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A report that cannot be acted on is not a finished report

Marc Oliva Carbonell

A report that cannot be acted on is not a finished report

For 33 years we have delivered technical reports, and there is one lesson that repeats itself more regularly than any other: a report that cannot be decided upon is not a finished report . The calcula...

Consulting Energy transition Engineering Environment Industry Projects

14 Oct 2026 News

Electrification, Hydrogen or Carbon Capture? The Order of the Questions Determines the Project

Marc Oliva Carbonell

Electrification, Hydrogen or Carbon Capture? The Order of the Questions Determines the Project

Every time we receive an industrial decarbonisation request, the client usually brings the answer before the question. "We want to electrify the process." "We are considering hydrogen." "We have heard...

Consulting Decarbonisation Energy transition Engineering Industry Projects

7 Oct 2026 News

Compressed air is electricity in another form

Marc Oliva Carbonell

Compressed air is electricity in another form

In almost all the plants we visit, there is a compressor room. And in almost all of them, that room belongs to no one. It is not for production, because it does not manufacture anything. It is not for...

Consulting Decarbonisation Energy transition Engineering Industry Projects

23 Sept 2026 News

Renewable Acceleration Zones: Environmental Assessment Does Not Disappear, It Changes Location.

Marc Oliva Carbonell

Renewable Acceleration Zones: Environmental Assessment Does Not Disappear, It Changes Location.

On 20 March 2026 the Royal Decree Law 7/2026 introduced into Spanish law the Renewable Acceleration Zones (ZAR), the figure that the Directive (EU) 2023/2413 (RED III) had outlined to shorten the auth...

Consulting Energy transition Engineering Environment Projects Renewable energy

17 Sept 2026 News

Expert technical report on a hotel's building services

Marc Oliva Carbonell

Expert technical report on a hotel's building services

auma issued an expert technical report on the building services of a hotel property in a rural setting: an independent analysis establishing the real condition of the installations, the origin of the ...

Energy transition Engineering Industry

1 Sept 2026 Success stories

Advisory and training for a livestock-waste biogas plant in Chile

Marc Oliva Carbonell

Advisory and training for a livestock-waste biogas plant in Chile

auma advises on the operation of a biogas plant fed with livestock waste in Chile and trains its operating team. An international assignment where the deliverable is not a document but the local team'...

Energy transition Industry Waste

1 Sept 2026 Success stories

Solar PV at a hospital: basic design and tender documents

Marc Oliva Carbonell

Solar PV at a hospital: basic design and tender documents

auma prepared the basic design of a photovoltaic plant for a public hospital in Vallès and, with it, the technical and administrative documents to tender the works: what turns a sound energy idea into...

Energy transition Public administrations Renewable energy

1 Sept 2026 Success stories

How to create a defensible energy balance: the first step before deciding anything

Marc Oliva Carbonell

How to create a defensible energy balance: the first step before deciding anything

An industrial plant receives two letters each year: one from the electricity company and one from the gas supplier. With these two figures, and a few more that depend on a conversion factor, 90% of en...

Consulting Decarbonisation Energy transition Engineering Industry Projects

1 Sept 2026 News

Environmental and land-use permitting of a biogas and biomethane plant: EIA, integrated permit and special urban plan

Marc Oliva Carbonell

Environmental and land-use permitting of a biogas and biomethane plant: EIA, integrated permit and special urban plan

auma is handling the complete environmental and land-use package for a biogas and biomethane plant in Segrià (Lleida): the environmental impact assessment , the integrated environmental permit and the...

Developers Energy transition Renewable energy

31 Aug 2026 Success stories

Complete environmental permitting of a solar PV plant: land-use, landscape, EIA and bird study

Marc Oliva Carbonell

Complete environmental permitting of a solar PV plant: land-use, landscape, EIA and bird study

auma prepared the complete documentation package for the authorisation of a ground-mounted solar PV plant in Penedès, for a renewable energy developer: the specific action project (PAE) , the landscap...

Developers Energy transition Renewable energy

31 Aug 2026 Success stories

Detailed design of a municipal agrivoltaic plant: renewables compatible with farming

Marc Oliva Carbonell

Detailed design of a municipal agrivoltaic plant: renewables compatible with farming

auma supported a Vallès Oriental town council across the whole cycle of its agrivoltaic plant: from preliminary design to the detailed design for authorisation and construction, including the specific...

Energy transition Public administrations Renewable energy

31 Aug 2026 Success stories

Energy audits of industrial plants and hospitals under Spain's RD 56/2016

Marc Oliva Carbonell

Energy audits of industrial plants and hospitals under Spain's RD 56/2016

auma delivered for an international certification body a programme of energy audits under Spain's RD 56/2016 at high-consumption facilities: food and beverage plants, automotive factories, chemical pl...

Decarbonisation Energy transition Industry

31 Aug 2026 Success stories

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