Catalonia

Climate leadership showcase

Energy Transition In Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTP): The Catalan Water Agency (ACA, from the acronym in Catalan) has 530 Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) in service that require high energy consumption to treat the wastewater that arrives there. Only 14% of this demand comes from their own renewable sources. The Energy Saving and Efficiency Plan that ACA is following right now aims to decarbonise sanitation (maximum possible level of energy self-consumption with renewables, energy efficiency and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions) focusing efforts on the 137 WWTPs that consume in an aggregate manner the 93% of the total energy.

A spotlight on Catalonia's ambitious climate targets: Salvador Samitier i Martí, Head of the Catalan Office for Climate Change, the Government of Catalonia

Catalonia: Carbon Tax: The Catalan regional government first introduced a carbon tax on cars, vans and motorcycles in 2010 and developed it further in 2019: making Catalonia the first region in Spain to ask owners of fossil-fuel vehicles to pay a premium. Taxation is to be introduced retroactively for 2019 in November.