During the last few years we have witnessed geopolitical conflicts that oil prices. On April 22, EE. UU it ended with the exceptions to the Iranian embargo that allowed it to continue exporting to countries such as China, India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, Italy and Greece. With this, oil peaked since November of last year [...]
ARERA, or the new Regulation Authority for Energy Networks and Environments, with the resolution 921/2017 / R / eel of the 28th of December 2017, has disencumbered the new operating methods for the recognition of subsidies for energy-intensive consumers, defined in accordance with the Ministerial Decree of the 21st of December 2017, effective from the 1st [...]
In a country like Portugal where the sun shines between 2 200 and 3 000 hours per year the ability to produce your own energy through solar radiation is a great opportunity to help the environment and to reduce your energy bills. From January 2015, this opportunity became a reality through a law published in October [...]
A mix between favourable weather for renewable energy generation, an efficient grid management and a healthy interconnection participation resulted in the cheapest Spot prices ever experienced since the beginning of Spanish SPOT Market. SPOT average price was 32.79 €/MW at the end of the summer, which is historically the most expensive time of the year, putting [...]
Energy efficiency is a fundamental aspect of the European strategy for sustainable development, being one of the most cost-effective ways to enhance the security of energy supply and reduce emissions of other pollutants and greenhouse gases. To this end the 2012/27/EU directive was defined from the European Parliament, which created a common framework to promote energy [...]
Day by day it becomes latent in main European gas markets, a greater participation of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) supply to the system. Europe has been and remains a clearly importing gas region. Historically, gas inputs were made through pipelines, through long-term contracts, mostly indexed to oil, which cover part of the funding of the necessary [...]
