As part of Spain’s efforts to meet its carbon emissions target, the legislation outlaws the sale of vehicles that emit carbon dioxide by 2040, and their circulation by 2050 Madrid: Spain’s parliament approved Thursday a clean energy bill aimed at achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 in line with EU targets, while also banning the sale […]
Spain calls on EU to assess potential carbon tax on power imports
Spain’s acting government has called on the European Union to assess a potential carbon tax on power imports to protect the bloc’s interests and help it to pursue its environmental targets amid growing public concern over climate change. In a letter sent to their counterparts in the European Commission last week, Energy Minister Teresa Ribera […]
Spanish climate plan mandates 6GW-by-2030 boost for energy storage
Upcoming snap elections in Spain will decide whether newly-proposed measures including a nation-wide 6GW boost to energy storage become a reality. Draft climate change legislation green-lighted by Spanish ministers last Friday mandates a 3.5GW increase in pumped storage capacity by 2030. This, according to the legislative package tabled by Pedro Sánchez’s socialist government, would be […]
