SolarPower Europe´s EU Market Outlook for Solar Power 2020-2024 Report highlights that Spain is moving forward but still has to overcome some challenges in order to optimize performance and reinforce the role of the industrial PV sector. Despite the severe conditions related of COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 has been overall a good year and Spain is […]
The Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) launched on December 15th the National Fund for the Sustainability of the Electrical System (Fondo Nacional para la Sostenibilidad del Sistema Eléctrico, FNSEE), the cornerstone of the new financing mechanism for the electric power system´s regulated cost. The FNSEE main target is to finance […]
The first auction of renewables since 2017 will take place very soon. January 26th, 2021 is the key date. In total, Spain’s Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) will tender 1GW of wind (onshore), 1GW of solar PV and a further 1GW technologically neutral (an overall maximum of 3.18GW contingent on the […]
The Spanish Council of Ministers approved yesterday the legal framework (Royal Decree 960/2020) that will regulate the new renewable energy generation economical regime (Régimen Económico de Energías Renovables, REER) as well as the imminent renewable energy auctions. The new legal regime sets a new framework for future renewable installations which would be developed through competitive […]
The energy transition has already begun and is adopting an increasingly accelerated dynamic. Therefore, in order to undertake it with the speed needed to minimize the impact of society on the planet, it is necessary to develop, align, and regulate the different players in the sector. Through the Royal Decree-Law 23/2020, approved on June 23rd, […]
The Spanish Government is working in a new Road Plan under the PPP regime, the PEC (Plan Especial de Carreteras), which would be launched very soon as part of the post-COVID reconstruction package. The PEC concessions would be availability payment based and 25 years concession periods. All the expropriation risks would be borne by the […]
On June 23rd, 2020 the Spanish government approved the RDL 23/2020, which included new regulations for the energy sector in order to reactivate the economy, in the aftermath of the national lockdowns. This regulation aims to accelerate the decarbonization process of the Spanish electric sector in order to dynamize the energy industry, support investment in […]
The Colombian Government reinforces its commitment to infrastructure development making it the socioeconomic backbone of the country. The new 5G program is a personal bet of both President Ivan Duque and Manuel Felipe Gutiérrez, ANI Chief Executive Officer, to boost the economy and promote regional and sectoral integration in the country through a new infrastructure […]
Madrid, 12 de junio de 2020 Con la colaboración de UNEF (Unión Española Fotovoltaica) COLUMBUS ha impartido los días 4, 5, 10 y 11 de junio un Curso Básico de Project Finance en el que han participado más de 200 profesionales del sector fotovoltaico de diferentes nacionalidades. El objetivo del curso ha sido dar una […]
This week the Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition sent to the Parliament a draft of the of Climate Change and Energy Transition Law proposed. One of the most expected points of the Law is the announcement of new energy auctions for the development of new renewable energy projects. The Spanish Government´s aim is to […]