Tag: electricity
Sun shines on Repsol: Spain’s oil giant opens first solar plant
OIL giant Repsol has opened its first first PV solar farm as it moves towards decarbonisation. Located in the town of Manzanares, in the province...
How to save money on your monthly electricity bills under Spain’s new tariffs from June 1
SPAIN is introducing new voltage tariffs from June 1 that will significantly affect households and could reduce your monthly bill. You may have noticed that...
POWER PRICE HIKE: April electricity bill in Spain is most expensive ever
Gas is now said to be 200% more expensive than in 2020, which is having a direct effect on electricity costs.
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...
Green energy sparks lowest electricity prices in Spain for 17 years
Spanish society is also increasingly energy-efficient, as part of a general consciousness regarding the environment
Spain’s Repsol suffers staggering losses of €487 million in the first quarter of 2020
REPSOL has suffered losses of €487 million between January and March.
NEW law in Spain’s Andalucia allows 300,000 illegal homes AFO status, granting expats water and electricity access
The development will allow some of the many expats, who were duped into buying what they thought was a normal home, connection to water or electricity
FIGHT THE POWER: Olive Press launches campaign to stop network of 352 pylons ‘destroying’ Andalucia’s Lecrin Valley and Alpujarras
Thousands of people are affected and the proposed route, which begins in Conchar in the west and ends at Benahadux in the east, was approved back in 2015
Giant electricity pylons rampaging across the valley vista in Sierra Nevada
WHEN alternative therapist Adrian Wynter rebuilt a cortijo in the Alpujarras mountains, he spared no expense on the design. Bedrooms were rewired to hide...
British expats and locals furious at plans to build HUNDREDS of electric pylons across Andalucia’s iconic Driving Over Lemons...
Residents fear building the network of electricity masts will wreck the landscape and cause radiation
EU provides record funding to build new power cable between France and Spain
The submarine cable, costing €578 million, will run for 230 miles across the Bay of Biscay to help ease one of Europe’s worst network bottlenecks.
Homeowners in Spain facing mammoth hike in fuel bills for January
Homeowners are being warned by consumer associations
Selling your house: The importance of the home report pack
The sensible used property seller can compete in the market by having a Home Report prepared that gathers all the information on their property together and offers it as one pack to buyers
Carbon emissions increase faster in Spain than anywhere else in Europe
CO2 emissions rose by 4% last year in Spain with a 23% increase in the use of electricity
Green groups call for Spanish sun tax reform
The levy on solar power was introduced by the government in October
Power outage to hit Gibraltar
A controlled power outage will be carried out between 2am and 4am
Run down roads to get repairs in Torre del Mar
Mayor Francisco Bonilla plans to rejuvenate Torre del Mar as a 'flagship tourism town'
Energy plant in Granada to transform toxic waste into electricity
A revolutionary new technology is to be tried out at a power plant in Granada
PICTURE SPECIAL: ‘Elvis’ interrupted as electricity pylon goes up in flames in Estepona
Firefighters called to the scene by onlookers
Popular Nerja restaurant left powerless for a week after soaring energy bills
Fusion Food and Lounge is counting the cost after being plunged into darkness at peak time
Electric shocker
Electricity bills in Spain third highest in Europe just behind Cyprus and Ireland
Renewable energy meets demand for electricity
Just under half of electricity demand fulfilled by renewables in 2012
Spark goes out on electricity bill increase
Competition regulator outrules energy price hike
€90,000 later and still no electric
People living in rural parts of Spain are having trouble getting permission to install electricity in their homes
Christmas lights budget to be cut in Velez Malaga
Christmas lights to be toned down in Velez as socialists call Malaga's annual bill 'barbaric'
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BREAKING NEWS: Balearic Islands in Spain are included on new UK green travel list
SPAIN'S Balearic Islands have been included on an updated UK green travel list announced by Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps on Thursday evening. This means British...
