Ignacio Fariza

Water scarcity, accentuated by climate change, is being felt in the fields of one of the wettest countries in Europe

The EU has placed a large part of its hopes for decarbonization and strategic energy independence on wind farms. Of all member states, Denmark is in the lead: by 2030, the Scandinavian country’s energy production from wind turbines will exceed national demand

Brazil’s sales grow by a third, Mexico’s increase almost 50% and Colombia quadruples its shipments. Venezuela, Ecuador and Trinidad and Tobago went from not selling any last year to reaching the Spanish market

Electricity generation through solar, wind and water exceeded total demand in mainland Spain on Tuesday, a pattern that will be repeated more and more in the future

The US economist criticizes the loosening of regulations under Trump and discusses the risk that central banks will go too far with rate hikes

The shutdown of the remaining German reactors coincides with the startup of a new reactor on the Finnish coast

Green energy companies in the South American country are demanding changes to current laws and improvements to the electrical distribution systems. This is so that they can receive correct remuneration, while ensuring that megawatts are not wasted

Studies point to 2030 at the latest for a decline in demand for gasoline and diesel as electric vehicles continue to make inroads. Almost one in three new cars in China and one in four in Europe are already plug-in hybrids

Moscow is exploring all possible ways to survive European and American reprisals for the invasion of Ukraine

Since 2020, the global economy has been facing major shifts and challenges: unexpectedly high inflation, abrupt rate hikes, de-globalization and the energetic transition

Exxon, Chevron, Shell, BP and TotalEnergies made a combined net income of nearly $200 billion. The year of the Ukraine war was their best year in history

The United States is home to 16 of the 20 largest public businesses by market capitalization, one more than last year

The business magnate’s net value dropped significantly due to Tesla’s stock crash, while other tech chiefs also saw major losses, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index

The UK, Italy and Greece were the first to announce a specific levy on power giants, while Spain and Belgium recently proposed similar plans

The state-owned firm is making the most of the international isolation imposed on its direct competitor, Russia, and raising production gradually

The move will see the price of crude rise, in particular if the European Union follows suit. Seeking supply alternatives is currently a priority

Inflation is compounding the income gap in the country, with millions of workers struggling with the loss of purchasing power

Madrid says doing so would send the wrong signals to the financial markets as Europe works to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050

Renewable sources already cover almost half of the country’s consumption needs – so far this year, they have contributed almost 47% of the total compared to less than 30% a decade ago

With diesel prices spiking, the sector is calling for urgent action from the government, which it accuses of ‘neglect’

The health crisis has affected households with lower incomes worse than others, and has increased the already-existing gap in Spanish society

Experts, however, strongly reject concerns that there will be power outages this winter caused by Algeria’s closure of the Maghreb-Europe Pipeline

With winter around the corner and the price of energy skyrocketing, Madrid has sent a minister to Algiers to seek assurances that supply will be guaranteed

A new report forecasts growth of 5% in 2021 and 4% in 2022, not enough to make up for this year’s historic contraction of 11.6%

The head of the international organization is worried about the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on developing economies, which lack the recovery tools of developed countries

Central bank announces its medium-term plan for an economy that contracted 5.2% in the first quarter

The central lender has charted several scenarios for recovery and has issued a warning that the Spanish economy will not return to pre-crisis levels until at least 2022