Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience Non-members can add the privileges at checkout through our 30 day free trial By continuing I accept the Terms & Condition and Privacy Policy. I would like to receive Newsletter from MICHELIN Guide Save lists of your favorite restaurants & hotels At the height of the summer months, a little after 10 p.m., they turn west, transfixed as the sun melts into the Atlantic. When the sky lights up gold and fuchsia, some whistle, others applaud. This is sunset in Fisterra, the End of the Earth. After nightfall, some climb back up the cliffs to sleep in the forest. Others return to the town. Those who remain on the beach crawl into sleeping bags nestled against the rocks, where, some mornings, local police wake them with orders to leave. Some call them hippies. Some call them troublemakers. They call themselves pilgrims — peregrinos, in Spanish — and come from around the world: Germany and Hungary, England and Italy, and places far beyond. They work in restaurants, panhandle near supermarkets and sell handmade jewelry on the beach. Most walked the famed 500-mile Camino de Santiago — the Way of St. James — and continued to this small fishing town on Spain’s northwestern coast. Some have lived here for years; a few, just a week. They stay for love, for freedom, for artistic inspiration. They run away from families, drugs, jobs. Fisterra heals, they say. No one can say exactly how many live here. Maybe 20. Maybe 50. Their stories are similar: Once they ran out of land, they had nowhere else to go. “I said I would stay two nights,” said Marge Ots, 41, an Estonian who lives with a handful of other pilgrims above a bar on Fisterra’s main road. “I’ve been here two years.” The Atlantic surrounds Fisterra on three sides. To the east, a crescent-shaped beach forms a tranquil cove where snorkelers glide and fishermen set out their nets. To the west, austere cliffs hem in the Praia Mar de Fóra, a beach whose dangerous undercurrents have swept away countless swimmers. To the south, the peninsula tapers into a narrow, forested cape, where people gather by the lighthouse and watch the sunset each night. Fifty years ago, the town’s geography made fishing a lucrative line of work. Residents dived for navajas — razor shell clams, so named for the thin shells — that burrowed into the sand. They set octopus traps on the seafloor and pried percebes — gooseneck barnacles, a regional delicacy — from slippery rocks during low tide. ‘I said I would stay two nights. I’ve been here two years.’ Ancient pilgrims sometimes continued on another 50 miles to the sea to wash their filthy clothes, but Santiago de Compostela was seen as the culmination of the Camino. That changed in the 2000s. Camino associations and travel guides touted Fisterra as a gem on Galicia’s rugged Costa da Morte, the Coast of Death — named for the untold numbers of shipwrecks along its shores. In 2009, 2,400 pilgrims visited Fisterra. A year later, that number exploded to 17,000. Pedro, a French pilgrim who lives in Fisterra, chatting with two tourists in front of the Santa María de Areas church (Amador Lorenzo/For the Times) The town transformed. Hotels, restaurants and albergues — cheap accommodations for pilgrims — sprouted up everywhere. Today, about half the town’s working population earns money from the sea and the other half works tourism, estimates Fisterra Mayor José Manuel Marcote. “It’s a change that’s been imposed on us,” he said. “It has changed our way of life.”The town’s relationship with its visitors is complicated. The walkers bring in money, but they often burn clothes at the lighthouse and sleep on the beach, despite prohibitions. In this town of 4,000, everyone knows these peregrinos. A Frenchman named Pedro, whose knobby wooden walking stick and scraggly white beard give him the appearance of a slim Santa Claus, sells tourists painted postcards. An Austrian woman named Momo Gruss wanders barefoot and reads tarot cards from behind a shop counter. An Englishman named Quentin Grugeon tends to tomatoes and climbing peas at a local garden. Pilgrims seated at in the World Family dining room. (Amador Lorenzo/For the Times) A Spaniard named David López runs the World Family, a bar where pilgrims gather for a nightly dinner and spend weeks — or months — as volunteers. Gruss, who describes her age as “somewhere between 20 and 40,” walked the Camino in 2014 with her mother, with whom she hadn’t spoken in years. When they arrived in Fisterra, Gruss was immediately struck by the energy of the place, how life here appeared timeless. After leaving Fisterra, Gruss, short on money, slept on friends’ couches for a few years, uninterested in returning to Vienna but uncertain where to settle. She couldn’t stop talking about Fisterra: its pristine beaches, the Celtic legends that seemed to give the town a mystical quality. Just go back, her friends told her. When the seasons permitted, she slept on a mattress in the forest, surrounded by wildflowers. “Here in Fisterra, the concept of homelessness doesn’t exist,” Gruss said. “People live in the forest. People live on the beach. You choose where you sleep. We’re all at home here.” Christine Mack, a German, gave Gruss a job at her clothing shop, as she does with many young foreign women who end up in Fisterra. One morning in 2007, when Mack had finished the Camino and was eating breakfast at the Bar Frontera, she met the owner, a Galician man. After a few minutes of conversation, he offered her work in the kitchen. Mack accepted on a gut feeling. She would take a sabbatical from her desk job and stay six months. Soon into her stay, however, she realized she didn’t want to leave. A showcase for compelling storytelling from the Los Angeles Times. “I was falling in love,” Mack said. She quit her job in Germany and moved to Fisterra to be with the bar owner. Unlike the others, López, the owner of the World Family, never walked the Camino. He came to Fisterra on a bus. Christine Mack attending one of her clients in her bar (Amador Lorenzo/For the Times) When he arrived in 2014, he was recently divorced, disillusioned with his job at a multinational tobacco company and mourning the death of his father. At the recommendation of a social worker, he worked in Fisterra’s municipal albergue for a few months, then moved onto the Mar de Fóra, where dozens of people slept each night. The year before, 70 people had camped out on the beach in the tents. A group of locals had complained, and the national police ordered the squatters to leave. Pitching tents on the beach was prohibited. But the next summer, dozens of pilgrims returned — without tents. López loved life on the beach. There were candles and guitar sessions and group dinners. He felt part of a community. López decided to bring the spirit of the beach indoors. In 2015, he and a few friends opened the World Family. Long-term visitors stay on the bar’s second floor; short-term walkers stay on the third. David López, one of theWorld Family founders, collecting peppers in the community’s greenhouse (Amador Lorenzo/For the Times) Pilgrims volunteer in the kitchen, at the bar, in the garden. They share vegan dinners, paint murals, spend hours chatting on the patio. At night, the bar becomes a popular party spot, bringing together foreigners and fishermen. López and his co-owners make money from the bar and donations — but not much. “This system is different than other places in Fisterra,” López said. “It is about what it means to be a pilgrim, not about making money.” Next door to the bar is the Hotel Langosteira, and the owner, Paulina Mouzo, is wary of her neighbors. During the beach tent bonanza, she says, locals didn’t like visiting the Mar de Fóra. Now, with the beach-dwellers nearby, Mouzo worries about what might happen to her street. For years Mouzo had savored the neighborhood’s tranquility, but after the bar opened, her guests began hearing loud music late into the night. Sometimes, they heard people scream. Once, Mouzo said, someone vomited at the doorstep to her hotel. Mouzo, who lives in the hotel, had trouble sleeping. “They aren’t hippies,” Mouzo said. “This philosophy, love and peace and coexistence, to live freely — they live freely without respect for the other.” In 2016, Mouzo filed a complaint about the World Family to the town hall. Then she filed another. And