{"id":69348,"date":"2020-12-18T16:31:59","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T16:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chinadialogue.net\/?p=69348"},"modified":"2024-05-15T16:22:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T15:22:35","slug":"spain-looks-to-china-for-cooperation-on-renewables-but-worries-about-overreliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/spain-looks-to-china-for-cooperation-on-renewables-but-worries-about-overreliance\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain looks to China for cooperation on renewables but worries about overreliance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cChina\u2019s decision to increase its climate ambition and achieve net-zero by 2060 caught almost everyone by surprise,\u201d recalls Antxon Olabe, an environmental economist and adviser to Spain\u2019s Ministry of Ecological Transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, having followed China\u2019s climate geopolitics closely for years, he believes \u201cit was the only smart strategy,\u201d adding \u201cthe Chinese leadership is very capable and works with long-term horizons\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-did-you-know alignleft block--did-you-know\"><p class=\"block--did-you-know__title\">About this article<\/p><div class=\"block--did-you-know__content\"><p>This is one in a series of articles\u00a0co-published by Clean Energy Wire and China Dialogue that\u00a0explores Chinese investment from the perspective of several European countries. You can find the full series\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/series\/postcards-from-europe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Days before President Xi Jinping\u2019s announcement on 22 September, Olabe had published a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realinstitutoelcano.org\/wps\/wcm\/connect\/3c0c0b2b-4e34-493f-b709-c4ec00b23387\/DT18-2020-Olabe-Acuerdo-climatico-Europa-China-construyendo-exito-de-crucial-cumbre-de-Glasgow.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&amp;CACHEID=3c0c0b2b-4e34-493f-b709-c4ec00b23387\">paper<\/a> calling for an EU\u2013China accord that would strengthen climate ambition. He suggested that China peak emissions this year (instead of before 2030 as the country has pledged) given the downturn brought about by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo address the climate emergency, China and the EU need each other, as neither side is in a position to solve a problem that is global in its causes and consequences,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-spain-s-energy-transition\">Spain\u2019s energy transition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Both the Spanish private and public sector recognise China\u2019s crucial role in facing the global climate challenge and are looking to China to help the country deploy the green technologies it needs to achieve its climate targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The objectives of climate action in Spain have been heavily influenced by policymaking at the European Union, said Mario Esteban, a researcher at Royal Elcano Institute, a Madrid-based international affairs think-tank. Translating those EU targets into domestic policy, the government recently approved a <a href=\"https:\/\/energia.gob.es\/es-es\/Participacion\/Paginas\/DetalleParticipacionPublica.aspx?k=336\">long-term decarbonisation strategy<\/a> that will increase the share of renewable generation in final energy consumption to 97%, by 2050.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Getting there will depend on how the renewable energy market develops in the coming years and experts see China as a key player here. Technological cooperation will be essential given China\u2019s role in driving down the costs of low-carbon technologies and producing them at scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-pull-quote block--pull-quote\"><div class=\"block--pull-quote__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"block--pull-quote__quote\">China provides much of the raw materials that Spain and Europe need to decarbonise<\/blockquote><cite class=\"block--pull-quote__cite\">Alicia Valero, Instituto CIRCE<\/cite><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cChina provides much of the raw materials that Spain and Europe need to decarbonise,\u201d said Alicia Valero, head of the industrial ecology group at Instituto CIRCE. She warns that China controls the production of rare-earth elements, which are needed for the development of wind power, among other green technologies, and that it is also the leading producer of graphite by some distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This fact, Valero argued, stresses the extent to which Spain\u2019s ecological transition relies on China, something that she describes as \u201cvery worrying\u201d given the restrictions China placed on exports of rare earth elements a decade ago. As a solution she proposes urban mining. But for that, she warns, Spain will need to invest in developing the technology for recycling its electronic waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Others feel more optimistic and focus on the positive impact that China\u2019s green-tech investment has had in Spain. In August this year, China\u2019s state-owned energy giant Three Gorges acquired 13 solar farms in Spain from Madrid-based energy firm X-Elio in a deal for an undisclosed sum. The photovoltaic plants, built between 2019 and 2020, have a total capacity of over 500 MW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cChina\u2019s renewable energy investment has lifted the country to an undisputed number one position [in the sector] worldwide, and has made it possible for solar photovoltaics in Spain to be so cheap that it is finally competitive, reaching so-called \u2018grid parity\u2019 without being subsidised,\u201d said Jacobo Sanz, who works as branch manager in Spain for Solis, a Chinese manufacturer of solar power inverters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-article-image aligncenter block--article-image\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"block--article-image__column\"><div class=\"block--article-image__image\"><img class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/solar-PV-cells-china-dialogue.