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fuel
Business
Inflation skyrockets to 9.8% due to soaring energy costs, highest level since 1985
Business
Barcelona cruises: business opportunities and environmental concerns
Catalan capital is biggest European cruise destination and fourth globally
Business
Prices in Catalonia grow for the first time in three months
Business
Prices decreased by 0.5% in September
Business
-0.9% annual inflation rate in January, the lowest in Catalonia since July 2009
Society
Catalan firm participates in a European project investigating how to make plastic from vegetal biomass
The firm QNORM, located in the Scientific and Technologic Park of the Girona University (UdG), participates in a European project that aims to transform vegetal biomass into plastic. The project, which is called BioConSepT (bio-conversion and separation technology), has a budget of 13 million euros (MEUR), funded by the European Union. The project wants to use vegetal biomass (such as fats, oils and straw) and turn it into plastic in order to reduce the use of petrol.
Society
Scottish multinational requests permission to look for gas and petrol on Catalan coast
A Scottish multinational has asked permission from the Spanish Ministry of Industry in order to look for hydrocarbons on the Catalan coast, in front of the Costa Brava and Maresme areas. This request has been made shortly after another company, Teredo Oils United, has been authorised to seek for fossil fuels in the Catalan counties of Ripollès, Garrotxa and Osona. Ecologist groups criticise the procedure due to their “serious impact on the marine ecosystems”. Allegations or other offers to carry out the project that can compete with the original one, may be presented over the next two months.
Politics
The Spanish Government will pay for the train tickets price reduction in the end
After the Spanish Governments announcement to reduce the price of local train tickets by 5% with the aim of fostering public transportation to save fuel, the Catalan Government, which manages the service in Catalonia, quantified in 26 million euros its loss in 1 year. Therefore, the Catalan Executive refused to pay for the measure. The Spanish Government will pay 6.75 million euros for 3 months of the measure.