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Next March 15 UNEF organises a conference on “Self-consumption. Analysis and prospects for the sector” in Madrid which is open to members of UNEF and ASEFOSAM and non-members. The conference, which begins at 09:20 and lasts until 14:10, counts from 12:30 to 12:50 with the participation of Daniel Perez of HOLTROP SLP Transaction & Business Law, where he … Continued

Spanish parties representing a majority in parliament have signed an agreement to remove the controversial Royal Decree against self-consumption of solar energy within 100 days of a government being formed, according to Spain’s solar association Union Espanola Fotovoltaica (UNEF). Daniel Pérez, Attorney at Holtrop S.L.P. explains in the article in PV Tech published March 10th that … Continued

  Next March 8th and 9th two conferences about “The Challenges of Photovoltaics at the Canary Islands” are being organised by UNEF. The first takes place in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (March 8th), the second in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (March 9th). During the conference main political parties, trade unions, citizens’ associations and industry experts will … Continued

On March 9th HOLTROP S.L.P. Transaction & Business Law participates in a workshop between associated companies to the CEEC (Energy Efficiency Cluster of Catalunya) and INNOVI (Catalan Wine Cluster) where CEEC associates will present their respective challenges in relation to their energy performance. The workshop, which will be held in 3 sessions, takes place in Bodega Masia Vallformosa – … Continued

On March 2nd the “World Day on Energetic Efficiency” (Jornada del Dia Mundial de l’Eficiència Energètica) takes place at the Aula Magna of the “Casa de Cultura” of Girona. The program begins at 10:00 and lasts until 14:10. From 11:00 to 11:30 our office will participate together with the “Clúster d’Eficiència Energètica de Catalunya (CEEC)” in a paper … Continued

On February 25th 2016, a vast parliamentary majority (all the political parties except PP and UPN) publically shared their commitment, to eliminate the main obstacles to self-consumption during the first hundred days of Government. In this article I will analyse the procedure agreed on, the content of the legislation, the timing of the changes and … Continued

On Thursday February 18, 2016 UNEF organises a conference at the College of Industrial Engineers (Palma de Mallorca) titled “The challenges of photovoltaics at the Balearic Islands”. The conference is sponsored by Holtrop SLP Transaction & Business Law, has no registry fees and is open to the public from 10:30. From 11:30 to 12:15 and within the agenda … Continued

According to the article published in PV Tech January 25th last two spanish political parties “Socialist Party” and “Podemos” propose repeal of the “Sun Tax”, although Daniel Pérez – attorney at Holtrop S.L.P. Transaction & Business Law –  says there is another way if parliament adopts a law where the Royal Decree on self-consumption of … Continued

Next January 28th at 16:30 a presentation of the strategic analysis on wines and champagnes at Catalonia and the main action lines of the Catalan Wine Cluster INNOVI will take place at ACCIO (the Catalan Agency for Business Competitiveness) – Paseo de Gracia, 120 at Barcelona. Holtrop S.L.P. Transaction & Business Law, being a member of INNOVI, will also attend … Continued

  On Monday January 18 the trial to claim back the wall paintings of the monastery of Sijena, Aragon in Spain began. The paintings are actually in the “Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya” at Barcelona and were taken there after a big fire at the monastery at the beginning of the Civil War. Our counsel … Continued

HOLTROP SLP Transaction & Business Law will participate January 20th in a conference call on 100% Renewable Energy in Europe, together with other european participants such as WeMove, REScoop, Greenpeace, Covenant of Mayors, WWEA, EREF and Friends of the Earth. The conference call is organized by World Future Council following the recently held COP21 in Paris, … Continued

This article was originally published in Spanish at www.energias-renovables.com. There are countries without Constitutional Court. An example of this is Holland, my birth country. In The Netherlands there are calls standing up for establishing one in order to achieve a higher control of constitutional legality of laws, and other ones saying this would not be convenient. … Continued