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/solar-PV-cells-china-dialogue-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/solar-PV-cells-china-dialogue-1024x688.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/solar-PV-cells-china-dialogue.jpg 2500w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 768px, (max-width: 1024px) 1024px, 2500px\" alt=\"A female Chinese worker manufactures photovoltaic (PV) cells to be exported to Germany \"\/><\/div><div class=\"block--article-image__content\"><div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"block--article-image__caption\">A worker makes photovoltaic (PV) cells at a factory in Zhejiang province, destined for export to Europe (Image: Alamy)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/solar-PV-cells-china-dialogue.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"423 KB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1680\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2500\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In terms of investments into renewable power capacity (excluding large hydro) in 2019, China \u201ckept the lead\u201d with US$91.2 billion, followed by Europe with $61.2billion, according to the latest PV status <a href=\"https:\/\/publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu\/repository\/bitstream\/JRC118058\/kjna29938enn_1.pdf\">report<\/a> led by the European Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Uni\u00f3n Fotovoltaica Espa\u00f1ola (UNEF), the Spanish photovoltaic sector association, agrees that China has played a \u201ckey role\u201d in driving down solar PV production costs in Spain, where the cost of an entire photovoltaic installation is now 95% cheaper than a decade ago, according to UNEF data. The association\u2019s executive director, Jos\u00e9 Donoso, said that most photovoltaic modules used in Spain come from China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-boosting-electric-mobility\">Boosting electric mobility<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Another issue concerning Spanish policymakers is the electrification of transport. Compared to its neighbouring countries, Spain has fallen behind in this race, with results far below the EU average in terms of building charging infrastructure and growing the market for electric vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In January, Spain and China signed an agreement to boost electric mobility that envisions a new hub to collectively develop the technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-pullout-stat alignleft undefined block--pullout-stat\"><p class=\"block--pullout-stat__title\">US$3.57 billion<\/p><div class=\"block--pullout-stat__content\"><p>the value of venture capital and private equity investments in China\u2019s cleantech sector in 2018<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Carlos Quintana, delegate in China to Spain\u2019s Center for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI), believes \u201ca period of quite good growth is beginning\u201d, referring to a new phase in technological cooperation between the two countries that started when President Xi visited Madrid at the end of 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Green technologies have taken on special relevance in this phase, he said. CDTI\u2019s programme for uniting Spanish and Chinese companies, known as Chineka, supports initiatives related to the green transition. \u201cThere are many projects that have to do with new materials, like graphene, which are critical to producing not only electric cars but lighter ones that will pollute less, as well as lighter wind turbines that will be more efficient,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2018, the value of venture capital and private equity investments in China\u2019s cleantech sector <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/1017243\/china-investment-value-in-cleantech-sector\/\">amounted<\/a> to around US$3.57 billion, but such investment is not always perceived as a complete ecological shift in Chinese politics. Marola Padin, an analyst at the Observatory of Chinese Policy, points out some of China\u2019s remaining contradictions when it comes to its climate agenda. \u201cIn the Paris Agreement context, China positions itself as a leader in promoting renewable energy, and in the transition from a polluting heavy industry [economy] to a modern 21st-century one,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She sees an intention from the Chinese government to prioritise the green economy in the post-Covid era. But in China\u2019s northern rural areas, she remarked, \u201cthe coal plants are seen at street level\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-cd-related-news alignright block--related-news loading\" data-post-id=\"69310\"><div class=\"block--related-news__image\"><\/div><div class=\"block--related-news__content\"><span class=\"block--related-news__heading\">Recommended<\/span><span class=\"block--related-news__title\"><\/span><\/div><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>Mario Esteban, from the Royal Elcano Institute, suggested that, while at the domestic level it does seem that China is aligning its plans with more ambitious climate policies, \u201cits investments abroad are still far from being climate-friendly.\u201d In this sense, he said, \u201cSpain will be willing to collaborate with China to the extent that China reinforces its climate ambition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With expectations on climate action by the US higher given Biden\u2019s election win, researchers and businesspeople in Spain hope for a return to multilateralism that will benefit climate diplomacy between the EU and China and lead to more ambitious climate policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Margaret Chen, founder of China Club Spain (an association of Chinese enterprises in Spain), is confident the new US government will release some of the tension that has built up in the US\u2013China relationship during the past four years, which could set the scene for better investment opportunities in the green economy worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Against this backdrop, \u201cChina should invest in Spain even more than it already does,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The illustration used at the top of this article can be republished along with the text, but not independently of it. Credit information should be retained.