The first project of its kind in the world, GE has completed a major upgrade of a Frame 6B gas turbine in just seven short weeks at an industrial recycling mill in El Burgo de Ebro (Sargossa), Spain. Replacing the key components of the turbine with new, advanced design parts in a single unit has [...]

The Secretary General of the Madrid Socialists and candidate for the Presidency of the Community of Madrid, Tomas Gomez, has pledged to create 75,000 green jobs in the region if he governs from May 22 next. “Our challenge is to commit to renewable energy: ‘green jobs’ as Jesus Caldera calls it. I call it red [...]

Energy conservation has become a major current issue since the Spanish government opened fire on motorways last Friday. All conservation measures are designed to reduce fuel and oil consumption. Spanish energy dependence is very high, considering that 84% of primary energy has to be imported and the majority of these imports are oil and other [...]

The Council of Ministers is expected to approve, at its meeting tomorrow, a plan drafted by the Ministry of Industry containing additional measures to save energy. It is hoped that this will soften the effects of the oil crisis caused by the current situation in North Africa and the Middle East. These measures were adopted [...]

A statement made by Ricardo González Mantero, the Director General of the Energy and Mines Council of Castilla León, claims that biomass and biofuels are to be included as energy saving measures by the Council Ministers.   This statement followed a meeting with Miguel Sebastian and various autonomous representatives, held yesterday, 3rd of March in [...]

Navarra is a pioneering region in renewable energy, especially in terms of wind power, and was the birthplace of EHN, which later became Acciona Energy. A third part of Navarra’s energy plan, Navarra Horizon 2020, was presented yesterday by the Regional Executive. It provides a further boost to energy actions with the intention of not [...]

The President of the Council of Extremadura, Guillermo Fernández Vara, considers it “essential” to reach an agreement with social partners on energy policy in order to define the “development” of the energy sector over the next 20 years. Speaking at the inauguration of the thermal plant, La Dehesa, which took place on Tuesday, 22nd February, [...]

Industry and the Association of Galician Wind (EGA) have agreed to establish two working groups to coordinate the evacuation solutions for energy produced in the community and to streamline the administrative processing of farms. Both sides have stressed that the development of new wind power to be installed in Galicia “could be accelerated” with the [...]

More than two hundred Spanish and European companies as well as institutions, political representatives, thirty MEPs, environmental organizations and others have signed a manifesto presented in Brussels to demand that in 2050 100 per cent of Europe’s energy will come from renewable sources. Among the signatories are industry associations, professionals, academics, workers, environmentalists and other [...]

The European Commission has designated as “priority” the gas and electric interconnection between Spain and France, a decision which will allow European funds and the co-financing of energy projects in the region from 2012. “The Iberian Peninsula has so far been slightly isolated,” acknowledged European Commissioner for Energy, Gunther Oettinger at a press conference. He [...]