As the basis of the future Climate Change and Energy Transition Law, several renewable organizations call for a tougher taxation for the most polluting technologies. This law, which will be developed by the Government to meet the objectives of the European Union, in matters of sustainability and energy generation
For associations, a regulation that seeks to “avoid or adapt to the effects that climate change will cause” has to penalize those "causing the problem" in tax matters, that is, the most polluting sources, such as coal, and benefit the generation of energy via renewable
Energy Transition Law
According to the employer, "So far, environmental taxation has fallen mostly on renewable technologies with a collection purpose and not aimed at promoting the Energy Transition." In the same statement he adds, “If a tax system had been established that would collect the principle that the polluter pays, the development of renewables would have been a direct consequence of the markets themselves ”.
This is one of the claims made by the association in its participation in the process of public consultation opened by the Government before the drafting of the draft of the new law, and which was open from July 18 to October 10.
In addition, renewable companies have requested that the future law "establish a stable and predictable regulatory framework, which includes a protection scenario for past and future investments in renewables." In this sense, it demands that they not be repeated "past mistakes"And" retroactive legislative changes "are carried out, as well as the achievement of" binding energy planning, which contemplates the entry of new renewable generation and a calendar for the closure of plants that is compatible with the emission reduction objectives ".
ICSID
We can remember that Spain accumulates at least 27 complaints in international arbitration bodies such as ICSID, the World Bank, or Uncitral (UN). The sum of these claims add up to minimum 3.500 million euros, although some experts come to place them almost in the 6.000 million.
After the first ICSID opinion against Spain and in favor of the requests of the British investment fund Eiser Infrastructure Limited and its Luxembourg subsidiary Solar Energy Luxembourg, who invested almost 1.000 billion in two thermosolar plants In the provinces of Ciudad Real and Badajoz, the options are growing that new resolutions will fall against the Spanish Executive.
Bus Routes
Companies add that we not only have to center In the electricity sector, "binding, ambitious and achievable targets in air conditioning and transport" must also be established.
Luckily, more and more we see renewable energy innovations such as super projects of wind farms, solar farms, etc. at the same time that we see innovations with electric cars.
However, electric cars are just the tip of the iceberg and it is because of many cars of this type that we can find ourselves circulating in our cities The problem we have of CO2 emissions would not end.
This is straightforward since we are not prepared to produce the amount of energy needed to run these vehicles without emitting CO2, as well as renewable energies have not succeeded in making their way into transport as to be able to replace the combustion engines.
Although the latter we are developing more and more and every day we are closer to taking a big step in this regard.
Greenpeace
The consultation opened by the Ministries of Energy, Tourism and Digital Agenda and of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment had received more than 170 proposals By the end of September.
The environmental organization Greenpeace has also participated in it, which defends that the law must establish a regulatory framework for the transition towards an efficient, intelligent, 100% renewable energy model in 2050, with a transparent roadmap.
Greenpeace has produced the series of Energetic [R] evolution reports to demonstrate that there are solutions to meet our energy needs within the sustainability limits of the planet we live on, and that it is possible to implement them with the urgency required. These reports show how the world can reduce its CO2 emissions to the levels necessary to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.
According to Tatiana Nuño, head of the climate change campaign of Greenpeace, «The Government must assume much more ambitious objectives in energy negotiations that are taking place at the European level and we hope that this whole process of public consultations will be reflected in the law.
