Is the Digital Transition compatible with the Energy Transition?
Portugal and Spain are well on track for the Energy Transition. Recent reports, such as the one by the think tank Ember, show that the Iberian Peninsula has one of the cleanest electricity mixes in Europe. Renewable energies will account for 62% of the electricity generated in 2024. With the closure of coal and gas […]
Sufficiency, the forgotten side of the energy transition in Spain
The energy transition model, sponsored by government strategies and large and “renewed” energy companies, focuses its development on a new model that replaces the production capacity from a fossil model with one based on renewable energies. The key aspect focuses on maintaining the level of production by changing the source of energy production. The search […]
Where is the Energy Transition Headed?: STEP Team Research and Preliminary Results
Table 1. Conversations was developed as the first activity of the “Seminar on Energy Transition in the Iberian Peninsula”. In this space, the members of the team intervened to present the preliminary result, discoveries and advances of the research. In addition, a place was provided for the interchange of ideas with those attending the seminar. […]
Reflections, reviews and lessons learned at the “Energy Transition Roundtable”
In order to generate a plural and diverse reflection, from the different positions of the guests invited to the “Seminar on Energy Transition in the Iberian Peninsula”, had the opportunity to discuss several issues that are part of the process of changing the energy model we are attending. General Plan Round Table. Attended by: Joaquín […]
Energy Communities in the face of depopulation: challenges and opportunities
Since the middle of the 20th century, many of the rural areas of Spain have been undergoing a significant depopulation process.It is precisely in the fight against depopulation, and especially in municipalities with less than 100 habitants, where rural energy communities (RECs) have acquired greater prominence in recent years. (…) energy communities are positioned as […]
Social acceptance of renewables and energy transition: impacts and citizen reactions
One of the decisions inherent in the signing of the Paris Agreement is to electrify the economy. This electrification is necessary to provide us with energy that does not come from fossil fuels and will be the expressway along which energy generated from renewable sources will circulate. However, to date, the focus has tended to […]
EL PAPEL DE LA EVALUACIÓN AMBIENTAL EN LA TRANSICIÓN ENERGÉTICA LA CONSTRUCCIÓN SOCIAL DEL TERRITORIO
El valor de la consultoría ambiental en el procedimiento de EIA y la transición energética
XII Congreso Nacional de Evaluación de Impacto Ambiental, con la ponencia El valor de la consultoría ambiental en el procedimiento de EIA y la transición energética, organizado por la Asociación Española de Impacto Ambiental y la International Association for Impact Assestment, en Vitoria Gasteiz, Navarra.
The social dimension of energy communities: New hope for local governance or just anenlargement of the energy market in rural areas of Southern Europe?
Energy Research & Social Science. David Against Goliath? Challenges and Opportunities for Energy Cooperatives in Southern Europe.
David against Goliath? Challenges and opportunities for energy cooperatives in Southern Europe
ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES Y CAMBIOS DE USOS DEL SUELO EN EL SUR DE LA PENÍNSULA IBÉRICA: UNA LECTURA TERRITORIAL DE LA POLÍTICA ENERGÉTICA
A geographical interpretation of the national energy policies
¿DE QUÉ HABLAMOS CUANDO HABLAMOS DE PAISAJES DE LAS ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES?
To speak of landscape, to think of the contemplation of a beautiful, harmonious and useful space. To speak of renewable energies, to think of less pollution and cheap energy. The difficulty of combining both concepts is reflected in the manifestations of rejection of specific renewable energy installations, manifestations not against this energy but against the […]
