Catalonia's current renewable energy capacity is 5,018 MW. The target for 2050, to meet the European requirement of zero emissions, is to reach 61,861 MW. The work to be done is enormous and urgent. The starting point is deplorable. We are at the bottom of the list in Spain. The philosophy nimby (not in my backyard(Not in my house) has made a hole. It's gone too far.

Catalonia and Spain are undergoing a profound transformation towards a more sustainable energy model, driven by renewable energies. However, this process, essential for combating climate change and reducing dependence on fossil fuels, is progressing at uneven paces and faces significant challenges.

"Renewables yes, but not like this" is the new cry of protest against the installation of a photovoltaic or wind farm. The phrase has caught on among environmental groups and individuals who have always demonstrated against nuclear power plants, coal, and oil, and who now, to avoid blatant contradiction, are shifting their stance and introducing an adversarial nuance. What is it? What does this "but not like this" mean? It depends: it could mean "not in front of my window," or "not in this landscape that we have preserved for tourism or for the natural environment," or "if my town can't benefit from the electricity generated, then no."

The environmental crisis is crying out for an energy transition. We cannot continue consuming fossil fuels, or planet Earth will become uninhabitable for humans. Extreme weather events remind us of this with increasing frequency. We must accelerate the development of renewable energies: solar panels and wind turbines. How are things standing? Data: globally, between 2012 and 2022, the combined share of wind and solar power increased from 1% to 5% of total energy consumption. This is significant growth, but we are still far from replacing hydrocarbons. In fact, the increase in growing global demand has only been partially offset by the integration of immensely populated countries like China and India into the global economy. Furthermore, contrary to popular belief, the consumption of coal, oil, and gas has continued to grow in the 21st century, including the current third decade.

Catalonia continues to lag behind in renewable energy production: it ranks at the bottom of the list in Spain and Europe. It's proving very difficult, far too difficult, to catch up. Brussels' demands and our own commitments, approved by Parliament in 2017, are ambitious: by 2030, 50% of electricity demand should be covered by renewable energy, and by 2050, the goal is for clean energy to meet all demand. Right now, these targets seem unattainable. We have a serious problem.

A decade after the Paris Agreement, despite denialist theories spearheaded by the Donald Trump administration, climate change is here. And it's worse than predicted. "The Earth's vital signs have deteriorated far more than humans have ever witnessed." This is the warning froma reportA coalition of 15,000 scientists from around the world on International Climate Change Day. The study's lead author, Professor William Ripple of Oregon State University (USA), asserts: "Life on our planet is clearly threatened." "The hard truth is that we have failed to keep the temperature rise below 1.5 degrees," said UN Secretary-General António Guterres at the start of COP30. "Every fraction of a degree [of temperature increase] means more hunger, displacement, and loss, especially for the least responsible," he warned.

Global energy consumption broke records in 2024 across all its forms: coal, oil, natural gas, and renewables all reached their highest points to date. But the only one that can be said with absolute certainty to decrease in the future is coal, which is projected to reach peak demand before 2030 and then begin to decline. In contrast, oil and natural gas will only stop growing if the world's governments fulfill their climate commitments—that is, the plans they have submitted to the UN to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. This is the conclusion of the International Energy Agency's annual report, the World Energy Outlook, which was released this Wednesday at the [event/conference/etc.]. UN climate summit in Brazil, COP30

Donald Trump's anti-green energy policies in the United States are beginning to have a global impact. The International Energy Agency (IEA) has revised downward its forecasts for renewable electricity growth. This agency has cut its estimates for 2030 by 5% compared to the previous forecast. This modification is essentially related to the restrictive policies of the US administration, according to this organization's annual report. In its analysis, the agency highlights that projections for the world's leading power have been cut by almost 50% compared to those made last year.

According to the foundation that represents them, microvillages are municipalities with fewer than a thousand inhabitants, occupying half of our country's territory and home to only 2.4% of the population. This represents a large part of rural Catalonia, which is experiencing demographic and economic recession.

From the renewable energy community, we eagerly awaited an agreement on Decree Law 12/25 on renewables. We desperately wanted it because we are aware ofthe great lack in which we find ourselves after years of immobility. Surprisingly and with great sadness, we have discovered that there is no agreement, and that we are once again returning to what, on a practical level, is a moratorium on renewable energy. A colossal disaster, in short.

