IS it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a brand new hybrid solar power station. The first of its kind in Spain, the AORA plant in Almeria uses an innovative energy generating system which uses less land and water while generating more usable power than any other solar energy system. AORA Solar is [...]

GROUND-BREAKING green collective Sunseed has celebrated its 25th birthday with a jam-packed programme of eco-events. Activities included revegetating their plot in Almeria, building polytunnels from bamboo, yoga workshops and wind turbine presentations. “It’s been very busy,” said Patricia Canas, who added that it wasn’t always easy being a charity and constantly living off donations. Sunseed [...]

D-DAY – or Demolition Day – has come one step closer for the illegal Hotel Algorrobico in Almeria. By James Bryce Both the Junta and Spain’s Supreme Court have slammed developers and Carbonaras town hall for allowing the 411-bedroom hotel to be built on a beach inside the Cabo de Gata Natural Park. “It is [...]

THE Spanish government is demanding that America pays to remove 50,000 cubic metres of contaminated plutonium from a site in Almeria. It comes after waiting over four decades since a series of nuclear bombs accidentally fell near Palomares in 1966 when US air force planes collided with a refuelling aircraft. The worst nuclear accident of [...]

As the British media follow up our story on the plans to ‘develop’ virgin El Palmar beach on the Costa de Luz, Harriet Alexander takes a look at the storm that’s brewing on the coast…

RADIOACTIVE traces have been found in tap water in 19 Almerían villages.

SPAIN’S first electric car factory is being planned for Andalucia. The groundbreaking plant in Almeria will produce between 20,000 and 30,000 Ecologic Tesur cars per year.

JON Clarke takes a ride down Andalucia’s most alluring, unspoilt coastline the Costa de la Luz – or the ‘The Coast of Light’ of Cadiz.

BOB MADDOX goes gunning for the greenhouses that cover Spain’s southern coast. But El Gringo Maddox, who normally shoots from the lip when plastic is concerned, finds that those invernaderos could be the key in the fight against global warming.