How is Spain in terms of sustainability? Sustainability encompasses many areas and we cannot not integrate the scope of the effects. We are facing many aspects that make up our life: Sustainable Development Goals, clean energy, efficient residential system, biodiversity, industry and sustainable agricultural and livestock systems … How can households and businesses benefit from […]
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Coffee Capsules In The Yellow Container And Other Common Mistakes When It Comes To Recycling
The recycling process is relatively simple, but there are a number of misconceptions that are very present in the collective imagination that can make it difficult. In addition, other less common residues can also lead to errors or problems. These are the most typical. Plastics in the yellow container Although plastic containers can be deposited […]
Banks start the ‘green’ race to decarbonise 12,000 million euros of their balance sheet before 2030
Banks have started the great race towards the decarbonization of their balance sheets to adapt to the objectives of the fight against climate change and reduce their exposure and risk to the sectors and companies that postulate themselves as big losers of the great ‘green’ revolution . In the last two weeks, Santander and BBVA […]
MarÃa Retuerto, CSIC chemist: “Green hydrogen opens a new world to decarbonize the energy sector”
This researcher from the Institute of Catalysis and Petroleochemistry has won one of the L’Orà © al-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science for her studies on this renewable energy source that has aroused the interest of governments and large companies Carmen Becerril, president of the Electric Market Operator: “We have to get used to […]
Energy efficiency, that great unknown: how to save at home beyond LED bulbs?
On March 5 the World Energy Efficiency Day, an initiative that seeks to consume energy more intelligently, without wasting a few kilowatts that in one way or another end up damaging the atmosphere. The concept -related to the environment and renewable energy, but also to savings and consumption habits- is increasingly present in our lives, […]
Starbucks coffee, package pickup and € 400,000 investment in chargers: how gas stations adapt to the green revolution
As of the year 2040, new vehicles (excluding commercial ones) will not be able to emit carbon dioxide, according to the Climate Change and Energy Transition Law. In addition, the law also contemplates the installation of electric recharging points “in service stations with the highest sales volume”; a total of 10% of the network. The […]
Carmen Becerril, president of the Electric Market Operator: “We have to get used to more volatility in the price of electricity”
Carmen Becerril is a member of the Superior Body of Civil Administrators of the State and has held many positions of high responsibility in the energy sector both in the public and private sectors. Since September 2018 he has presided over OMEL, the Electric Market Operator that manages the price of electricity in Spain and […]
The UN urges action in the face of the “triple ecological crisis” facing the planet
The UN Environmental Assembly (UNEA-5) has made a global call to action against the “triple ecological crisis”. The virtual summit that takes place from February 22 to 26 establishes for the first time the connection between climate change, the loss of biodiversity and pollution and will place a special emphasis on the” solutions “that they […]
Sustainable but empty: the virus pauses the ‘green boom’ of tech headquarters
Hanging tree houses for business meetings, futuristic structures powered by renewable energy, green spaces that rival the best botanical gardens in the world … In 2019, big tech companies rushed to create idyllic workplaces with which to attract the best talent. After a year of pandemic, these headquarters -some already completed, others half-built- are now […]
The industry asks Maroto for protection against the blow by the renewable fund that Transición Ecológica is preparing
Large industry has intensified its pressure on the minister Reyes Maroto so that it tries to stop or at least mitigate the impact that, according to the report, the sector will involve the approval of the National Fund for the Sustainability of the Electric System on its already precarious international competitiveness. Several of the main […]