We still don't know the causes of the massive blackout on April 28th that left the entire Iberian Peninsula without power, but we do know that lack of investment and grid instability are two related weaknesses that need to be addressed. Renewable energy sources are not responsible for the blackout, but a lack of planning and foresight when integrating them into the electricity system may have a lot to do with it. This lack of foresight and planning is also being felt now in the situation of 8,500 small Catalan investors in solar energy—62,000 in Spain—who have been abandoned by the same administration that pushed them to make the investment and that now compensates, for the same reasons, large international funds but leaves them to the same end.

In the face of the climate emergency, the global energy crisis, and the need to move toward a greener and more autonomous economy, renewable energies have become a strategic priority. In this context, biomethane, a carbon-neutral energy source, is presented as an immediate and effective solution to address the challenges of organic waste. It has similar qualities to natural gas and can facilitate an efficient and affordable energy transition. Naturgy is strongly committed to biomethane as a key element in decarbonizing the economy and accelerating a new, more sustainable and carbon-independent energy model. Biomethane, specifically, is produced from the treatment of urban, agricultural, livestock, and agri-food waste, as well as wastewater. This circular energy reduces dependence on fossil fuels, takes advantage of existing infrastructure, and

An increasingly worrying electricity deficit and the decommissioning of nuclear power plants—last year they produced more than 50% of the energy consumed in Catalonia—have put us on alert. And all that was missing was the recent major blackout. Catalonia consumes more electricity than it generates. In 2024, electricity consumption in the Principality was 44.1 TWh, while production stood at 37.4 TWh, representing a deficit of 15.19%.

Of the sources of electricity generation, some have inertia and others do not. Inertia is the energy accumulated in a moving body—if the motion is linear, it is expressed as the mass multiplied by the velocity squared, and if it is rotating, it is expressed as the mass and its distance from the axis of rotation squared, multiplied by the angular velocity squared. Kinetic energy. This energy dissipates over time, but instantly tends to be maintained, whether the force opposing the rotation increases or decreases. In short, if a hydraulic turbine sees the force opposing its rotation increase or decrease, its speed will immediately decrease or increase very little, due to inertia. The same will occur with a combined-cycle gas turbine.

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Schroders Greencoat, a British renewable energy infrastructure management giant, has made a new entry into the Spanish renewable energy business. It has agreed to become a partner with a 49% stake in Repsol's 400-megawatt (MW) solar and wind portfolio. The deal is valued at approximately €580 million.

The irresponsibility of the People's Party governments' imposing the so-called "tax on the sun" (which forced energy self-consumers to pay additional tax) will go down in history books as an example of bad government and political and environmental short-sightedness. It delayed for many years the process of energy transition in the State, and this means that now we have to hurry to achieve minimum standards which in other countries have been the norm for some time. This is proved by the fact that since the repeal of the tax that penalised self-consumption, the number of new installations multiplied, as has the power installed, and not only by individuals but also by companies. At a time when the price of electricity is skyrocketing due to the type of tariff system in Spain – which penalises the consumer, since the energy produced in fossil fuel plants such as gas, which is more expensive and polluting, is the one that ends up setting the final price – the option of self-consumption, despite the initial investment, is gaining more and more followers.

Catalan Climate Action minister Teresa Jordà admitted this Friday that the 500 MW Tramuntana offshore wind farm off the coast of Roses can play "an important role" in the decarbonisation of Catalonia, although she recalled that the installation does not depend on the Generalitat, but on the Spanish government, as it will have over 50 MW and is in external waters. Jordà has insisted that the Government will ensure that things "are done rigorously and well", protecting the fishing grounds and birds in the area, and with a buried export cable.

Aragon has managed to capture one of the largest green hydrogen projects in Spain thanks to the development of renewables in the region. The project will be eligible for support from European recovery funds through the PERTE for renewable energy, renewable hydrogen and storage.

Obtaining sustainable fuels from nature is nothing new, and there are already several brands, such as Geely or Audi, who have been working on the research and development of new synthetic fuels that use organic waste or even volcanic lava as a source of energy to obtain fuel in a sustainable way for some time.