The purpose of this aid programme is to stimulate and promote the carrying out of work in desalination plants, which reduces the emissions of carbon dioxide through the execution of savings and energy efficiency projects, contributing with this to achieving the objectives regarding the reduction of final energy consumption established in Directive 2012/27/EU. IEA/IRENA Global Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database © OECD/IEA and IRENA, [November 2020]