The International Energy Agency (IEA) regularly conducts in-depth peer reviews of the energy policies of its member countries. This process supports energy policy development and encourages the exchange of international best practices and experiences. Since the last IEA review in 2015, Spain has solved a long-standing issue of tariff deficits …
European Union emissions of greenhouse gases blamed for stoking global warming fell by 1.2 percent in 2007, paradoxically aided by a mild winter that cut heating demand, EU data showed on Friday. Emissions by the 27-nation bloc in 2007, before the current global economic downturn, dipped to 9.2 percent below …
The sea of northern Spain is shortly to be invaded - by robots. Scientists are building a shoal of robot fish to be let loose in the port of Gijon to check on the quality of the water. Modelled on carp and costing about
MADRID: El Bierzo, a mountainous region in Spain's northwest, is undergoing a remarkable makeover financed by the government, the European Union and private industry. Once the center of a major coal mining industry, and still sitting on some of the country's biggest reserves, the region went into economic decline, with …
In 1999, Aspen and David Edge bought Semilla Besada, a 12 hectare farm in southern Spain, with the intention of re-establishing its family farming tradition. They faced various challenges: the dryland environment, lack of markets and little social support. However, through using various management and design tools, encouraging diversity on …
A smoking law was passed by the Spanish Parliament in December 2005 and was enforced by 1 January 2006. The law bans smoking in all indoor workplaces but only in some hospitality venues, because owners are allowed to establish a smoking zone (venues > 100 m2) or to allow smoking …
The final shape of the European energy market is emerging: an oligopoly After years of legal fights, hurt pride and face-saving compromises, the saga of Endesa, a Spanish utility, and Enel, an Italian energy giant, came to an end on February 20th. It had started when the Spanish government tried …
Breakthrough By Spanish Researchers Raises Hopes Of Saving Endangered And Lost Species London: In what could raise hopes for the regeneration of extinct species, scientists have for the first time resurrected the Pyrenean ibex, a wild mountain goat, by cloning it from frozen tissue. The Pyrenean ibex was officially declared …
Research into new storage technologies is a field in which much is afoot. After all, if heat supply is to be based on solar energy in the future, this calls for more effective storage tanks than those available today.
Spain's Ministry of Industry investigates large scale PV plants after construction and finds two-thirds false reports. Unfinished projects are now threatening to exhaust the quota for 2009.
A German research ship laden with 20 tonnes of iron sulphate has whipped up a storm of protest as it sails towards the Antarctic, where it intends to dump its cargo into the ocean late this week.
Countries like Spain are facing desertification. India is not too far behind, writes Kirtiman Awasthi Winemakers in Spain could soon find themselves scrambling for juicy red grapes. People may also find olives and cheese missing from their salad plates. The olive and grape farms that thrived in the balmy Mediterranean …
This is the second volume in the new series on the Values of Protected Landscapes and Seascapes produced by the Protected Landscapes Task Force of IUCN
A rich country hit by the socio-economics of desertification winemakers in Spain could soon find themselves scrambling for juicy red grapes. People may also find olives and cheese missing from their salad plates. The olive and grape farms that thrived in the balmy Mediterranean could become relics of the past …
By DANIEL WOOLLS MADRID Nov. 24: A new kind of silent hero has joined the fight against climate change. Santa Coloma de Gramenet, a gritty, working-class town outside Barcelona, has placed a sea of solar panels atop mausoleums at its cemetery, transforming a place of perpetual rest into one buzzing …
