The new life of Self-Consumption in Spain
The vision of a decentralized energy generation and a wider participation of renewable sources will require an exponential growth in self-consumption systems, especially in sunny regions like Iberian Peninsula. Still, after 5 years since the first Law framing the self-consumption concept, this alternative to generate and [...]
THE ELECTRIC CAR AT THIS BEGINNING OF 2019
Car sales in Spain continue to report negative data. The seven consecutive months of drops in registrations worry the main automobile associations. The weakness that the private channel is presenting is specifically worrying. During the month of March 2019, 126,984 units were recorded, 1.3% less than [...]
Algeria’s protests: another wake up call for Europe
Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the Algerian president whose candidacy fuelled weeks of protests in his nation, announced on March 11 that he would not seek a 5th (!) term in office. If the reader is not interested in Foreign Politics, this may seem a dull issue, nevertheless it [...]
NUCLEAR BLACKOUT: The milestone that will condition the energy transition
The technological change of the Spanish generation park that will take place in the coming years for the energy transition towards a low-carbon economy, must take place in 2030. It is fair to acknowledge that the journey is being a resounding success, however, one of the [...]
Guarantees of Origin (GdO)
Increasingly, the concept of "green energy" is an essential requirement when contracting supplies. Whether for corporate social awareness or pure marketing, utilities increasingly use that claim to attract those more sensitive consumers with energy, environmental and ecological issues. What is a GdO? It is a "paper", [...]
ITALIAN ENERGY TRANSITION: Proposal for a National Plan for Energy and Climate
CURRENT SITUATION For a long time Italy has pursued the widest use of tools that improve together energy security, environmental protection and access to energy costs, contributing to the European objectives on energy and the environment. The Ministry of Economic Development, the Ministry of the Environment, [...]