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EIA and integrated environmental permit to expand a waste-to-energy plant

Marc Oliva Carbonell

EIA and integrated environmental permit to expand a waste-to-energy plant

auma is drafting the environmental impact assessment (EIA) and the documentation for the substantial modification of the integrated environmental permit (AAI) of a waste-to-energy plant in Camp de Tar...

Environment Industry Waste

31 Aug 2026 Success stories

Solutions analysis for managing and restoring a saline mining waste deposit

Marc Oliva Carbonell

Solutions analysis for managing and restoring a saline mining waste deposit

auma is preparing, for a mining operator, the solutions analysis for managing a deposit of saline waste accumulated by extractive activity in Central Catalonia: an alternatives study combining the tec...

Environment Industry Waste

31 Aug 2026 Success stories

Managing permits for nest removal on telecommunications infrastructure across Spain

Marc Oliva Carbonell

Managing permits for nest removal on telecommunications infrastructure across Spain

Since 2022, auma has managed for telecommunications infrastructure operators the administrative permits for removing bird nests from towers and sites across Spain: a recurring service reconciling netw...

Environment Utilities

31 Aug 2026 Success stories

Environmental permitting of three wind farms with a shared evacuation line in Conca de Barberà

Marc Oliva Carbonell

Environmental permitting of three wind farms with a shared evacuation line in Conca de Barberà

auma drafted and consolidated the full environmental and land-use documentation — environmental impact assessment (EIA) , specific action project (PAE) and landscape impact and integration study (EIIP...

Developers Energy transition Environment Renewable energy

31 Aug 2026 Success stories

European Blue Deal and water resilience: a paradigm shift in European water policy

Marc Oliva Carbonell

European Blue Deal and water resilience: a paradigm shift in European water policy

In previous articles we have already covered the new TARU Directive (urban wastewater treatment), the regulation 2026/805 on pollutants or the Catalan water cycle plan.

Environment Public administrations Utilities Water

14 Jul 2026 News

Atmospheric dispersion studies

Marc Oliva Carbonell

Atmospheric dispersion studies

Atmospheric dispersion studies: when they are essential and how to do them properly If noise is the environmental impact most easily forgotten until it shows up, air quality is the impact hardest to defend once it is questioned.

Air quality Engineering Environment Industry

2 Jul 2026 News

Acoustic studies

Marc Oliva Carbonell

Acoustic studies

When and why an acoustic impact study is needed: a guide for industries, developers and public administrations Noise is one of the most heavily regulated environmental impacts in Spain and, paradoxically, one of the most overlooked in the…

Air quality Engineering Environment Industry

30 Jun 2026 News

New wastewater law: what changes for industry, treatment plants and public administrations with the transposition of the TARU Directive

Marc Oliva Carbonell

New wastewater law: what changes for industry, treatment plants and public administrations with the transposition of the TARU Directive

On 3 June 2026, the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) opened the preliminary public consultation on the transposition of Directive (EU) 2024/3019 on urban wastewater treatment — known in the…

Environment Public administrations Utilities Water

23 Jun 2026 News

The new European Soil Law: implications for industry and property transactions

Marc Oliva Carbonell

The new European Soil Law: implications for industry and property transactions

On 12 November 2025, the European Parliament and the Council adopted Directive (EU) 2025/2360 on Soil Monitoring and Resilience, better known as the Soil Monitoring Law.

Corporate & Finance Environment Industry

11 Jun 2026 News

New European legislation 2026/805 on pollutants in water: what changes and what it means for water management

Marc Oliva Carbonell

New European legislation 2026/805 on pollutants in water: what changes and what it means for water management

On 11 May the new European legislation 2026/805 entered into force, setting new criteria and requirements regarding the presence of pollutants in surface water and groundwater.

Environment Public administrations Utilities Water

19 May 2026 News

Catalonia prepares a plan to safeguard the water cycle against possible power blackouts

Marc Oliva Carbonell

Catalonia prepares a plan to safeguard the water cycle against possible power blackouts

Guaranteeing the drinking water supply and the proper operation of wastewater systems is key to the well-being of the population and the protection of the environment.

Environment Public administrations Utilities Water

12 May 2026 News

Ignoring biodiversity loss puts the viability of economic activities at risk

Marc Oliva Carbonell

Ignoring biodiversity loss puts the viability of economic activities at risk

Biodiversity loss is no longer only an environmental or scientific concern. In recent years it has become a key factor conditioning projects, activities and business decisions, especially those requiring environmental permits or operating on the land.

Corporate & Finance Environment Industry

7 May 2026 News

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