another. “We continue reporting them,” she said. Henrik Nielsens showing a few of his paintings. (Amador Lorenzo/For the Times) On a humid summer afternoon, Gruss stood barefoot at the shop counter, popping cherry tomatoes into her mouth and staring out the front window. Soft flute music floated from a radio. A Canadian woman who had lingered near the dressing rooms for hours strapped on her traveler’s backpack. “I’m going,” she said. “Thank you for everything.” She hugged Gruss and walked out. “She couldn’t decide whether to take the bus back to Santiago,” Gruss said. “I guess she made her decision.” Gruss looked at her cellphone. She couldn’t remember the day, or the hour. She couldn’t recall what she did the day before, and hadn’t made plans for that evening. Time in Fisterra is marked by sunset and the town’s two seasons: summer and winter. Fisterra empties out once the winter cold sets in (recent temperatures have been in the high 50s, cool but bearable). Unending rain pounds the streets. Hundred-foot waves crash against cliffs. Hotels are shuttered, some restaurants too. Few pilgrims walk through town. The World Family cook serving a plate of food. (Amador Lorenzo/For the Times) The drifters move from the forest into albergues. They pass their days cooking stews, painting, waiting for the summer. And some, like Gruss, will decide it’s finally time to move on, or to return to the world of deadlines and responsibilities. That’s what she did just a few months ago. Soon enough, other pilgrims will come to town, some expecting to stay a few days, maybe weeks. But for some, the weeks might stretch into years, and they’ll discover like so many before them that the real destination of their pilgrimage was Fisterra all along, that they were meant to be here, at the End of the Earth. Lifestyle California Climate & Environment Entertainment & Arts World & Nation Subscribe for unlimited accessSite Map When state and local dignitaries gather Thursday to celebrate the opening of a unique low-income housing development in Yachats And there’s already a waiting list of 40 people That’s how needed – and popular – the $6 million Fisterra Garden Townhomes project has proven “They filled up immediately and haven’t been empty since Day One,” said Layne Morrill of Yachats Morrill has spent three years working with state housing officials and pursuing loans donations and tax credit investors for the project It’s the culmination of a 10-year effort to bring low-income housing to the Yachats area – and probably his last “I have no immediate projects” in the works Nine units at the east end of the development were finished in early January and immediately rented The remaining 12 were completed Monday and renters moved in Tuesday and Wednesday of Eugene exactly a year to build the units That’s almost unheard of in the construction industry especially with challenges of building on the coast and trying to use as many local subcontrators as possible “They’ve been absolutely tremendous,” he said native moved to Yachats to be closer to her childrens’ grandparents in Waldport Hudson pays $743 a month for her two-story apartment She appreciates the numerous windows that bring in light and the secluded “It’s a low-income place but they went above and beyond with the design He’s been an attorney in Phoenix for 43 years In 2004 he visited Yachats on a family vacation built a home in 2007 and has spent summers and falls here since In 2007 Morrill purchased 23 acres of land between U.S In 2008 he sold the undeveloped plot along what is now Diversity Drive to Cascade Housing Group which built and now manages the Fisterra Garden apartments It too is a low-income housing development Fisterra Garden Townhomes is an entirely different project “As that project came along I became more interested in low-income housing,” he said formed Our Coastal Village in 2009 and four years later finished the seven-unit Aqua Vista Square project along Highway 101 farther south Morrill says when Aqua Vista finished he figured he’d tackle another low-income housing project “but not one this large.” Financing the $6 million project is a complex mix of equity Our Coastal Village has $1.96 million in the project which includes large grants from four charitable foundations in Oregon and Arizona and money from investors A private finance company is investing $2.3 million that it is able to sell to institutions for income tax credits Oregon Housing and Community Services provided a 30-year zero-interest $800,000 loan as part of a four-year-old state effort to build more low-income housing in rural areas Washington Federal Savings Bank purchased $2.17 million in state-issued bonds for construction and will administer a $850,000 permanent loan While Lincoln County was only able to contribute $10,000 to the project Morrill said it has been “a big supporter.” The city of Yachats agreed to a 30-year installment payment on half of the city’s $98,000 in system development charges The 2015 Legislature started an affordable housing program for low-income families by authorizing $40 million in general obligation bonds The Housing and Community Services agency is asking the 2019 Legislature for $130 million to continue to expand the program “The fact that Fisterra is rented out and has a waiting list speaks to the need especially in rural areas,” Nicole Stoenner legislative and communications coordinator for the agency A study by the state and another by Morrill shows the need for 120 to 140 more low-income units in Lincoln County Oregon’s program funded 1,259 new low-income units statewide in 2018-19 requiring projects be split 50-50 between urban and rural areas But finding developers able or willing to tackle low-income projects in rural areas can be difficult so the agency is experimenting with a program that links an urban developer with a rural project It has one developer doing a project in east Portland and Hermiston “There are just so few developers of low-income housing around here,” Morrill said The 21 units of Fisterra Garden Townhomes are shoehorned onto just an acre of land – yet still there is a covered community pavilion with built-in barbecues “It was important to me to make it more of a community,” Morrill said “We managed to put 21 units on (the site) and still have a pretty neat backyard.” 10 two-bedroom units and two three-bedroom units All the units are set aside for households earning at or under 60 percent of the area’s median income ranging from $22,980 for one person to $32,820 for a four-person household Rents range from $495 for a 328-square-foot studio to $743 for a three-bedroom 1,219-square-foot apartment What makes the Yachats project unique among state-approved projects is a “local preference” for families with children living in or one person working in Yachats’ 97498 Zip code It has long been an issue among tourism-related businesses in the Yachats area that housing for their typically low-wage seasonal employees was difficult to find and afford When the adjacent Fisterra Gardens opened in 2009 most of its renters came from other parts of Oregon or the country Morrill said getting the state to go along with the local preference was difficult because of its worry about violating fair housing regulations Of the 47 state-funded low-income projects around Oregon Fisterra Townhomes is the only one giving preference to local families “They were opposed to it and dug in their heels,” Morrill said “My goal was to get units for locals … they finally agreed.” 