Spain – Energy Vulnerability and Urban Transitions

Short report on the 1st Catalan Congress on Energy Poverty

Harriet Thomson reports back on the 1st Catalan Congress on Energy Poverty, which she participated in last week in Sabadell.

Guest contribution: The Spanish electricity market – a critical review

Following the discussion started in our previous post about energy poverty in Spain, guest contributor Aurèlia Mañé Estrada (University of Barcelona) gives us her critical views about the failures of the Spanish electricity market and recent legislative proposals presented by the Spanish governments last June 19th. Professor Mañé Estrada holds a PhD degree from the UniversityContinue reading “Guest contribution: The Spanish electricity market – a critical review”

Energy poverty in Spain: the politicisation of energy vulnerability at an early stage

By Sergio Tirado Herrero Research on energy poverty in the EU (Healy, 2004) found out substantially high percentages of population unable to heat their home adequately in Southern Member States (Italy, Greece, Portugal and Spain) during 1990s. These data may reflect cross-country cultural differences in perceptions about thermal comfort and the affordability of domestic energy, but alsoContinue reading “Energy poverty in Spain: the politicisation of energy vulnerability at an early stage”