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Renewables

Spain on track to pass 50 pct renewable energy generation in 2023
Spain expected to surpass 50% average renewables mark on its grid this year, beating neighbouring EU powerhouses to the milestone.
Joshua S Hill

Jun 8, 2023

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Renewables

Wind power drives new renewables record for Spain: 50.7 pct in May
Renewable energy supplied just over half of Spain’s electricity demand over the month of May, boosted by second-biggest wind market.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 4, 2021

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Renewables

Iberdrola to replace last Spanish coal plants with subsidy-free wind and solar
Spanish electric utility Iberdrola uses Madrid climate talks to announce plans to replace its last two coal-fired power plants with subsidy-free wind and solar.
Joshua S Hill

Dec 3, 2019

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Electric Vehicles

Madrid bans ICE cars in favour of EVs – starting next month
Madrid to implement plan to replace ICE cars with EVs on its central city streets – from late next month.
Bridie Schmidt

Oct 29, 2018

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Other Good Stuff

Spain scraps “sun tax,” moves to boost solar self-consumption
Spanish government agrees to scrap much-reviled tax on solar self-consumption, brings in new rules removing all costs and barriers to self-consumed power.
Joshua S Hill

Oct 10, 2018

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Electric Vehicles

Nissan launches an all-electric camper van
Japanese car-maker behind world’s biggest selling EV has quietly launched an all-electric camper van.
Bridie Schmidt

Jul 26, 2018

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Renewables

Spain nears 50% renewables for first half 2018, led by wind power
Wind, hydro and solar combined to supply 45.8% of Spain’s electricity demand in first six months of 2018.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 13, 2018

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Commentary

A regulatory blow to Spain’s subsidised coal-fired electricity sector
Security-of supply justifications are seen in Spain as just political schemes to support the status quo. Hello Australia.
Gerard Wynn Paolo Coghe and Carlota Ruiz-Bautista

Jan 30, 2018

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Coal

Spain: The high cost of political interference in power markets
Spain is the latest example of governments intervening in power markets to prop up gas, coal and nuclear power, including capacity and “grid reliability” payments.
Gerard Wynn

Nov 21, 2017

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Other Good Stuff

Spain’s auction allocates 3.5 GW of solar PV capacity
Solar had the largest share in Spain’s renewable energy auction, leaving wind power, which won all the allocated capacity in the previous auction, with just 720 MW.
Emiliano Bellini

Jul 27, 2017

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