sis . Last year , Spain was in fifth position worldwide for wind power , with installed capacity of 23 gigawatts — the equivalent of 23 nuclear reactors — and in eighth place for solar power after China , the United States and Germany .
This high ranking came despite near-zero investment in the sector over the past few years as the economic crisis hit . Spain ’ s return to growth — its economy expanded 3.2 percent last year — and pledges by authorities to stop changing the sector ’ s regulations have attracted investors back to the country . For full story see : The Local
Spanish Population decline greatest in the Valencia Community
The Comunidad Valenciana lost 0.5 percent of its population between January 1 , 2015 and January 1 , 2016 . Regarding the foreign population , the Region lost 4.6 percent of its foreign population ( 32,535 foreign citizens less ), the largest reduction in absolute terms the in the whole country . From : Levante ( Ed ’ s note : These statistics depend upon the number of people on the Padrón . The recent requirement for foreign nationals to re-register may well have helped to slim down the list .)
By provinces , Valencia is the most populous , with 2,542,301 people , followed by Alicante and Castellón with 1,832,137 people with 579,044 .
Water Consortium of the Marina Alta moves its headquarters to Javea
The board of the Consortium for water supply and sanitation in municipalities in the Marina Alta ( CASA- MA ) has authorised the transfer of its headquarters to Xàbia .
From now on , the agency of the Diputación de Alicante will meet at the town ’ s much-heralded desalination plant , decentralising the provincial administration to allow it to bring its policies closer to the region . And one of the first jobs to be carried out from the new HQ will be assessing and reacting to the ongoing drought situation being experienced by the region . For full story see : Javeamigos
EU needs € 200 billion more in energy investment
The European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Miguel Arias Cañete said that the Juncker Plan had mitigated a slump in energy and environment funding . He also added that the European energy market needs about € 200 billion in additional investment that had not yet been secured by the “ very fragmented ” EU market , in order to allow the integration of renewable energies .