The video presentation of Mr. Ernesto Macías from Isofotón, a leading Spanish alternative energy organization, suddenly froze. "The oil companies never liked us," he said jokingly. The video resumed shortly after, but his sarcastic comment lingered on. There is no lack of energy, it just has to be harvested. But Isofotón does not harvest oil fields. It harvests energy from water, wind, and mostly sun.Mr. Macías larger point is that solar energy can h...

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The Confederation of Industries of Spain meeting on renewable energy addressed one of the key themes of this year’s conference, looking for environmentally sustainable sources of energy. Francisco Conesa from ASIF, the Association of Photovoltaic Industries, introduced the PV sector. Using solar panels the PV uses photo voltaic conversion to produce emission free energy, without noise pollution or movement. Spain is now a leader in this sector, although it still boasts less than ha...

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Perhaps in two or three decades, said Mr. Hiroshi Watanabe, Special Advisor to the President, Japan Centre for International Finance. Mr. Watanabe was one of the panelists at the seminar on Economic Integration and Financial Market Stability: Asia and Europe Compared. He was accompanied by Rodrigo de Rato, Klaus Regling, and Benhua Wei, Advisor to the Governor of the People's Bank of China. Although currency unification is not currently a priority in the context of Asian economic integrat...

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 Personalidades de la Dirección General de Supervisión Bancaria discuten la experiencia española durante sus dos últimas crisis. Felizmente, señalan, la última ocurrió hace 15 años, cuando se  tuvo que preparar un plan de rescate para Banesto, una de las mayores insituciones bancarias ibéricas. Pero la mayor crisis ocurrió antes, entre 1978 y 1984, paralelamante a una crisis económica.Javier Aríztegu...

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