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China has been key to driving down the cost of Spain\u2019s transition to renewables and electric mobility<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3789,"featured_media":69349,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[757],"tags":[17073,50042339,585],"hashtags":[],"country":[20000110,50040740],"class_list":["post-69348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy","tag-energy-transition","tag-postcards-from-europe","tag-renewables","country-china","country-spain"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v26.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Spain looks to China for cooperation on renewables but worries about overreliance | Dialogue Earth<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"China has been key to driving down the cost of Spain\u2019s transition to renewables and electric mobility\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/spain-looks-to-china-for-cooperation-on-renewables-but-worries-about-overreliance\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Spain looks to China for cooperation on renewables but worries about overreliance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"China has been key to driving down the cost of Spain\u2019s transition to renewables and electric mobility\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/spain-looks-to-china-for-cooperation-on-renewables-but-worries-about-overreliance\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dialogue Earth\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-12-18T16:31:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-15T15:22:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Spain-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1719\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Marta Montojo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/spain-looks-to-china-for-cooperation-on-renewables-but-worries-about-overreliance\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/spain-looks-to-china-for-cooperation-on-renewables-but-worries-about-overreliance\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Marta Montojo\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/1740ebe0d8298143a8e87e33a3b733ac\"},\"headline\":\"Spain looks to China for cooperation on renewables but worries about overreliance\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-18T16:31:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-15T15:22:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/spain-looks-to-china-for-cooperation-on-renewables-but-worries-about-overreliance\/\"},\"wordCount\":1258,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/spain-looks-to-china-for-cooperation-on-renewables-but-worries-about-overreliance\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Spain-scaled.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Energy transition\",\"Postcards from Europe\",\"Renewables\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Energy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/spain-looks-to-china-for-cooperation-on-renewables-but-worries-about-overreliance\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/spain-looks-to-china-for-cooperation-on-renewables-but-worries-about-overreliance\/\",\"name\":\"Spain looks to China for cooperation on renewables but worries about overreliance | Dialogue Earth\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/spain-looks-to-china-for-cooperation-on-renewables-but-worries-about-overreliance\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/spain-looks-to-china-for-cooperation-on-renewables-but-worries-about-overreliance\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Spain-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-18T16:31:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-15T15:22:35+00:00\",\"description\":\"China has been key to driving down the cost of Spain\u2019s transition to renewables and electric mobility\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/spain-looks-to-china-for-cooperation-on-renewables-but-worries-about-overreliance\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/spain-looks-to-china-for-cooperation-on-renewables-but-worries-about-overreliance\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/spain-looks-to-china-for-cooperation-on-renewables-but-worries-about-overreliance\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Spain-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Spain-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1719,\"caption\":\"illustration showing electric car charging in spain\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/spain-looks-to-china-for-cooperation-on-renewables-but-worries-about-overreliance\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Spain looks to China for cooperation on renewables but worries about overreliance\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Dialogue Earth\",\"description\":\"Global climate and environment news\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"\u5bf9\u8bdd\u5730\u7403\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dialogue-Earth-Symbol-Logo_Black-Text.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dialogue-Earth-Symbol-Logo_Black-Text.png\",\"width\":256,\"height\":256,\"caption\":\"\u5bf9\u8bdd\u5730\u7403\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DialogueEarth_\",\"\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DialogueEarth.English\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dialogue.earth\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/dialogueearth\/\"],\"publishingPrinciples\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/about\/\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/1740ebe0d8298143a8e87e33a3b733ac\",\"name\":\"Marta Montojo\",\"description\":\"Marta Montojo is a Madrid-based freelance journalist who specializes in environmental and climate change reporting.