13 of the 21 Fisterra Townhome renters qualified under the local preference “The zip code preference is unusual and special in this case,” Stoenner said The local preference worked for Lois Ruane who moved into her one-bedroom apartment Jan Ruane moved from California to Yachats last May rented space in a family member’s garage and quickly found a job at the Overleaf Lodge She heard about the Fisterra Townhomes project got on the waiting list “and stayed on top of it,” Ruane said She already has vegetables sprouting in the greenhouse and a staked claim to a raised bed so she can grow her own spinach Filed Under: Featured GARAGE SALE: Tell folks about your upcoming garage sale here LANDSCAPING SERVICES:  It’s that time of year Let everyone know what services you have to offer JOB OPENINGS: Need to let the community know that you need help Lincoln County Library District NOTICE OF PUBLIC COMMITTEE MEETING Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue District SECOND NOTICE OF BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING Port of Alsea NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING Yachats Rural Fire Protection District NOTICE OF BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING Central Lincoln People’s Utility District LEGAL NOTICE OF BOARD VACANCY and has been found to reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes and heart-related conditions Seagulls shriek, boats bob and the morning sun silvers the waters off the Coast of Death as two sailors take a break from winding up their conger eel lines to ponder the sudden interest in precisely what Like many in the small Galician fishing town of Fisterra – whose name is derived from the Latin for land’s end, because the lonely peninsula on which it sits is about as far west as you can go in mainland Spain – Sito Mendoza and Ramón Álvarez are a little puzzled by all the fuss over the Atlantic diet which survives in this north-western region of Spain and across the border in northern Portugal has been hailed as an exciting and sustainable alternative to its better-known and more tanned southern cousin the cluster of health problems that increase the risk of type 2 diabetes and conditions related to the heart and blood vessels “We eat everything but above all fish and octopus,” says the 74-year-old local Maybe it’s the climate but we do eat very healthily The potatoes and the vegetables and the beans and the meat are all from here.” with whom he once plied the Atlantic’s Sole Bank chips in: “You need to keep busy; you need to keep moving!” Although both men retired in their late 50s the conger lines they prepare in their wharfside shed which can snag up to 700 eels on a good day keep them occupied – as do Mendoza’s reminiscences of a long-ago fortnight in Newcastle: “Lovely girls The centrality of fish to local tables and the economy is evident at the afternoon fish auction in the harbour market offering glistening specimens of thornback ray ‘It’s all about fish – especially oily fish,’ says fishmonger Manuel Domínguez Photograph: Sam Jones/The Guardian“It’s about eating what the sea provides and enjoying your day-to-day life and the peace and quiet we have around here,” says Manuel Domínguez “It was all about the Mediterranean diet before and now it’s all about fish – especially oily fish.” María del Mar Calvo Malvar, a clinical analysis specialist at the University hospital of Santiago de Compostela, helped put together the 2014-15 clinical study and is one of the authors of the recent analysis that found the Atlantic diet reduced metabolic syndrome by a third in just six months sustainability and conviviality go a long way to explaining the diet’s health benefits “This diet is characterised by a high consumption of fresh seasonal and local foods – these are ‘zero-mile foods’ – such as fruits “Fish and seafood are a basic part of our diet: in Atlantic gastronomy we eat more fish and seafood than in the surrounding countries – three or four portions a week A selection of fish Photograph: Sam Jones/The GuardianShe says the Atlantic culinary tradition is characterised by its “creativity and by the value it places on its ingredients; it’s about maintaining the essence of the ingredients” Although Calvo acknowledges the Atlantic diet has many similarities to the Mediterranean diet – not least the heavy use of olive oil the ubiquity of fresh fruit and vegetables local and seasonal foods – she insists there are a few fundamental differences She points to the Atlantic diet’s fondness for brassicas which are high in glucosinolates – organic compounds that have been shown to help prevent certain kinds of cancers and other illnesses “The same goes for dairy products – a lot more dairy is eaten in the north than in the south,” says Calvo wine is more prevalent in the north and beer is more prevalent in the south The culinary techniques are also different: there’s a lot of steaming and stewing in Atlantic gastronomy whereas there’s more frying in Mediterranean gastronomy.” Calvo and her colleagues are also keen to stress the social and familial elements of the diet “It’s a way of eating but it’s also about sharing and enjoying food,” says Rosaura Leis the president of the scientific committee of the Atlantic Diet Foundation at the University of Santiago de Compostela a professor of paediatrics and the president of the Spanish nutrition foundation warn that the diet’s inclusion of cheese and potatoes should not be seen as carte blanche to reach for the cheesy chips “What we have shown in our clinical studies is that the dietary habits of the Atlantic diet are associated with better metabolic health and lower levels of cholesterol lower BMI and less metabolic syndrome,” she says “That doesn’t mean the ingredients on their own are healthy – it means the pattern and combination of these foods has healthy effects it’s about following the advice we so often provide: a varied and diverse diet that takes into account quantities and physical activity and health.” Brais Pichel whose restaurant Terra overlooks the beach in Fisterra Photograph: Europa Press News/GettyBrais Pichel a young local chef whose Terra restaurant overlooking the beach in Fisterra won a Michelin star last year says people in Galicia have always treated family meals and the ingredients on which they are built “It’s about the product and finding something to go with it a grilled fish only needs to be cooked well and seasoned with the best oil “It may sound a bit strange and radical – and they may kill me for saying so – but I think Japanese cooking is a bit like Galician cooking Dr Dariush Mozaffarian, a cardiologist and the director of the Food is Medicine Institute at the Friedman school at Tufts University has welcomed the trial results from the other side of the Atlantic because ‘common sense’ around a healthy diet has in recent years devolved into raging social media battles over radical fad diets,” he says “This trial provides important confirmatory evidence on what we’ve learned to be true over the last 20 years: a healthy diet is rich in minimally processed fruits The harbour in Fisterra he remains a little sceptical about some aspects of the diet noting that brassicas are no more likely to improve health than other combinations of vegetables He adds: “One would be hard-pressed to believe that more potatoes would be a good thing potatoes are linked to higher risk of high blood pressure and weight gain.” Mozaffarian also wonders whether this might all be a case of old olive oil in new bottles “This Atlantic diet is more or less a Mediterranean diet with a slightly different fashion style and dialect those little differences are a point of cultural pride these are two closely related cousins that we have trouble telling apart.” But Mozaffarian agrees that the social aspects of the diet should not be overlooked. “Studies of the healthiest cultures, like the Blue Zones have consistently shown that cultures that value family friends and the integral role of food in nurturing these are healthier Those thoughts – and many more – are echoed by Bienvenido Martinéz a 55-year-old butcher from Fisterra who offers as succinct a summary of the diet as you will find “It’s a way of living and a way of doing things: the Atlantic diet is a diet that relies on good quality ingredients,” he says “We don’t rush things here … When we sit down to eat The health benefits of the diet are reported to lie in its use of a variety of fresh, seasonal ingredients. These are the food consumption recommendations laid out in the Galicia Atlantic diet study almonds and hazelnuts): 4-6 servings a week a standard portion was the recording unit (eg a 250ml glass of milk A portion of boiled vegetables was regarded as 200g a portion of sugary soda drink as a 330ml can (Source: A randomised, family-focused dietary intervention to evaluate the Atlantic diet: the Galiat study protocol) Two Milbank offices and Galicia Abogados in Mexico City have helped energy company Saavi acquire a power plant in Jalisco from Mexican counterpart Fisterra Energy expert analysis and essential resources from the Latin Lawyer experts Copyright © Law Business ResearchCompany Number: 03281866 VAT: GB 160 7529 10 These firms have professional notices in the Latin Lawyer 250 Get more from LLSign up to our daily email alert Unlock unlimited access to all Latin Lawyer content one of the world’s most famous pilgrimage destinations with a spring in our step and no blisters to boast of It’s 8am and the square in front of the Galician city’s magnificent Romanesque cathedral is teeming with pilgrims who have spent weeks walking here along routes that have been trodden since the tomb of St James was discovered on this site in the Middle Ages They enter the city from all directions — but we are walking the only trail to start in Santiago a route that pre-dates Christianity and heads out of the city to the sea."