Patricia Darez joined Vector Renewables in mid-2022, to lead all VR activities in Chile and nearby countries. In addition to her position as Country Manager in Vector, Patricia is Director of 350renew...
Assessing and monitoring the expected lifespan of a solar power plant is a complex task that involves an in-depth analysis of the many different factors that can impact the facility. In terms of a sta...
Under the current Renewable Energy Economic Regime (REER), the Spanish Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) has announced the third and fourth renewable energy auc...
Italy is Europe's third largest producer of renewable energy. The National Energy and Climate Plan (PNIEC) has set very ambitious targets for renewable energy by 2030, aiming to reach 55% of electrici...
The offshore wind energy sector had its best year ever in 2021, with 21.1 GW of new capacity connected to the grid, according to the latest Global Offshore Wind Energy Report published by the Global W...
Maybe you've heard of the water footprint, which is the water used to grow your food and produce your clothes and the things you buy. This term is directly related to sustainability and is growing inc...
In reaction to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the European Union has created a package of actions aimed to shut off Russia's energy dependence on fossil fuels. This package of actions focuses on the on...
They have ceased to be an isolated initiative to become an inspiring movement that gains followers. Energy communities represent a new model for producing and distributing energy. What are energy comm...
Undoubtedly, the arrival of the pandemic in early 2020 completely revolutionized our day-to-day working lives. Morning jams to get to the office, coffee with department colleagues, and face-to-face me...
Green Hydrogen is the energy vector already emerging as one of the key tools to achieve global decarbonisation. Driven by climate urgency and countries' commitments to net zero emissions production, I...
Real access to energy impacts many areas of a country's life. For example, investing in renewable energy to develop emerging economies promotes energy independence and facilitates their access to el...
Knowing where the electricity we consume in our homes comes from is becoming increasingly important. Moreover, the events of recent years have led to an even more significant intensification of effort...
On Wednesday 15th June 2022 at 2:01pm AEMO (the Market Operator in Australia) intervened on the entire wholesale market in a first ever seen before event, suspending all trades. Just two days prior, o...
The world is facing an energy transition process that revolutionises how energy is generated. The climate threat has made countries react, seeking ways to guarantee energy supply without producing polluting emissions, thus laying the foundations for the deepest and most systematic energy transformation process to date.
On June 10th, the MITECO (Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico) published the Draft Order announcing a call for tenders for access capacity at certain nodes of the transmissio...
Drones have been one of the great technological revolutions of recent decades. What was unthinkable a few years ago in terms of technology and price, today is practically within everyone's reach. Thes...
While the concept first appeared in 1981, it has taken several decades to coin the word ‘agrivoltaics’ and fully understand its many benefits. Agrivoltaics is all about combining agriculture and renew...
If there is one concept linked to the energy transition, it is energy storage. Although not a generation technology in its own right, storage enables the integration of other generation technologies t...
From generation to final consumption, the electricity system encompasses all the phases that electricity goes through. It is a complex process that involves multiple stakeholders, a system that contin...
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria are used to assess a company's risks becoming relevant during the investment decision-making process. To secure our operations, it is necessary to ...