https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed With a brand-new factory and a cluster of specialised firms, the Basque city of Bilbao is the focus of Spain's wind power industry which is fighting to hold its own in the face of fierce competition from China and northern Europe. https://www.thelocal.es/20180506/spains-bilbao-fights-to-lead-european-wind-power-sector Sun, 06 May 2018 11:25:20 +0200 spains-bilbao-fights-to-lead-european-wind-power-sector In the wake of the historic climate treaty in Paris, Spain, a former global champion of renewable energy, wants to regain the ground it lost during the economic crisis when it reversed its policy slashing subsidies and decimating the sector. https://www.thelocal.es/20151213/spain-wants-to-make-up-for-lost-ground-in-renewable-energy Sun, 13 Dec 2015 12:47:30 +0100 spain-wants-to-make-up-for-lost-ground-in-renewable-energy Spanish energy group Iberdrola reported a profit jump in the first quarter on Wednesday, saying that international activities, particularly in Brazil, had compensated for problems in Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20140501/spanish-energy-group-iberdrola-posts-profits-hike Thu, 01 May 2014 13:10:00 +0200 spanish-energy-group-iberdrola-posts-profits-hike Wearing face masks and wielding sanders, two workers smooth the surface of a massive fan for a wind turbine at the Gamesa factory in Aoiz, a town in Navarre, northern Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20130714/wind-of-austerity-chills-spanish-turbine-industry Sun, 14 Jul 2013 13:10:00 +0200 wind-of-austerity-chills-spanish-turbine-industry