},"children":[]}]},{"name":"paragraph","children":[{"name":"text","attributes":{"value":"The Camino de Fisterra is an ancient 100km way that passes through quiet villages and"},"children":[]},{"name":"paywall","children":[{"name":"text","attributes":{"value":" oak forests and along mountain paths before reaching the sea cliffs at Fisterra as the Romans named the most westerly point of their empire."},"children":[]}]}]},{"name":"paywall","children":[{"name":"paragraph","children":[{"name":"text","children":[],"attributes":{"value":"Even before it was a significant spot for pagans who travelled there to witness the sun “die” as it dropped into the sea this was more than somewhere to see an awe-inspiring sunset It was where the worlds of the living and the dead began to merge where prayers and offerings were made to ensure the sun’s rebirth and benevolence Both comment excitedly as we walk out of the city into the surrounding hills as we head through farmland and eucalyptus groves before eventually crossing a medieval bridge just before the town of Negreira the region’s capital and alluded to by Ernest Hemingway in "}},{"name":"italic","children":[{"name":"text","children":[],"attributes":{"value":"For Whom the Bell Tolls"}}]},{"name":"text","children":[],"attributes":{"value":"."}}]},{"name":"paragraph","children":[{"name":"text","children":[],"attributes":{"value":"The Fisterra route is much quieter than the ways leading into Santiago although some walk the extra four days to Fisterra or Muxia farther north on the Costa da Morte (coast of death) 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my teenage daughter the region’s capital and alluded to by Ernest Hemingway in For Whom the Bell Tolls The Fisterra route is much quieter than the ways leading into Santiago but then reached Santiago and thought: “Why not go the extra mile?” The extra mile is a whimsical understatement when healing and storm-predicting powers were attributed to them believed to have been built by the Phoenicians or Celtic tribes and finally just by the rocks beside the sea The Camino crosses the bridge at Ponte MaceiraGETTY IMAGESLatter-day pilgrims used to burn their clothes and walking boots here but these days it’s frowned upon and it is enough simply to participate in the other Fisterra tradition — watching the sunset We watch and try to imagine what it must have been like for Celts or Phoenicians who believed that this was the end of their world witnessing the sun deity slip into the sea and die before its rebirth the next day Whatever powerful emotions that must have evoked my daughter muses on her forthcoming time at university Need to knowLizzie Enfield was a guest of Camino Ways (caminoways.com). The Camino de Fisterra package costs from €660 (£575), including five nights’ accommodation and walking notes. Easyjet (easyjet.com) flies direct to Santiago de Compostela The real Algarve, PortugalPromising to show off the authentic side of the popular tourist region, a holiday along the Algarve Way starting in Alcoutim takes in unspoilt villages and six walking routes that are an extension of the GR13.Details A seven-night group trip, including flights, B&B hotels and dinners, costs from £1,365pp, departing October 10. ramblersholidays.co.uk 43,000+ global companies doing business in the region 102,000+ key contacts related to companies and projects news and interviews about your industry in English Talented young people with their own projects are competing for the Balfegó Grand Prix Revelation Chef Award which will be presented during the congress on 31 January the Madrid Fusión team has scoured the culinary scene in our country on the trail of promising young chefs Chefs with solid training whose work has caught our attention for their clarity of ideas technical preparation and ability to anticipate the future. They are part of the valuable human heritage on which our creative cuisine only one of whom will join the list of 21 winners of previous competitions.  CARLOS CASILLASRestaurante Barro (San Segundo 6 Ávila)The young Carlos Casillas and the small group of colleagues who make up his team prepare a cuisine conditioned by environmental awareness and the culinary roots of Ávila and the highlands of Castile Each of the dishes that arrive at Barro's tables finds a response in the wines that accompany them from its monumental wine cellar Responsible cuisine that connects with the aura of fermented foods SARA PERAL and JORGE MUÑOZRestaurante Osa (Ribera del Manzanares 123 invested more than two years in outlining a promising and challenging concept that is based on a line of thought that is not exempt from primitivism meticulous control of textures and temperatures and an insatiable desire to track down unique products contemporary proposals that break away from fashions and routines. ALEJANDRO VILLAEl Café de Pandora (San Bernardo Villa has established himself as a specialist in the treatment of fish and seafood he has turned this family restaurant into a destination for fish lovers He works with excellent pieces that he receives from the Avilés fish market to which he applies imaginative or updated traditional recipes and with which he achieves precise cooking points very fine sauces in which he brings out a veritable arsenal of technical resources With the sirloin Wellington and other meats he confirms his pulse on certain areas of classic cuisine.MARCO ANTONIO INIESTA and MARÍA EGEARestaurant Frases (Soledad with the only support in the dining room of María Egea Marco Antonio runs an inconspicuous restaurant in the centre of Murcia where he serves no more than 15 diners per service are based on the local larder of the sea and the countryside The work they both do with the small producers in the area is commendable.BRAIS PICHELTerra (Paseo de la Ribeira the new representative of young cuisine in Galicia displays his talent in a restaurant near the port of Fisterra (A Coruña) he develops a gastronomic proposal subject to the limitations set by the territory including the scarcity of fish when the fleets remain moored in winter Pichel breaks with traditional Galician recipes to offer cosmopolitan dishes full of unexpected harmonies The four tables in its dining room have become a place of pilgrimage for those who seek out different cuisines.ALATZ BILBAORestaurant Bakea (Olalde Berezia 1 Alatz plays the dual role of cook and expert metallurgist grills and plates apart from his economical kitchen is in charge of the dining room.IRIS JORDAN MARTIN Restaurant Ansiles (Ansiles The young Iris Jordán is head chef at the Ansils restaurant in the Benasque Valley (Huesca) she has a passion for game and poultry stews and bases part of her cuisine on the recovery and updating of traditional recipes from the valley local and seasonal products are a kind of religion Her knowledge of bakery and her mastery of various areas of the sweet world (pastries ice cream and petits fours) give her a technical mastery that is evident in the way she resolves savoury recipes.  