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Work starting soon to dismantle Spain's oldest nuclear reactor in Burgos province

Work starts soon to dismantle Spain’s oldest nuclear reactor in Burgos province

DECOMMISSIONING of Spain’s oldest nuclear reactor will start ‘very soon’ according to the Ministry of Ecological Transition. Production was halted at Garoña in 2012 after joint owners Endesa and Iberdrola under holding

18 Jul, 2023 @ 11:15

Environment·Lead

Spain’s airport operator steps up solar power push as part of new electricity supply deal

SPAIN’S airport operator Aena has signed new electricity supply contracts with Endesa and Iberdrola as it steps up the roll out of solar power installations across its entire airport network. It says

4 Jul, 2023 @ 15:45

Environment·Lead·National News

First Public Electric Charging Points For Lorries Open In Spain's Costa Blanca And Murcia Areas

Spain’s first public electric charge points for lorries enter service in Costa Blanca and Murcia areas

SPAIN’S first two public electric charging points for lorries opened on Monday at strategic points off the AP-7 motorway in the east of the country. The stations at Sangonera in Murcia and

13 Mar, 2023 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Murcia·Valencian Community

Spain’s power company Iberdrola reports record international profits but suffers 19% domestic fall

POWER firm Iberdrola reported a record annual net profit of €4.3 billion last year across the globe but its domestic operation in Spain saw a 19% profit fall. The company said on

22 Feb, 2023 @ 10:53

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Power firm Iberdrola fined €68,000 after griffon vulture is electrocuted in Spain’s Valencia

IBERDROLA’S power distribution division has been fined €68,667 after a griffon vulture was electrocuted on a Valencia Province power line. The penalty was imposed by the Valencian Community’s Ministry of Agriculture. The

17 Jan, 2023 @ 19:30

Environment·Lead·Nature·Valencia·Valencian Community

A Mysterious High Pitch Noise Is Driving British Resident Crazy On Spain's Costa Blanca

EXCLUSIVE: British woman being driven crazy by mysterious high-pitched noise around her Costa Blanca home in Spain

A BRITISH expat is going out of her mind over a high-pitched shrill that’s been plaguing her around her Moraira home. She believes it could be linked to an Iberdrola electricity substation

16 Nov, 2022 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Premium·Valencian Community

Spain’s Iberdrola announces €17 billion investment in renewables across Europe and USA

ENERGY giant Iberdrola will invest €47 billion in electricity networks, renewable energy production and customer businesses over the next two years. Around €17 billion of that figure will go on renewables with

9 Nov, 2022 @ 18:45

Business & Finance·Environment·Lead

Utility Giant Iberdrola Reports Net Profit Drop Of 14% In Spain

Utility giant Iberdrola reports profit fall of 14% in Spain

SPANISH energy provider Iberdola has reported a 29% rise in profits over the first nine months of 2022 compared to the same period last year. That’s down to its US and Brazilian

26 Oct, 2022 @ 11:40

Business & Finance·Lead

Power company Iberdrola admits personal details of 1.3 million customers in Spain were hacked

PERSONAL data of 1.3 million Iberdrola customers were hacked in a cyberattack on March 15 according to the El Pais newspaper. The criminals seized information from the energy provider’s customer database including

31 Mar, 2022 @ 20:30

Crime & Law·Lead

Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez announces expansion of Ukrainian refugee centre in Malaga to provide more temporary accommodation

Pedro Sanchez announces electricity bill tax cuts will be extended in Spain

TAX cuts on electricity bills and a windfall tax on power companies will stay in place until the end of June. IVA on bills were slashed in October from 21% to 10%.

2 Mar, 2022 @ 12:51

Lead·National News

Largest ultra-fast electric car charging point in southern Europe opens by Costa Blanca airport in Spain

SPANISH power company Iberdrola has opened what it claims to be southern Europe’s largest electric car recharging area. The ‘ultra-fast’ facility is located on the A-70 on the southern Costa Blanca close

17 Feb, 2022 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Spain’s fat cats under renewed investigation over corporate spying

SEVERAL of Spain’s most powerful businessmen are once again implicated in a far-reaching spying scandal. On Monday Spain’s High Court has placed Antonio Brufau, chairman of oil company Repsol, and Isidro Faine,

