Spain is one of the best-positioned countries in Europe in the installation of smart meters, but the digitalisation of the electrical grid is still not enough to integrate the new resources and all the participants in the system.
Spain emits a third less greenhouse gases per capita than Germany
Emissions from electricity production fell by 62% between 2005 and 2019.
Spain has reduced its emissions by almost a third since 2005, when the CO2 emission rights market was first applied, especially due to the positive evolution of the energy sector.
Competitiveness and technological development will be the keys to the success of hydrogen development in Spain
Javier Brey, Chairman of the Spanish Hydrogen Association (AeH2), and Raúl Yunta, Chairman of MIBGAS, discuss the development of hydrogen in an online debate set up by the Naturgy Foundation and the Spanish Chapter of the Club of Rome.
Redesigning goods distribution logistics and introducing less-polluting vehicle fleets would halve costs and emissions
A study by the UPF Barcelona School of Management, published by Naturgy Foundation, finds that a sustainable urban layout requires changing how vehicles are powered and also reordering street furniture, with logistics adapting to the current needs arising from e-commerce.
Cristina Lobillo (EC): “The elimination of fossil fuels will improve the EU’s geostrategic position”.
The European Commission’s Director of Energy Policy and the former Secretary of State for Energy, Nemesio Fernández-Cuesta, today took part in the 7th session of the Energy Prospectives debates, organised by the Naturgy Foundation and the IESE Business School.
Large-scale batteries associated with photovoltaic power plants will be the most viable method for developing this kind of power storage in Spain
A report by PwC and the Centre for Environmental, Technological and Energy Research (CIEMAT) concludes that the source of revenue from batteries will be determined by their arbitrage pricing capability in the market and ability to participate in adjustment services or capacity payments.
Boosting futures markets and reducing the role of the spot market would make electricity prices more stable and guarantee the investment needed in renewable energy to meet 2030 targets.
A PwC report published by the Naturgy Foundation analyses the best options for reforming wholesale electricity markets to address the mass integration of renewable energy while guaranteeing that consumers receive a quality service.
The document authors also support giving greater power to the system’s adjustment services, which would make it more flexible and allow for renewable technology, storage and energy demand management.
Climate ambitions, an agreement on emissions accounting and participation by the United States will be the key issues addressed at the forthcoming COP26 in Glasgow.
The Naturgy Foundation and the Spanish chapter of the Club of Rome are holding a series of webinars to reflect on and debate current issues related to energy and sustainability, with a session on the forthcoming Climate Summit that will be held in November.
Valvanera Ulargui, director general of the Spanish Office for Climate Change, and Pedro Linares, professor at the Higher Technical School of Engineering ICAI-University of Comillas, were the first guests in this series of conversations between experts.
79% of climate bonds issued in Spain in 2020 were used to invest in renewable energy and energy efficiency.
In Spain, sustainable financing has increased nine-fold over the past five years and in 2020 it grew by 45% compared to the previous year.
A study by Deloitte published by the Naturgy Foundation analysed the boom in sustainable financing within the framework of the energy transition and decarbonisation by 2050 objectives.
Spain needs 25 times more building renovation to comply with the energy efficiency goals of the Green Deal
A study published by the Naturgy Foundation which analyses success stories in the United States, Australia and Europe concludes that the single point of contact format will make launching renovation projects easier.E
Europe has still not succeeded in achieving the pace of property renovation needed to be climate neutral in 2050, which is why energy renovation will be essential to improving energy efficiency and meeting climate goals.