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/author\/marta-montojo\/\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/author\/marta-montojo\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Spain looks to China for cooperation on renewables but worries about overreliance | Dialogue Earth","description":"China has been key to driving down the cost of Spain\u2019s transition to renewables and electric mobility","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/spain-looks-to-china-for-cooperation-on-renewables-but-worries-about-overreliance\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Spain looks to China for cooperation on renewables but worries about overreliance","og_description":"China has been key to driving down the cost of Spain\u2019s transition to renewables and electric mobility","og_url":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/spain-looks-to-china-for-cooperation-on-renewables-but-worries-about-overreliance\/","og_site_name":"Dialogue Earth","article_published_time":"2020-12-18T16:31:59+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-05-15T15:22:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1719,"url":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Spain-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Marta Montojo","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/spain-looks-to-china-for-cooperation-on-renewables-but-worries-about-overreliance\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/spain-looks-to-china-for-cooperation-on-renewables-but-worries-about-overreliance\/"},"author":{"name":"Marta Montojo","@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/1740ebe0d8298143a8e87e33a3b733ac"},"headline":"Spain looks to China for cooperation on renewables but worries about overreliance","datePublished":"2020-12-18T16:31:59+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-15T15:22:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/spain-looks-to-china-for-cooperation-on-renewables-but-worries-about-overreliance\/"},"wordCount":1258,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/spain-looks-to-china-for-cooperation-on-renewables-but-worries-about-overreliance\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Spain-scaled.jpg","keywords":["Energy transition","Postcards from Europe","Renewables"],"articleSection":["Energy"],"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/spain-looks-to-china-for-cooperation-on-renewables-but-worries-about-overreliance\/","url":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/spain-looks-to-china-for-cooperation-on-renewables-but-worries-about-overreliance\/","name":"Spain looks to China for cooperation on renewables but worries about overreliance | Dialogue Earth","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/spain-looks-to-china-for-cooperation-on-renewables-but-worries-about-overreliance\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/spain-looks-to-china-for-cooperation-on-renewables-but-worries-about-overreliance\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Spain-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2020-12-18T16:31:59+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-15T15:22:35+00:00","description":"China has been key to driving down the cost of Spain\u2019s transition to renewables and electric mobility","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/spain-looks-to-china-for-cooperation-on-renewables-but-worries-about-overreliance\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/spain-looks-to-china-for-cooperation-on-renewables-but-worries-about-overreliance\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/spain-looks-to-china-for-cooperation-on-renewables-but-worries-about-overreliance\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Spain-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Spain-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1719,"caption":"illustration showing electric car charging in spain"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/spain-looks-to-china-for-cooperation-on-renewables-but-worries-about-overreliance\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Spain looks to China for cooperation on renewables but worries about overreliance"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/","name":"Dialogue Earth","description":"Global climate and environment news","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#organization","name":"\u5bf9\u8bdd\u5730\u7403","url":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dialogue-Earth-Symbol-Logo_Black-Text.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dialogue-Earth-Symbol-Logo_Black-Text.png","width":256,"height":256,"caption":"\u5bf9\u8bdd\u5730\u7403"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/twitter.com\/DialogueEarth_","","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DialogueEarth.English","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dialogue.earth\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/dialogueearth\/"],"publishingPrinciples":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/about\/"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/1740ebe0d8298143a8e87e33a3b733ac","name":"Marta Montojo","description":"Marta Montojo is a Madrid-based freelance journalist who specializes in environmental and climate change reporting.","url":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/author\/marta-montojo\/","sameAs":["https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/author\/marta-montojo\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3789"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69348"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60018803,"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69348\/revisions\/60018803"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69348"},{"taxonomy":"hashtags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtags?post=69348"},{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=69348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}