Free fall of Brent, how long?
In less than 2 months we have seen the price of a oil barrel falling by more than 32%, suffering its biggest drop since the raw materials crisis in 2015. Is this drop justified? Energy long-term investors are suffering a difficult period lately, since market experts [...]
Renewable Energy: Beyond the “Sun Tax”
On Friday, October 5, we received a news that most people welcomed with open arms: the Spain government ends with the "Sun tax". After years of controversy and battles, the Royal Decree "Real Decreto-ley 15/2018, de 5 de octubre, de medidas urgentes para la transición energética [...]
CAPTURING CO2 TO SAVE THE PLANET?!
2030! 12 years is the time We have to avoid catastrophic environmental breakdown according to the recent United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report published in October. To prevent that, the most ambitious plan conceived in the COP21 should be implemented and fulfilled. More [...]
Nuclear Energy and its discreet participation in the Spanish wholesale market
During the last weeks the proposal from the current PSOE government together with Podemos about limiting the price of certain technologies to contain the increasing price in the wholesale electricity market has been discussed. Specifically, the proposal aims to introduce changes in the operation of Spanish [...]
TARGET 20% RENEWABLE ENERGIES 2020 POSIBLE?
As part of the clean energy package, on June 14, the Parliament and the Council agreed to changes in the EU renewable energy directive to include a new mandatory green energy target of 32% by 2030 and establish new principles on future financial support to renewable [...]
Almost a year later, where are the energy blockchains?
“Blockchain”. That word has, in the past year, become part of any modern executive’s jargon. Much was written and said. Expectations were massive but, as of today, we fail to see the materialization of all the pitches that were sold. An issue that is even more [...]