Electricity prices hit another all-time high of more than €130 per MWh
Unprecedented upwards trend has been ongoing for over a month, as cost is over three times greater than August 2020
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Reeling from having his contract details leaked, Messi fires Barça up the table
Barça women taste clásico glory, Girona set to trial hosting fans, while all three Catalan sides hold onto basketball playoff berths
Tests controversy and a comeback driven by money: sport returning amid coronavirus
Professional athletes are slowly returning to training with much uncertainty on the immediate future of the leagues
Electricity companies not to cut off supply to people in need
The Catalan Government wants energy companies not to cut off the domestic power supply to people in financial difficulties who are temporarily unable to pay their bills. The Catalan Ministry of Business and Employment aims to fight so-called ‘energy poverty’: people who are obliged to do without electricity or gas because they simply cannot afford the bills. In the current economic crisis, thousands of Catalan households (around 20%) are facing this problem, which means they cannot use the heating during winter or they have problems cooking meals. In order to achieve this objective, the Catalan Executive is looking at modifying Catalonia’s Consumption Code to include this initiative fighting ‘energy poverty’.
Barcelona is becoming an international reference point for smart cities
The Catalan capital is hosting the first edition of the ‘SmartCity Expo & World Congress’, which brings together more than 9,000 professionals to discuss interaction between new technologies, urban planning and citizen welfare. In addition, “the father” of electric cars in Asia, Professor Chan, stated that Barcelona has the “great potential” to become the electric car’s “open window to the world”. Last week, the Mayor of Barcelona, Xavier Trias, participated in the 10th Metropolis World Congress held in Brazil, where he met with Cisco Systems Vice President to build an innovation centre focused on smart cities in the Catalan capital.
Barcelona invests itself in the future of the electric car
The city of Barcelona plans to be the frontrunner of the electric car industry in Catalonia. Under the public-private initiative ?Live Barcelona?, the city will take many steps to promote the use of electric vehicles.
Electric company ENDESA checks out 2,500 km of the Girona network to prevent future failures
With a helicopter, ENDESA is checking the entire Girona province?s medium tension electric network and has found 50 weak points so far. This operation is being pursued to prevent damage from past collapses of the electrical network, especially in the Cost
Catalan Minister of Economy dismayed at the lack of an energy model in Spain
Antoni Castells considers that the minimum social conditions necessary for consensus do not exist, as the energy model is often used as a political weapon. In the last 5 years there have been large controversies around mergers within the Spanish energy se