Follow us: Foro de Debate SL Enagás and White Summit Capital to generate 237MW green hydrogen in the Bay of Algeciras Enagás and White Summit Capital have presented a project that contemplates the start-up of a green hydrogen production plant in the Bay of Algeciras of up to 237 MW This facility will supply green hydrogen to local industry which includes large consumers of hydrogen and natural gas In line with the provisions of the Hydrogen Roadmap of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge this project will not only contribute to decarbonize industrial operations and power generation but will also promote future uses of green hydrogen in mobility both for vehicles and truck fleets linked to port activity Likewise, green hydrogen could be used as one of the clean fuels in maritime transport which is why the Port of Algeciras can be a key point in the supply of ships Andalusia can value the renewable resources available for its use in the production of green hydrogen and its use in the decarbonization of sectors where electrification is not possible This green hydrogen generation project in the Bay of Algeciras will facilitate the optimal integration of renewable energy resources in the region Thanks to its proximity to the gas pipeline network this green hydrogen could be transported to national and international consumers environmental and economic benefits of the project The use of renewable resources for the production of green hydrogen will make it possible to position Andalusia as a key region in the production of renewable energy environmental and economic benefits for the area One of them is the maintenance of current employment in the long term by facilitating the local industry to meet its environmental commitments as well as the generation of highly qualified direct and indirect employment this project will help improve air quality in the Bay of Algeciras and southern Andalusia and will position the Port of Algeciras as an international leader in the green hydrogen generation and supply market Fisterra Energy, Enagás and White Summit Capital promote a project to generate green hydrogen in the Bay of Algeciras, June 21, 2021 OMV Eye Green Hydrogen Partnership This article was first published on Rigzone here OMV AG and Abu Dhabi Future Energy Co PJSC (Masdar) have signed a letter of intent to collaborate on producing renewable power.. 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For more information, please review our Privacy Policy Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information (Opt-Out) meaning ‘end of the Earth’ (Credit: Olivier Guiberteau)Cape Finisterre’s mythical pull has drawn travellers since the time of antiquity the route to ‘the end of the world’ became all but forgotten A simple bronze walking boot sits on a rock overlooking the immense vastness of the Atlantic Ocean The snaking routes of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage convene at the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela the capital of north-west Spain’s Galicia region and the alleged burial site of St James people have made their way along these paths to pay homage to the apostle but for a small number of travellers who arrive in the hallowed city • A perilous walkway fit for kings • A 1,000-year-old road lost to time • An epic hike of biblical proportions The cathedral spires fade into the distance as the trail leaves the city and continues for 90km to the raging beast that is the Atlantic Ocean – and Cape Finisterre this windswept corner of Spain has a spiritual history stretching back more than four millennia Cape Finisterre is of course not the end of the world – nor even the most westerly point of mainland Europe as is sometimes claimed (Cape Roca in Portugal holds this distinction) But Cape Finisterre is an area whose mythical pull has drawn travellers since the time of antiquity by adventure or simply to stand at the edge of the then-known world and stare out at the Mare Tenebrosum The small town of Fisterra sits above a south-facing promontory a gentle hill with commanding views around it Fisterra is like many other towns on this stretch of coast; wrapped around a quaint fishing port with a long beach curling east an organisation specialising in information on the Camino de Santiago Its eastern face gently rolls down into the town while the western flank plummets dramatically into the Atlantic Ocean Nestled in the undergrowth on the eastern side lie the ruins of the San Guillermo Hermitage It was at this same spot that the conquering Romans first set eyes on a simple stone temple built by the Gallaeci to honour the sun – the Ara Solis – consisting of four granite columns and a slender dome above as described by Galician historian Benito Vicetto which is believed to have been a place of pagan sun worship situated at what they considered the end of the known world and facing the setting sun each evening must have been a captivating and enigmatic sight Word of the untamed land at the end of the world began to spread through the Roman Empire and beyond and travellers began making their way to Cape Finisterre to see the site for themselves It was described in Pliny the Elder’s Natural History written in 77 AD and by Ptolemy in his Geographia in 150 AD who initially used the names Nerium or Promunturium Celticum especially during the 3rd and 4th Centuries AD St James himself was said to have demolished the Ara Solis and unfortunately one that is impossible to substantiate the hermitage was built by a medieval traveller on the same spot The earliest recorded pilgrim visit to Santiago de Compostela came in the 9th Century and numbers began to increase dramatically during the Middle Ages as Christianity spread through the Iberian Peninsula such as the supposed resting place of St James There is much debate as to how many pilgrims continued on to see the sunset at the end of the Earth in medieval times but by the mid-20th Century the path to Finisterre was all but forgotten Only with the upsurge in popularity of the Camino de Santiago during the 1980s and ‘90s did people begin to appear in Finisterre again The final few kilometres of the Finisterre section of the Camino de Santiago wind along the coast ending at the lighthouse at Monte Facho’s southern tip where the bronze boot is For those who have walked from St-Jean-Pied-de-Port in south-west France – the traditional beginning of the French Way the Camino’s most popular route – these are the final steps of an 870km journey A symbolic distance marker showing 0.0km sits just north of the lighthouse behind which lies a wide craggy area that descends almost like a natural amphitheatre before plunging off the edge This is where pilgrims would burn an item of clothing as an act of re-birth small pieces of clothing are sometimes tied to the bushes squeezed between the rocks If travellers from long ago did make their way to witness a sunset from the spot where the Ara Solis once stood it’s likely that at the end of the day they pursued the climb to the summit of Monte Facho three rocky outcrops lie among a sea of thick The furthest north is known as Piedras Santas the Virgin Mary is said to have rested after journeying to Finisterre to encourage St James in his apostolic duties The view from the Piedras Santas is wild and spectacular The cliffs drop dizzyingly to the Atlantic stretching out to the horizon The Romans believed this area to be the gateway to the afterlife and where the sun went each night to die You can’t go any further emotionally spiritually and physically“There isn’t the same overwhelming amount of distractions as in other places,” said Carlota Traba the water and the sunset – that’s the magic” Join more than three million BBC Travel fans by liking us on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter and Instagram If you liked this story, sign up for the weekly bbc.com features newsletter called "If You Only Read 6 Things This Week". 