{
  "id": 16089298,
  "title": "Cold Spanish homes: Andalucia opens grants to help cut winter bills",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/cold-spanish-homes-andalucia-opens-grants-to-help-cut-winter-bills",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T18:42:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euro Weekly News",
    "slug": "euro-weekly-news",
    "url": "https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/10/22/cold-spanish-homes-andalucia-opens-grants-to-help-cut-winter-bills/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Spanish homeowners looking to make their properties more comfortable and energy-efficient in winter may have a new opportunity. Andalucia has opened a €20.77 million funding programme to help with improvements and energy-saving measures. The Junta de Andalucia, along with the Agencia Andaluza de la Energia, is administering the programme, which aims to reduce energy consumption and improve existing buildings.\n\nApplications opened on October 22 and are available through the official Andalucia energy grants application website. The deadline for applications is September 30, 2027, unless funds run out earlier. The programme provides a standard incentive of 50% of eligible investment, rising to 65% for projects incorporating renewable-energy measures.\n\nEligible work includes improving a property's thermal envelope (insulation, upgrades to heating, cooling, hot-water, and lighting), as well as renewable-energy installations such as solar technology and other approved systems. The improvements must meet the scheme's technical requirements and raise the building's energy rating by at least one letter.\n\nHomeowners can check their eligibility and the specific rules for qualifying projects at the Andalucian programme's website. British homeowners who only use their Spanish properties for holidays should not assume they are automatically eligible. Minimum grant amounts are €10,000 for residential energy-efficiency categories and €6,000 for renewable-energy projects.",
  "summary": "You bought a house in Andalucia at a good price, imagining long lunches in the sunshine and a cheaper way […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}