Aragon’s Minister for the Economy, Competitiveness and Employment, Eva Valle, announced at a meeting held this Thursday in Andorra that the regional government will step up its efforts to attract investment to the municipalities covered by the Just Transition.
To this end, she said regional resources would be used to build industrial facilities, one of the demands made by investors interested in setting up in the area. Valle argued that job creation depends on facilitating reindustrialization "quickly" and advocated applying the "maximum flexibility" at the Mudéjar Hub.
HUB ALLOCATIONS FOR 2027
At the meeting, attended by the Government of Aragon, the ITJ, town councils, the county administration and social partners, the Institute announced that the first allocations of the 937 MW available at the Mudéjar Hub could be made during the first quarter of 2027. The procedure is underway after the public consultation period ended, and projects linked to Just Transition hubs will receive preferential processing.
Administrations at all levels and social partners took part in the meeting. Photo: Delegation
In addition, the ITJ said that the next electricity planning process would include a grid-support position at the Mudéjar 400 kV substation, enabling new connection points for industries and projects.
Funding also took center stage at part of the meeting. The ITJ called on the Government of Aragon to allocate the €91.7 million from the Just Transition Fund assigned to Teruel to the municipalities directly affected by the closure of the Andorra power plant and the mines.
At the same time, the Institute is preparing new aid worth €45 million for business investment projects exclusively in Just Transition areas. This would be added to the €534 million granted since 2019 by MITECO for 182 business, municipal, environmental restoration and social aid projects.
For its part, the Aragonese government said that since 2024, the province’s 34 Just Transition municipalities have received €18.2 million through calls under the Just Transition Fund managed by the Aragonese Development Institute, representing between 40% and 50% of the total allocated to Teruel. These municipalities also receive five additional points in the calls’ evaluation process, plus another five when they have a low population density.