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Topography and toponymy seem to marry in Finisterre to define a place predestined to be a scene of sorrow On this cape of the ‘Costa de la Muerte’ (Coast of Death) – where the Romans thought the world to end – a plot of land exposed to the tempests was chosen by the municipal council to be the site of the town of Fisterra’s new civil cemetery Contrary to the idea of an enclosed necropolis with walls segregating the inside from the outside the project proposes to bring death closer to everyday life – not only on All Souls’ Day The cemetery is above all a network of paths that stretches on down the cliff unencumbered by boundaries and with the eternal presence of the ocean as the background Opposed to the idea of the necropolis as an enclosed precinct the cemetery of Fisterra proposes to bring death closer to everyday life set up along a network of paths that stretch out along the cliff overlooking the sea a fragmented complex of small constructions engages in dialogue with the horizon that lead from the town to the mills where women once washed clothes The physical references that marked ancient Celtic burials – sea mountain and sky – are the intangible borders that stand in for the traditional perimetral wall The image of the graveyard will be that of a walk a footpath that descends the mountain to the very shore of the ocean A counterpoint to this organic make-up of the terrain is the Platonic geometry of the cubes that accommodate the niches in groups sharp-edged boxes are placed around freely looking as if they had each rolled downhill and found a comfortable spot on which to rest low walls and small squares conducive to contemplation and repose burial takes place in constructions along the edges of the road the mausoleum cubes are elevated from the ground to evoke the traditional architecture of the region A concrete staircase is the only threshold between the path and the tomb These modules are built in a way that stresses the simultaneous identification of the tomb with each of two primary forms: the boulder and the dwelling Formed by joining large pieces of gray Mondáriz granite the cubes appear partially buried in the slope of the mountain thereby enlarging the cemetery’s dirt road axis into terraces at regular intervals seem slightly detached from the ground – a possible abstraction of the hórreo and other constructions of Galician tradition A short staircase molded in concrete precedes every cube like a threshold constituting the only barrier between strollers and mourners The tombs are grouped together in granite cubes that seen from the ocean look like empty boxes; while from the mountains they appear as an integral part of the rocky slope expanding the path with ledges for sightseeing Colaborador Collaborator Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (aparejador quantity surveyor) Contratista Contractor Construcciones Ponciano Nieto there arent any match using your search terms I can’t stop thinking about Pierre. I first met him at the end of December in a Finisterre bar much favoured by the hippy types drawn to the strange energies of the western coast of Galicia I initially thought he was a Galician fisherman But when I dropped a napkin on the floor and he swooped to pick it up for me I was struck by this conscientious and unexpected behaviour I’ve noticed a correlation between missing the odd tooth having a weathered face and being open and warm-hearted The next day I ran into him at a bar beside the small harbour It turned out he was a Frenchman with Sicilian ancestry who had walked the Camino from Le Puy in France covering 800 miles (plus he wasn’t stopping and next would turn south and head to Fatima in Portugal) a peregrino version of Arthur Conan Doyle’s gallant Brigadier Gerard And Pierre had truly embraced the pilgrim spirit he had the back of one hand tattooed with a scallop shell Covering the inside of his right forearm was the tattooed face of his cousin who had committed suicide and for whom he was offering up the pilgrimage Next to one eye was tattooed a tear (for the cousin) while next to the other eye was a star – Sirius the first star that comes out in the night sky and which shines most brightly the apartment and ‘smashed’ his mobile phone before departing I saw Pierre standing alone on the bar’s veranda facing the harbour His face was upturned to the night sky and both his arms were held out from his body with his palms facing outward He seemed to be having nothing short of a mystical experience Ever since I first visited Finisterre after doing my first Camino I’ve been intrigued by Finisterre’s alternative hippy crowd (which includes pilgrims who after arriving never left) Pilgrims often continue there from Santiago de Compostela as it marks the literal start point of the route; you can go no further with the great Atlantic blocking your path These hippies have managed something most people can’t seem to achieve: saying to hell with the artifice not giving a damn what people think and just doing what truly speaks to their hearts One Finisterre transplant from Portugal described those drawn there as the ‘black sheep’ of society having a weathered face and being open and warm-hearted versus wearing smart clothes displaying perfect skin and a having a cold heart.Those more weathered bodies and souls also know how to put on a good party as I discovered New Year’s Eve back at the bar where I first saw Pierre At midnight they had me speed eating grapes: a Spanish tradition with one grape munched for each chime of the clock (it’s hard to keep up) with endless rats commuting to the office and typing away at desks All the while they are sniffing out happiness in its advertised forms: having a shiny car swigging alcohol and taking medication to relieve their blues I found myself identifying with those rodents getting their tails caught in the closing Tube doors I’m back in an office for the first time in a while and I’ll likely be on another Underground train from Vauxhall to Victoria – and Pierre will be walking towards Fatima subscribe to get 3 months of unlimited access for just £3 James Jeffrey is an editor for the Catholic Herald, a writer and a Camino guide Be part of the conversation with other Spectator readers by getting your first three months for £3 Already a subscriber? Log in As madrileños head for the cooler Atlantic coast those in the north have given them an unflattering nickname Galicia and Spain’s other Atlantic regions are becoming increasingly popular holiday destinations for Spaniards as they turn their backs on overcrowded and overheated Mediterranean resorts in favour of the more temperate north But while welcoming the income from tourism Galicians have also given a nickname to what they see as their notoriously haughty visitors from the Spanish capital: fodechinchos which translates literally as “fish thieves” “A fodechinchos is a visitor who’s a bit of an idiot but basically a cocky tourist from Madrid who doesn’t respect local traditions,” said Miguel Vega a Galician who teaches English at the University of Barcelona The Galician writer Ainhoa Rebolledo said a fodechinchos was typically someone from Madrid but that the term could refer to anyone from outside Galicia and generally denoted an ignorant or ill-mannered tourist “The typical fodechinchos doesn’t realise there are tides,” she said “In the Mediterranean the tide is about 20cm and here it’s a matter of metres The classic fodechinchos gets their car stuck on the beach at high tide.” Fodechinchos are also accused of insisting on a free tapa with their drink a tradition in Andalucía but not in Galicia and of complaining that the signage is in Galego even though the Galician language is readily understandable to any Spanish speaker The bar O Kan de Mera near A Coruña has put up a sign that reads: “You are entering a sector free of fodechinchos No ordering of two rum and cokes and four glasses and a plate of olives.” there’s a type at large who steals shellfish is usually a bumpkin wearing Spanish insignia and says Madrid is the best place in the world although they escape whenever they can.” The word fodechinchos originates from the practice of throwing a net close to the shore to catch small jackfish (chinchos) was then hauled on to the beach and the fishers would let tourists take a few home to cook people soon started to take advantage and arrived with buckets to help themselves to the catch farther east along the north coast in Cantabria a young woman found herself being quoted in the national press after she tweeted her disdain for visitors from other parts of Spain People from Mediterranean Spain “complain that the water’s too cold They seem incapable of understanding that there are tides,” she posted on X Next in her sights are madrileños who park their cars by the sea complain they have to scramble over rocks and are apparently surprised that cattle are not the only thing in Cantabria Free newsletterA digest of the morning's main headlines from the Europe edition emailed direct to you every week day “who act like they’re rescuing us from poverty when they buy a sandwich and then are rude to the waiter” If one thing unites Spaniards from outside the capital just as the rest of France seems to scorn Parisians But people from Madrid are not the only ones with derogatory nicknames people from Barcelona are referred to as pixapins or “piss on pines” from their