Spain is our Green Country of the Month - but its environmental ambitions hang in the balance
Free train tickets, renewables and coal plant closures: Why we're celebrating Spain's environmental achievements this month.
This summer’s relentless heatwaves, wildfires and weather extremes have thrust the climate crisis into the spotlight in Europe and beyond.
The need to decarbonise our energy systems and protect our environment has never been clearer.
Each country has its unique challenges and resources that influence its road to net zero. But celebrating one another’s successes can help inspire and pressure our own politicians to follow suit.
These are our previous Green countries of the month: Albania, Denmark, Iceland, Austria and Portugal. This month, we’re celebrating a European country whose green ambitions hang in the balance.
Spain is on the frontline of the climate crisis and it has made strides in environmental policy in recent months and years.
Since finally introducing the country’s first climate law in 2021, the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) has set progressive emissions reductions targets and increased renewable energy production in the country.
Following July’s snap election the country’s future is uncertain. But here’s why Spain has our vote of confidence, as Green Country of the Month for August.
Spain is moving away from coal and towards renewablesSpain is accelerating towards a coal-free power sector, with plans to phase out the polluting energy source by 2025 - five years earlier than initially planned, as announced in June.
This month, it was confirmed that the country’s biggest coal plant, located in As Pontes, Galicia, is due to shut down by August 2024.
This will make way for renewable energy projects that leverage Spain’s abundance of sun and wind.
The country is on track to generate more than half of its power from renewable sources this year. This will make it the first of the top five European countries by power demand - including France, Germany, Italy and the UK - to accomplish this feat, according to Rystad Energy. The research company says this comes down to a history of strategic investments and early adoption of technologies like onshore wind.
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Under an update requested by the EU, Spain released a revised version of its energy and climate plan in June, which is currently out for public consultation. It increases emissions reductions targets by close to 10 per cent (to 32 per cent) by 2030. It also almost doubles the amount of solar power expected to be rolled out by the end of the decade.
While this is a significant hike, however, some climate campaigners say its goals still lack ambition and have called for a 55 per cent emissions reduction target in line with the EU’s wider target.
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