Solar panels in Port de Pollença,
between the mountains and the bay.

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The Port: good sun, north wind and protected areas on either side

Here the installation is decided by three things that matter less in the town: the wind, the salt and what lies next to the house. On one side the protected mountains begin, on the other a nature reserve.

Tramontana and salt air on the seafront

The Port is open to the bay and takes the north wind full on. The frame is calculated for wind under the Spanish Building Code (CTE DB SE-AE), the fixings are stainless and the panels have the IEC 61701 salt-mist test on their datasheet. In the buildings along the promenade the protection easement of the Coastal Act (Ley 22/1988) also counts: in those put up with a licence before 1988 that fall inside it, improvement works are allowed as long as they don't increase volume, height or floor area.

Towards Formentor and the Bóquer valley

Leaving the Port to the north you enter the Serra de Tramuntana Natural Area (Paraje Natural), with its management plan (Decree 19/2007), within the landscape UNESCO inscribed in 2011. A house there is usually on protected rural land: before designing we check what its rules allow and, if it can be done, the panels go on the roof and out of sight.

Towards Alcúdia: s'Albufereta

On the other side, between the Port and Alcúdia, lies the s'Albufereta nature reserve (Decree 121/2001). In the developments along that stretch of the bay the house is usually on urban land and nothing changes, but on a property bordering the reserve we check first.

Grants

IBI, ICIO and grants in the Port (Pollença)

IBI (property tax): the Port is part of the municipality of Pollença, whose bylaw gives a 50 % IBI rebate for up to 3 years for installing solar energy. You apply before 31 March and each year the rebate can't exceed 33 % of what the installation cost (art. 15.4, BOIB no. 175 of 28-12-2023).

ICIO (construction tax): a 75 % rebate on the solar part of the budget (art. 4.2, BOIB no. 203 of 03-12-2020).

FOTOPAR 2027 opens from 26 January to 30 April 2027 (the 2026 call closed on 30 April); you must apply before the work starts and it requires domicile in the Balearic Islands: with a second home you normally won't qualify. Batteries can go through FACTOR 2026 (45 %, open until 28 February 2027), but not both grants for the same thing.

If it is paid for and finished in 2026, the income-tax (IRPF) deduction for self-consumption (62nd additional provision of the Income Tax Act, Ley 35/2006) is 10 % (up to €500), or 20 % (up to €1,000) if the installation is on a residential building. Income-tax (IRPF) deductions are claimed by you in your Spanish tax return, using the invoices and certificates we hand over. If you pay tax as a non-resident, ask your tax adviser first.

We prepare the paperwork and, with your authorisation, file and justify the grant; you sign the application and the grant is paid into your bank account. The authorities decide whether it is awarded.

Every grant, with dates and BOIB source: renewable energy grants in Mallorca →

Sources: BOIB no. 83, 2 July 2026 (FACTOR 2026) · BOIB no. 171, 25 December 2025 (FOTOPAR 2027) · municipal tax bylaws published in the BOIB · PVGIS (European Commission), queried on 1 October 2026 · the Acts cited, in their consolidated text in the BOE.