides legal certainty, regulates governance and financing, and helps protect complex energy investments.
Data centre projects require significant capital investment. Project finance structures, based on SPVs, allow risk allocation, contractual structuring and bankability, ensuring predictable cash flows and attracting investors in a highly competitive digital infrastructure market.
Interoperability is a cornerstone of Spain’s electric mobility framework. Royal Decree 184/2022 regulates EV charging services and promotes interoperability agreements and OCPI-based solutions to ensure network access, transparent billing, and fair competition.
Royal Decree 184/2022 classifies charge point operators (CPOs) and e-mobility service providers (EMSPs) as regulated actors of the Spanish electricity system, with specific rights, duties, and responsibilities. Each service delivery model requires clear contractual structuring in terms of liability, billing, and interoperability.
The CAE System, governed by RD 36/2023 and Order TED/815/2023, requires all energy savings transfer agreements to include a clear compensation expressed in €/kWh, whether monetary or in kind. It is not permitted to condition the payment to future or uncertain events, such as the market price of the CAEs.
The private purchase of shares in BME Growth allows for agile and autonomous securities trading without direct intermediation. However, it requires strict compliance with regulations and imposes key notification obligations to avoid penalties and preserve market integrity.
The MiCA Regulation harmonizes the requirements for the public offering and trading of cryptoassets, regulating transparency, supervision, security, and anti-money laundering measures. Authorized entities will be under the continuous supervision of the CNMV (Spanish National Securities Market Commission).
Energy storage is a key element in transitioning to a more sustainable energy system. We explore the current regulatory framework in Spain and analyze energy storage methods and the specific conditions for their implementation.
In Spain, the responsibilities of the designated party within the CAE system are executed by entering into the delegation agreement, which outlines the commitment to achieve the agreed-upon energy savings as per RD 36/2023. Article 10 of this royal decree details the specific characteristics of this agreement.
The Energy Savings Certificates (ESC System or CAE System in Spain) is a mechanism that incentivizes companies in Spain to invest in energy efficiency under government oversight. It functions by issuing electronic certificates (ESC), which verify the final energy savings achieved after implementing an energy efficiency performance.
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