spain Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sun, 29 Jul 2018 04:50:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Undersea Power Line and Gas Pipeline to Help Iberian Peninsula https://www.greenoptimistic.com/undersea-power-line-iberian-peninsula-20180728/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/undersea-power-line-iberian-peninsula-20180728/#respond Sun, 29 Jul 2018 04:50:31 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=66537 Portugal, Spain, and France finally agreed to build an undersea power line in the Bay of Biscay on Friday. The aim of the project is to help the Iberian peninsula escape its energy isolation. The deal signed by these three countries guarantees the financing of the construction of the undersea power line linking Spain and […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/undersea-power-line-iberian-peninsula-20180728/feed/ 0 66537 Wind Power Hits Record Numbers in Spain, Becomes Leading Source https://www.greenoptimistic.com/wind-power-spain-record-20140120/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/wind-power-spain-record-20140120/#respond Mon, 20 Jan 2014 14:15:07 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=45283 The pressure of depleting resources and the numerous regulations set by international governments on emissions suggest that renewables should be the primary source of energy. Unfortunately, for most countries, including these with the strongest world economies, coal is still used as the main power provider. But most, does not mean all. Spain just released figures, […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/wind-power-spain-record-20140120/feed/ 0 45283 Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Got Better by Using Ionic Salts https://www.greenoptimistic.com/gratzel-cell-ionic-salts-20091014/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/gratzel-cell-ionic-salts-20091014/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:43:51 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=4778 A group of researchers from the Universidad Pablo de Olavide, in Seville, Spain, led by Juan Antonio Anta, are working on optimizing Grätzel solar cells by incorporating ionic salts, known as green solvents, with a view to preventing evaporation of the liquid compounds and the consequent reduction in efficiency. Grätzel (dye-sensitized) cells work by using […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/gratzel-cell-ionic-salts-20091014/feed/ 1 4778 Spain Will Have 1 Million EVs Running on their Roads by 2014 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/spain-electric-vehicles-20080731/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/spain-electric-vehicles-20080731/#respond Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:20:34 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=664 The Spanish government led by José Luis Rodri­guez Zapatero wants one million electric cars on their streets by 2014. This happens while some of Europe’s countries, such as Romania, ban the free trading of second hand cars to “stop” pollution, they do nothing but collect the money from the “pollution tax” and do nothing about […]

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