alleged habit of pulling over to relieve themselves at the roadside Catalans are disparaged by some Spaniards as polacos (Poles) because they do not understand them when they speak Catalan the equivalent of fodechinchos is a papardo named after a fish that devours everything then disappears while in Navarra they call visitors from the Basque Country robasetas (mushroom thieves) A Yachats developer has completed a $10.9 million affordable rental housing project in Florence and has plans on the drawing board for two more projects totaling $22 million will celebrate the opening of the 24-unit Oak Manor apartments during a ceremony June 13 featuring Andrea Bell executive director of Oregon Housing and Community Services With the completion – 22 of the apartments are already occupied – Florence has gained two affordable housing projects in the last six months “This means that Florence has had 92 affordable housing units come online in the last six months,” Morrill told YachatsNews The project is the nonprofit’s third affordable housing project on the central Oregon coast Morrill developed two projects in Yachats — the 21-unit Fisterra Townhome apartments the seven-unit Aqua Vista Square apartments and years earlier sold the site that was then developed into the 25-unit Fisterra Gardens three-story buildings on 1.23 acres just south of the Florence Fred Meyer store Like most affordable rental housing programs in Oregon the project was developed via a complex package of state grants Our Coastal Village added $450,000 from charitable donations and the city of Florence coordinated a 10-year property tax exemption from local governments that helped lower rents by 5 percent Six units are for households at or under 30 percent of the area median income with rent of $407 a month for a one-bedroom unit and $487 for a two-bedroom unit Another 16 units are for households at or under 60 percent of the area median income with rents of $820 for a one-bedroom apartment which also built the Fisterra Townhome project in Yachats was the contractor and finished before the expected completion date As ready as Morrill is to have the grand opening for his third project he’s possibly more excited for his fourth and fifth – a combination affordable rent apartment complex adjacent to an early childhood learning center Our Coastal Village is in the process of purchasing a 1.16 acre site at Greenwood and 10th streets north of PeaceHealth’s hospital It plans to start construction on the 38-unit Elm Park Apartments next April and finish a year later Chestnut Management is buying the one-third acre childcare property and Our Coastal Village plans to begin work on it in October 2025 The pre-school/after-school will have room for 56 children The apartment project has an $18 million price tag and the cost of the early childhood learning center is $4 million Florence plans to use a $1.9 million state infrastructure grant to build utility lines roads and sidewalks in a several-block area surrounding the two sites The road will also provide access to a 3.55-acre undeveloped city park Morrill said he got the idea for a dual project after watching the Legislature and state agencies develop programs to address affordable housing and childcare issues and the city of Florence “encouraged me to try to find a solution “They’ve been great to work with,” he said “It’s another push by the governor and the Legislature to solve the childcare crisis … which is as bad or worse than the affordable housing crisis,” he said “And the Florence area is one of the worst for finding childcare.” Our Coastal Village’s capacity is one project at a time even though he has approached the city of Yachats about helping with infrastructure improvements to land it owns adjacent to the Fisterra Townhomes to build more affordable housing to the south of it The 2024 Legislature authorized Oregon Housing and Community Services to issue up to $75 million in grants for infrastructure to help build affordable housing The agency is developing a process that small cities like Yachats without the experience or capacity to deal with complex state grant applications can use June 4, 2024 at 3:49 pm So good to read some good news about affordable housing Bless these folks and what a wonderful thing for the community June 5, 2024 at 12:38 pm It’s very refreshing to see a developer deliver low income housing and also have plans to incorporate childcare on a future housing project We hear so many times how developers can’t make money on low income housing We need more community minded developers like Mr June 6, 2024 at 7:40 am Layne Morrill has and is doing such service to help people have a nice/safe place to call home Housing has become so out of reach for so many It’s amazing how much time/effort he is willing to give to do something about it “If ye have done it unto the least of these my brethren ye have done it unto me.” Ventika Wind Farm is a 252MW wind farm being constructed by a consortium of Fisterra Energy a subsidiary of Blackstone Energy Partners the project will be located in Nuevo Leon in north-east Mexico the $640m project will be Mexico’s biggest onshore wind farm as well as one of the biggest in Latin America Fisterra Energy acquired the majority stake in the project from CEMEX, which will construct and develop the wind farms operations are expected to start in the second quarter of 2016 The project will generate 1,000 jobs as well as an additional 2,000 jobs in related sectors Mexico expects the project to assist in achieving its target of 35% renewable energy by 2025 The development was the winner of the Industrial Building Development category in the CEMEX Building Award and was also given the special prize in the Innovation in Techniques and Construction Processes section The wind complex will be situated near the municipality of General Bravo in Nuevo Leon Both the Ventika I and Ventika II wind farms are being developed on 3,800ha each Each wind farm is installed with 42 ACCIONA AW-3000 wind turbine generators with a nominal output of 3MW each The three-bladed turbines have a rotor diameter of 116m and hub height of 120m each The blade length is 56.7m and rotor speed range is 12.3rpm A 230kV substation comprised of two 34.5kV/230kV main power transformers and double circuit 230kV transmission lines is also being constructed as part of the project The substation will be connected to the CFE interconnection switchyard by means of the 8.8 mile double circuit transmission lines Concrete towers required for the Ventika wind farm are produced and supplied by a new plant set up by Acciona at General Escobedo The project has an innovative concrete support system instead of a more traditional steel-core structure Wind power generated by the wind farms will be supplied to FEMSA Tecnológico de Monterrey and CEMEX facilities according to the Mexican authorities’ self-supply scheme a subsidiary of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US has entered an agreement to receive wind power from Ventika for its manufacturing plants and corporate buildings in Mexico resulting in a decrease in emissions by 140,000t of CO₂-equivalent each year The project’s investment includes 75% debt and 25% equity A syndicated loan in excess of $480m was provided by North American Development Bank Banco Nacional de Obras y Servicios Públicos (Banobras) Nacional Financiera (Nafin) and Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterior (Bancomext) with Santander (Mexico) acting as administrative agent CEMEX and private investors committed another $162m through equity contributions and shareholder loans An engineering, procurement and construction contract for the wind complex was awarded to ACCIONA Energy. The wind turbines were also supplied by ACCIONA which will provide operation and maintenance for 20 years AWS Truepower was selected as independent engineer to assist in financing and construction of the project and also to function as energy consultant It is also responsible for overseeing the construction Fisterra Energy was advised by legal advisors Jones Day on the acquisition financing and construction of the wind farm Give your business an edge with our leading industry insights View all newsletters from across the GlobalData Media network Largest contract for a turnkey project carried out by ACCIONA worldwide which was completed at the