The
majority
Popular
Party
of
Prime
Minister
Mariano
Rajoy
is
trying
to
hike
the
levy
to
7%
from
the
6%
that
had
originally
been
envisaged
in
the
austerity-racked
nation.
The
reforms
before
the
Senate
–
Spain’s
upper
house
–
also
include
a
levy
on
nuclear,
large-scale
hydropower
and
solar-thermal.
The
Spanish
wind
energy
association,
AEE,
says
at
the
higher
rate
the
new
tax
would
hit
the
sector
by
some
€300m
($392m)
annually.
But
even
at
the
6%
announced
in
September,
the
tax
would
hurt.
Renewables
group
Acciona
would
have
to
digest
a…
