Opinions

One day an old fish met two young fish and asked them, “How is the water today? They answered: “Yes, everything’s fine”, and when the older one had left, one of the young fish asked the other: “Water? What is water?” With this dialogue, Piet Holtrop begins his article published on 19 February 2020 in … Continued

Within the framework of the International Energy and Environment Fair (GENERA), from 5th to 7th of February 2020, UNEF organises a conference on “Financing photovoltaic projects”, held in the GENERA SOLAR space and sponsored by AleaSoft, UL, Grupo Gransolar and Vaciero. Piet Holtrop participates, together with Ontier Spain lawyers Pablo Enrile and Alberto Manzanares, in … Continued

“In this semantic debate, instead of seeing the term PPA as a basket of meanings containing many subcategories, some maintain the posture that the PPA that does not coincide with the PPA they signed is not a real PPA. It’s something else: it’s not the real McCoy.” Piet Holtrop, in the article posted on 19 … Continued

Within the framework of the XVI Film and Human Rights Festival in Barcelona, Sol (d) Out, will be played, a documentary feature film about how different regulatory changes, related to the system of promotion of renewable energies, went from fostering a notable investment by the citizens, to leaving them totally helpless and unable to recover … Continued

The “Fòrum Energia” is organized within the framework of the Ecoviure fair, on November 29 at the Manresa Fair Palace, and this year will deal with photovoltaic self-consumption. The theme of the forum for this year 2019, will address how the Royal Decree of self-consumption 244/2019, has modified the regulatory scenario, making special reference to … Continued

The Catalan Institute of Energy (ICAEN) organizes the Sessions IN’19, in which 4 seminars will be held, addressed for those responsible for energy in the industrial sector, with the intention of giving them tools to reduce energy costs in the industrial processes they carry out, as well as to cut down on the consumption of … Continued

“Trusting the Spain’s Official State Gazette (B.O.E) caused my ruin”, the actor César Vea explains, one of the many that felt drawn by the atractive return conditions of investing in renewable energies, set by the government.  He decided to invest all his savings and asked for a loan to build a 100 kW photovoltaic plant. … Continued

On December 3 and 4 we will celebrate, at the Mutua Madrileña Auditorium, the third edition of the National Renewable Energy Congress, #Renovables2019 with the organization of the Association of Renewable Energy Companies – APPA,. This edition of the Congress will be marked by the strong activity that the sector is experiencing, as a result … Continued

The 6th edition of the FORO SOLAR, the reference event of the spanish photovoltaic sector, will be held on the next 22 and 23 of October at the Hotel Puerta América (avenida de américa, 41, 28002 Madrid).     This new edition of the Spanish Photovoltaic Union event will feature national and international speakers, as … Continued

APPA presents one more year the Macroeconomic Impact Study of Renewable Energies in Spain. This edition collects data from 2018. The presentation in Barcelona will be on October 3 at 12:00 in the Roca Junyent Auditorium (C / Aribau 198, 1st floor). HOLTROP SLP Transaction and Business Law is sponsor and coordinator of the day. … Continued

My opinion article, “Unpredicted”, published in the blog of LaInformacion.com explains that the state’s regulatory changes, in terms of self-consumption, are defined by the European renewable energy directives.   Therefore we should add a (spoiler alert) warning both to my article and to the directive itself, since the entire script of the Spanish legislation for … Continued

In the last article I publish in the 20-Minute Renewable Resources Blog, “VHS and Betamax”, I reflect on the role of hydrogen in the ecological transition and decarbonisation of mobility. I make a simile of the technology of the cars with the VHS and Betamax, as well as the use of the smartphone in the … Continued