Today, the global head of energy at Boston Consulting Group appeared hopeful of the possibility of achieving the emissions reduction targets, and called for the business world to adapt and for government bodies to collaborate.
The introduction of renewable gas in Spain would reduce the greenhouse gas emissions forecast for 2030 by over 10%
The maximum renewable gas production potential in Spain could be the equivalent of 65% of the current total natural gas demand if it is purposefully developed.
European countries such as Germany, the United Kingdom and Sweden are very advanced in the development of this new energy vector, which Spain seeks to boost with the future Climate Change Act.
Experts call for an improvement in the regulation of biomass for domestic use to improve urban air quality
Representatives from the Administration, companies and the academic world share the opinion that there is a need to continue implementing measures to reduce the pollution rates in cities, during a conference held in Seville.
Assumpció Puig: “Energy rehabilitation is a strategy that addresses the challenge of reducing greenhouse gases”
The dean of the Association of Architects of Catalonia called for all the players involved to work together, at a seminar during which representatives of Barcelona City Council and the Catalan government pledged to take advantage of renewable energy in housing rehabilitation.
Vaclav Smil: “Replacing fossil fuels with renewable energies is a task that will inevitably occupy us for several generations.”
The scientist, ranked as one of the world’s top 100 thinkers according to ‘Foreign Policy’, said that “we need an accelerated energy transition to avoid excessive global warming.”
Smil emphasised the role of natural gas in decarbonisation and energy efficiency.
One out of five Spanish households in a situation of energy poverty have unemployed people
A study by the Chair of Energy Sustainability at Barcelona Institute of Economics-University of Barcelona analyses energy poverty from a perspective of the disposable incomes available to vulnerable groups.
Francisco Reynés: “Energy poverty is a social problem that cannot be ignored and Naturgy will continue to implement specific measures that help to reduce it”
During the event, a study by the Chair of Energy Sustainability at Barcelona Institute of Economics-University of Barcelona was presented, which analyses energy poverty from the perspective of available income for vulnerable groups and concludes that one out of five Spanish households in this situation has one or more members who are unemployed.
Some technified and digitalised power grids will be key for addressing the energy transition successfully
Today, Santiago de Compostela played host to a conference by the Naturgy Foundation, analysing the impact of the decentralisation of power generation in the energy model, the active role of the end user and the future perspective of the production process from multiple points and the closest point possible to the consumer.
Antonio Garamendi, President of the CEOE: “Regulation must be predictable and not cause stock market ups and downs of the magnitude we’ve witnessed lately.”
Today, the president of the CEOE inaugurated a session by the Naturgy Foundation on ‘The role of gas in the decarbonisation of the EU energy system’, where he stated that “environmental sustainability goes hand in hand with economic sustainability”.
Machine learning will be the principal factor in generating business value in a growing digital setting
The Strategic Customers Director of Google Cloud, José Manuel García Gavilán, confirms that the future of digital transformation depends on the use of artificial intelligence neural networks.
IKEA España, KPMG, Telefónica, Altran, Amazon Web Services, Meliá Hotels International and Naturgy elaborated on this during the event for digitalisation projects for the improvement of competition and client experience across 7 different sectors.