Catalonia Group

The Catalonia Group manages the EUROSOLAR Spain Section at the present time.

During 2018 the Catalonian EUROSOLAR Group has done the following activities:

EUROSOLAR Spain's activities 2018

During 2018 the Spanish EUROSOLAR section has done the following activities:

1) Participation in the Civil Society Working Group on Energy Policies for the Generalitat de Catalunya (Government of Catalonia) to prepare a Report on the Energy Policies for Catalonia (2018 to present):

"Living from the air" is in commission now - great success for community wind in Catalonia

The EUROSOLAR Spain's community wind project "Viure del aire", Living from the Air, was commissioned last month and is operational. The head of EUROSOLAR Spain, Dr. Josep Puig, said: "I'm pleased to inform that the Southern Europe's first community wind project is fully operational now. There are more than 500 people, associations and small companies participàting involved it."

The project took nine years from the idea to the making it operational, without any subsidy nor any premium price.It is a real demo that people can act despite the bad political energy regulations in Spain.

Speech of Josep Puig at the Catalan Parliament

On 19 September 2016 Josep Puig, Vice-President of EUROSOLAR and President of EUROSOLAR Spain, held a vivid speech at the Comission of Environment and Sustainability of the catalan Parliament in order to contribute to law negotiations regarding climate change.The speech is now available in written form and can be read below.

The first community-owned wind turbine in Catalonia

The Spanish section of EUROSOLAR launched a pioneering initiative in our country: Living from the air of the sky. It involves the installation of a wind turbine of shared ownership among citizens who voluntarily provide the money needed to realize the project. At the end of November, the work on the first community-owned wind turbine project has begun.