Some member states concerned that Spain is placing too high a priority on electric cars.
The Spanish presidency of the EU is facing resistance from national governments in its attempt to boost the development of a European electric car industry.
Spain wants industry ministers to adopt a statement on 1 March calling on the European Commission to [...]
Urban solid waste, sludge from water treatment plants and livestock slurry could be used to generate up to 7% of Spain’s electricity, say researchers.
The team from the University of Zaragoza say that incinerating solid waste reduces the burden on landfill and the potential for the emission of methane as waste decomposes.
“It gives added value to [...]
Summary:
Magnitude ML 2.2
Region SPAIN
Northwest Iberia Margin
Date time 2010-02-18 at 22:24:30.0 UTC
Location 42.33 N ; 8.58 W
Depth 18 km
Distances 16 km NE Vigo (pop 292,745 ; local time 23:24 2010-02-18)
6 km N Redondela (pop 30,000 ; local time 23:24 2010-02-18)
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Summary:
Magnitude ML 2.0
Region SPAIN
Galicia – Tras-os-montes
Date time 2010-02-16 at 09:33:18.0 UTC
Location 42.82 N ; 6.57 W
Depth 1 km
Distances 84 km SW Oviedo (pop 211,398 ; local time 10:33 2010-02-16)
26 km SW Villablino (pop 11,693 ; local time 10:33 2010-02-16)
7 km NE Fabero (pop 5,150 ; local time 10:33 2010-02-16)
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Summary:
Magnitude ML 3.1
Region SPAIN
Date time 2010-02-13 at 22:16:57.0 UTC
Location 38.32 N ; 3.19 W
Depth 11 km
Distances 81 km NE Jaén (pop 116,400 ; local time 23:16 2010-02-13)
24 km NW Villacarrillo (pop 11,013 ; local time 23:16 2010-02-13)
8 km N Santisteban del puerto (pop 4,756 ; local time 23:16 2010-02-13)
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Iberdrola Renovables SA, the world’s largest operator of wind parks, agreed to buy Spain’s largest wind farm from Gamesa Corporacion Tecnologica SA.
Renovables, based in Valencia, paid Gamesa 320 million euros ($441 million) for 244 megawatts of power capacity in Andevalo, Spain, the company said in an e-mailed statement.
Renovables is Gamesa’s largest customer for wind turbines. [...]
EU industry ministers on Tuesday (9 February) discussed plans to establish a common strategy for electric cars, a pet project of the Spanish EU presidency.
Following the informal talks in the northern Spanish city of San Sebastian, the country´s industry minister Miguel Sebastian said it was not an exaggeration to say that the electric vehicle “has [...]
Spanish and Lebanese officials celebrated on Saturday the launching of an apiculture (beekeeping) project in Akkar. The center in Deir Dalloum, Akkar, was opened in the presence of Spanish Ambassador to Lebanon Juan Carlos Gafo, Economy and Trade Minister Mohammad Safadi, Javier Gila from AIDA Association, the research and management team of the Apiculture Department of [...]