8 Feb, 2022 @ 15:00

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Politics

Prado Museum In The Streets Pic Iberdrola

Prado in the streets: Madrid’s famous museum takes to the road in Spain

IF you can’t take people to the museum, take the museum to the people. Madrid’s world famous Prado museum has set up an exhibition featuring life-size photos of some of its most

5 Dec, 2021 @ 15:00

La Cultura·Lead·Madrid

Major power company in Spain offers to help industrial customers if government scraps windfall tax plans

LEADING Spanish energy provider Iberdrola says it will help industrial customers if the government scraps plans for a windfall tax. Domestic electricity bills have been subsidised by the government with reduced taxes

22 Oct, 2021 @ 11:20

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Energy Bosses Summoned To Meet Top Spanish Government Minister As Power Prices Continue To Sky Rocket In Spain

Energy bosses summoned to meet government minister as power prices continue to sky-rocket in Spain

POWER firm bosses in Spain are set to meet with a leading government minister to discuss sky-rocketing energy prices. The El Pais newspaper says that Iberdrola, Endesa, and Naturgy CEO’s have been

7 Oct, 2021 @ 13:56

Lead·National News

Power Firm Iberdrola To Be Investigated Over Virtually Draining A Reservoir In Zamora Province Area Of Spain

Power firm Iberdrola is being probed over draining a reservoir in Zamora Province area of Spain

IBERDROLA is to be investigated over the controversial draining of a reservoir in western Spain. The power company has been accused of breaking rules at the Ricobayo reservoir in Zamora Province. The

20 Aug, 2021 @ 12:05

Environment·Lead·National News

SUNNY OUTLOOK as Spain’s top power provider unveils first solar plant projects in Valencian Community

ENERGY company Iberdrola is to build its first three solar energy power plants in the Valencian Community costing €235 million. Two of the new facilities will be in the Avora-Cofrentes Valley in

7 Mar, 2021 @ 10:00

Environment·Valencia·Valencian Community

Energy Firm Iberdrola Announces Massive Floating Wind Power Farm For Spain S Coast

Energy firm Iberdrola announces plan for massive floating wind power farm off Spain’s coast

SPANISH energy company Iberdrola wants to spend over €1 billion on a massive floating wind power farm off the coast, so long as it can get cash help from the European Union.

16 Feb, 2021 @ 17:45

Business & Finance·Environment·Lead

City on Spain’s Costa Blanca runs on 100% renewable energy sources for entire year

ORIHUELA, in the Vega Baja region of Spain’s Costa Blanca South, has just announced that all of the Iberdrola electricity used throughout 2019 came from renewable sources. It means that all municipal

3 Feb, 2021 @ 10:45

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Iberdrola triples its commitment to renewable energy in Andalucia with €1.5bn investment

By Laurence Crumbie IBERDROLA´S chairman, Ignacio Sanchez Galan, has announced that the energy company will increase its renewable facilities in Andalucia to 3,000 megawatts over the next five years. The plan will

1 Oct, 2020 @ 16:06

Huelva·Lead

Zara among most valuable brands in the world, according to new rankings

Zara reigned supreme in 82 position with a value of $17.5 billion and Santander was close behind in 92 with a value of $16.2 billion.

5 Feb, 2018 @ 11:51

Business & Finance·La Cultura·Lead

Spanish electricity company Iberdrola files lawsuit against state-owned Bankia

Iberdrola is seeking €12.4 million in compensation

24 Jun, 2016 @ 15:02

Business & Finance

Spanish power provider Acciona named world’s most green company

Acciona tops world list of 100 most eco-friendly utilities

25 Nov, 2015 @ 08:01

Business & Finance·Environment·Lead

Greenpeace activists dodge jail after Valencia nuclear plant break-in

16 activists were facing the longest jail sentences ever handed to Greenpeace in Spain

17 Dec, 2014 @ 15:48

National News

Spain’s biggest companies must repay billions of tax break euros

Telefonica, Santander and energy group Iberdrola are among them

31 Oct, 2014 @ 15:00

Business & Finance·Other News

Iberdrola opens €2 billion offshore wind farm in West Duddon Sands

The world leading Spanish energy company inaugurated its first offshore project two months ahead of schedule

31 Oct, 2014 @ 13:37