Earlier today, Christopher Jones and Andris Piebalgs, both from the European University Institute, and Nemesio Fernández-Cuesta, the former State Secretary for Energy, took part in a conference organised by the Naturgy Foundation and highlighted the great European challenge of diversifying gas imports.
Álvaro Nadal and Jordi Sevilla call for a medium- and long-term outlook in energy policy development
The former Minister for Public Administration Services and former Chairman of Red Eléctrica de España (REE), Jordi Sevilla, analysed the secondary effects of the energy transition and the role to be played by governments.
In turn, the former Minister of Energy, Tourism and the Digital Agenda, Álvaro Nadal, referred to possible measures in his speech on tackling the current volatility in the energy market.
The development of shared self-supply and demand aggregators will boost the role of consumers in the energy transition
A study drawn up by PWC and published by the Naturgy Foundation claims that further efforts are needed on new regulatory measures and more work should be done on simplifying bureaucratic procedures to achieve progress in the implementation of these mechanisms, but also highlights that other flexibility and stability measures for the system will still be required as the sector undertakes a transformation.
Major Spanish companies are the driving force for implementing sustainability criteria in SME management
Experts from Robeco and Forética argue that the energy sector and finance sector are spearheads for integrating sustainability in business management, and they state that companies are institutions that are incapable of incorporating sustainability will have no future.
Two out of three Spanish energy companies have a Sustainability Plan
According to a report published by the Naturgy Foundation and Deloitte, the energy sector is extending its responsible management policy by assessing 77% of its collaborators with ESG criteria.
Vaclav Smil: “There is no rational scenario that relegates natural gas to an insignificant role before 2050”
The scientist, ranked as one of the 100 leading world thinkers by Foreign Policy, argues that “to date, there is no clear nor technically sound path toward decarbonisation”.
“The International Energy Agency forecasts that world gas consumption in 2040 will exceed the level of 2019 by almost 28%”, notes the University of Manitoba lecturer, who today presented ‘Natural gas in the new energy world’, published by the Naturgy Foundation.
Martin Wolf: “Putting a stop to growth is not the solution for climate change. Technology is the only way forward.”
Financial Times Associate Editor says to keep the global temperature increase to under 1.5ºC, we must reduce emissions 40% by 2030.
Bank of Spain Governor Pablo Hernández de Cos, meanwhile, highlighted the long-term benefits of early adoption of policies that promote the transition towards a carbon-neutral economy, stressing the need for a holistic approach that involves all stakeholders in achieving it.
Europe must maintain mechanisms that mitigate the impact of the transition to continue leading the decarbonisation process
EIT Innoenergy CEO Diego Pavía and Deloitte European Policy Centre Managing Director Pablo Zalba discuss the future of renewable energies in Europe in an online session organised by the Naturgy Foundation and the Spanish Chapter of The Club of Rome.
Spain must drive the digitalisation of its electricity networks to contribute to decarbonisation of the energy system
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.
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.