end of 2015 and went into full commercial operation in April 2016 The wind complex made up by Ventika and Ventika II wind farms represents the biggest turn-key contract (EPC) carried out by ACCIONA globally This milestone in the company's track-record reaches 252 MW capacity thanks to eighty-four AW116/3000 wind turbines with Nordex/ACCIONA Windpower's technology features a 116m-long rotor diameter on a 120m-high concrete tower which was installed by late 2015 and entered full commercial operation in April 2016 was built for a consortium formed by Fisterra Energy It is currently owned by IEnova (Sempra Energy) It was inaugurated by Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto on September 12 I accept Information on data protection In compliance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 on Data Protection and with other Data Protection regulations in force you are hereby informed that your personal data shall be processed by Acciona whose identification data are as follows: Tax ID No (NIF): A08001851; Address: Avenida de la Gran Vía de Hortaleza No.: +34 91 663 28 50; email: protecciondedatos@acciona.com Your data shall be processed in order to send you information through the subscription to our Newsletter through electronic means activities and news pertinent to our activity sectors The consent given by the data subject by indicating that they have read and accept this data protection information comprises the lawfulness of processing the subscription Request cannot be satisfied We may also process your satisfaction or preferences Data shall be stored until the elimination is requested we may give access to your data to service providers (such as technology service providers) who assist us in fulfilling this purpose may be located outside of the European Economic Area in territories that do not offer a level of data protection that is comparable to that of the European Union we transfer User data with appropriate safeguards and always ensuring the security of the same The data subject can exercise their rights of access to or rectification and/or the restriction of or objection to the processing of such data by writing the Department of Data Protection located at Avenida de la Gran Vía de Hortaleza 28033 (Madrid) or by sending the form available in the link: FORM If we consider it necessary in order to be able to identify you, we may ask you for a copy of an identity document. 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Only two days before I’d been in the celebratory environs of Santiago de Compostela with its endless arrivals of jubilant pilgrims Now dark clouds were scudding across the Galician hills in the distance and the only sound I could hear was the wind blowing – in an accusatory manner While Santiago de Compostela marks the official end of the famous Camino de Santiago pilgrimage with the purported remains of St James the apostle in the basement of its cathedral a minority of hardy souls continue for another 86 kilometres to the Galician coast Their destination is the small fishing town of Finisterre and the surrounding cape which exists as the mysterious pagan sibling lurking in the shadows of the Camino trail and its Christian virtues In ancient times Finisterre was viewed as the end of the known world Already a subscriber? Log in Even a small action can make an enormous difference when millions of people do it All official European Union website addresses are in the europa.eu domain The oil spill from the now-sunken tanker “Prestige” off the coast of Galicia is affecting one of the most beautiful and spectacular parts of the Spanish coastline The spill is destroying the ecosystems of Costa da Morte and Cabo Fisterra and creating a real drama for many families in this rural area living primarily from fishing More than 130 kilometres of coastline have already been hit The environmental disaster area stretches from Seixo Blanco near el Ferrol to Fisterra including the whole Costa da Morte and the estuaries is known for the unique beauty of its land and the extraordinary diversity of its nature further aggravating the situation and spreading the environmental disaster to the many low estuaries in the area The environmental damage is already immense The affected area has a large number of protected habitats that make up the NATURA 2000 network in the Region of Galicia including the Costa da Morte (several locations) There is concern about the fate of rock ecosystems (e.g the Cies Islands and the rocky coastlines in the area) and especially about the coral and sponge colonies Also affected are the rich tidal zones (eg the Umia-Grove tidal area) and the estuaries and wetlands that are protected habitats under the Ramsar Convention (e.g At least 250 birds of 18 different species have already been affected by the slick The impact is likely to be greater still given that it is now high season for migration of birds that nest in the United Kingdom and France During the winter the Costa da Morte is home to large colonies of birds because of its plentiful supply of food As a result of the spill an order has been issued prohibiting fishing and catching of shrimp and other seafood in the settlements of Seixo Blanco Some 5,000 households that base their livelihood on fishing - small net and tackle fishermen and shrimp and seafood collectors - could be affected The negative effect will be especially harsh since the period around Christmas is the time of highest income from catching seafood and fish Many of these families have no other means of subsistence and have thus been deprived of their means of making a living by the disaster The landscapes and natural beauty of the area also form the basis of a well-established rural tourism sector which brings additional resources to the local economy This Christmas and the upcoming tourist season are likely to see a strong drop in tourism and visits as a result of the spill Prepared by European Topic Centre on Terrestrial Environment For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/Ann1037955953 or scan the QR code NewGen Energy is hoping that its new project a carbon-neutral/green hydrogen production facility will create a new revenue stream for the country “One that stands out in particular is the project’s creation of a new revenue stream to T&TEC from NewGen This is achieved through recovery and monetisation of previously untapped heat – some might say excess heat – generated by simple cycle power plants “This additional source of hydrogen is generated from an existing and unused heat source that does not require a single extra molecule of natural gas in its production – and will displace about 5.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas annually or 137 billion cubic feet of gas over the project’s 25-year period that can be redeployed (and sold) by NGC elsewhere This is the equivalent of a small pool of gas A move into carbon-neutral/green hydrogen production would mean the use of heat and other carbon-neutral or “green” energy sources to produce hydrogen Julien noted that TT has an established and integrated hydrogen market through the steam methane reforming of natural gas and the work it is soon to engage in can result in significant carbon-dioxide emission reductions “What’s also significant is that the project realises approximately 180,000-250,000 tonnes per year of carbon dioxide emission reduction This would be a 15 per cent carbon-footprint reduction of the TrinGen facility.” The energy sector has embarked on new deals for hydrogen development with international partnerships that would construct the facility “NewGen is currently on target to enter into the preliminary front-end engineering design (pre-Feed) phase of a US$300 million greenfield Point Lisas project in the second quarter of this year 2021 and the Feed phase of the project in the third quarter of 2021.” Julien said benefits for the local sector included 100 per cent local ownership by NewGen and locally based investors and investments also has plans to explore a number of decarbonisation and green project opportunities NewGen-Kenesjay Green has partnered with Spanish company Fisterra Energy Fisterra and KGL will work together to finalise the technical and commercial arrangements for the NewGen project government – all of us – to pull in the same decarbonised direction that this project needs."