Spain has an unpaid invoice of 40 million euros for improperly consuming Portugal’s water for 20 years. The accounts have already been designed and the bill shall be delivered by Portugal now, introduced the Minister of Atmosphere and Power.
“I have already got three conferences with the Spanish minister [do Ambiente, Teresa Ribera]. There’s discontent among the many Alentejo inhabitants concerning the Alqueva challenge. It quickly turned clear that it was essential to calculate what Spain would pay Portugal. It was carried out”, stated Maria da Graça Carvalho on Wednesday, indicating that APA and EDIA did their work to collectively uncover the unlawful boreholes.
“The quotes had been recorded after they had been talked about. This offers a price of two million euros per yr. Now, counting the years that haven’t been paid, 20 years… 40 million”, he stated in a listening to on the Parliamentary Committee on Atmosphere and Power.
Relating to the circulation of the Tagus River, the minister stated that she needs to implement a day by day ecological circulation with Spain as a substitute of a weekly one, to “stop” sending water to Portugal “from being targeting one or two days” of the week, and that he shall be misplaced prior to now days.
“All the things got here from the Iberdrola venture on the Tagus,” he stated close to the Spanish vitality firm. The federal government official now hopes that the issue shall be resolved with an settlement with Spain. “We’re about early requested Spain that we wish an ecological circulation, every single day if doable”. Each week, the circulation is seven hectometers.
Throughout his listening to, he additionally mentioned the Mission Construction for Renewable Power (EMER 2030): “EMER is a type of PRR measures that we’re very proud of. We acquired it working instantly, making life a lot simpler for builders. The concept is to simplify licensing, renewable vitality and different environmental licensing. We’re hiring extra folks to work at EMER; principally companies [do Estado] in order that it doesn’t improve the price of a well-functioning group.”
Relating to vitality interconnections between the Iberian Peninsula and Spain, he stated that “there’s actual resistance towards the French president, whoever he’s. If there isn’t a semi-European market, the Iberian Peninsula is an island. “
Relating to hydrogen interconnections between Portugal and Spain after which the remainder of Europe, he stated that hydrogen is “very tough to move, in addition to being costly. There’s a venture with European funds to create a big pipeline. We is not going to resist, we is not going to begin constructing. We’re a part of the venture and are monitoring what is going on. When to take Mar-Bar [pipeline de hidrogénio entre Barcelona e Marselha], we transfer on. The expertise is much from prepared to move hydrogen, he stated, indicating that Portugal’s curiosity is to draw business that produces and consumes inexperienced hydrogen right here.
Maria da Graça Carvalho additionally revealed that the Authorities intends to carry an public sale with one gigawatt for offshore wind energy.
The chief remains to be ready for a report on offshore prices after which they are going to make a ultimate choice, however the minister admits that it is going to be one gigawatt, and after 2030 it may transfer to assault extra energy.
Relating to the format of the public sale, he revealed that the Authorities would maintain a Council of Ministers initially of September devoted to this subject.
The Minister of Atmosphere and Power additionally introduced that Portugal shall be extra formidable when it comes to renewable vitality by 2030.
The goal of the Nationwide Power and Local weather Plan (PNEC) will improve by the top of the last decade by 4 factors: from 47% to 51%.
Maria da Graça Carvalho introduced that the preparatory work for the evaluate of the PNEC has been accomplished and that the doc shall be delivered to the Parliament within the close to future for consideration by representatives earlier than being despatched to the European Fee.
The 80,000 in assist for the acquisition of home windows and photo voltaic panels shall be paid by the top of the yr, he stated. “Superb set [de pagamentos] till September 20. Nothing may be left unpaid till the top of the yr.”
And he took benefit of the listening to to announce the competitors for vitality storage value 100 million euros, which shall be launched in September.
The minister recalled different procedures that had been launched just lately, such because the competitors to just accept purposes for funding of 70 million euros from the PRR to extend the manufacturing capability of hydrogen and renewable gasoline. Launched in June, it can run till September 30, 2024.
However, an public sale was launched with an annual allocation of 14 million euros (140 million over 10 years) to advertise tasks within the fields of inexperienced hydrogen and biomethane, with the deadline for submitting bids in working till July 26.
2024-07-12 01:00:00
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