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Nine EU member states reject need for energy market reform or climate rethink
Nine EU member states have rejected suggestions from France and Spain that Europe's wholesale energy markets need reform in response to the current energy price crisis, they said in a joint letter ahead of an emergency meeting of EU energy ministers to be held Oct. 26.
read more... 26/10/2021
Spain to phase out coal, nuclear and oil-fired plants by 2035
Spain is on track to phase out nuclear power, coal power and oil-fired plants by 2035.
read more... 21/10/2021
Spain urges EU to take energy crisis measures ‘beyond winter’
Ahead of this week’s EU summit, Spain has urged the bloc to implement urgent and coordinated measures to mitigate rising energy prices, warning of a “risk” that energy shortages could last beyond next winter in Europe.
read more... 21/10/2021
Spain to seek $1.5B loan from EU recovery fund for EV plan
Spain will ask for a first loan worth 1.3 billion euros ($1.5 billion) from the European Union's Recovery and Resilience Facility to finance a plan to build electric cars, according to the draft 2022 budget submitted to the country's parliament.
read more... 15/10/2021
Spanish energy tax threatens EU’s green hydrogen plans, industry warns
As energy prices soar across Europe, the chairman of electricity giant Iberdrola warned of short-sighted measures in Spain that are threatening the expansion of renewable electricity needed for the production of green hydrogen.
read more... 07/10/2021