Spain 2021: energy policy review
The International Energy Agency (IEA) regularly conducts in-depth peer reviews of the energy policies of its member countries. This process supports energy policy development and encourages the exchange
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Monitoring of Pb exposure in waterfowl ten years after a mine spill through the use of noninvasive sampling
Lead exposure in waterfowl was studied using noninvasive fecal sampling in the Guadalquivir Marshes in Spain, an area affected by the 1998 Aznalcóllar mine disaster. Feces of greylag geese (Anser anser,
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Wind power capacity grew 20% globally in 2012, figures show
A relative slowdown in new wind turbine construction in China was offset by increases in the US, Germany, India and the UK Wind power expanded by almost 20% in 2012 around the world to reach a new peak
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Windfarms break energy record in Spain
Past three months saw windfarms produce more electricity than any other source for first time, trade body says Over the last three months wind farms produced more electricity than any other power source
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Unemployment in Spain reaches 26 pct in January
Spain's unemployment rate has reached 26.02 percent in January, the Spanish Ministry of Employment and Social Security reported on Monday. The number of people registered as unemployed in Spain rose
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Spain unveils fresh energy reforms that hit renewables
Spain took steps on Friday to cap the government's growing debt to the energy sector, including ending a link between power tariffs and the consumer price index and restricting pricing options for renewable
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The how-to of solar energy
Grid-based solar power only reaches only households that are connected to energy supply, and simply subsidises costly solar for an already-reached population India’s solar power policy is now entering round two. Much needs to be reviewed and reworked, since the business of solar energy has seen massive turbulence in India as well as globally. In the first phase (2010 to 2013) of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM), the target was to set up 1,000-2,000 MW of grid-based solar power in the country. By 2013, the country has indeed commissioned some 1,000 MW of solar power, but 700 MW of this target comes from a non-JNNSM state, Gujarat.
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Govt aims to improve tourism in N-E
Telugu superstar and tourism minister K. Chiranjeevi here on Saturday said that his ministry has set a target of attracting one per cent of world tourists to India in next five years. Pointing out that
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Clean energy investment fell 11% in 2012
Investment in clean energy projects dipped 11 per cent last year, according to new figures from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), which confirmed the $268.7bn invested still made 2012 the second most
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Estimating how inflated or obscured effects of climate affect forecasted species distribution
Climate is one of the main drivers of species distribution. However, as different environmental factors tend to co-vary, the effect of climate cannot be taken at face value, as it may be either inflated
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EU ministers hail "balanced" fishing quota deal
European Union fisheries ministers hammered out a 2013 quota deal on Thursday which they said struck a compromise between protecting over-exploited stocks such as haddock and plaice and safeguarding fishermen's