The Challenge of European Industrial Sovereignty: Reinvention or Decline
European industrial sovereignty faces its greatest challenge in decades amid a global landscape marked by geopolitical tensions, geoeconomic competition, and the energy transition. Europe must decide [...]
The Energy Snapshot of Spanish Industry: Strengths and Weaknesses of the IDAE Study
This study by IDAE is a necessary but insufficient snapshot. The report represents a significant step forward in the statistical understanding of energy consumption in Spanish industry, and its breakd [...]
From the “COP of Truth” to the Ashes of Inaction: When the Summit Subtracts More Than It Adds
It might be assumed that a summit without major agreements is neutral. Wrong. This COP has been clearly negative because it generates noise, delegitimizes the multilateral process, and justifies inact [...]
Talent, the overdue task of the energy transition
The energy transition is a profoundly human project: made by people for the benefit of people. Strategic energy autonomy is measured not only in installed gigawatts or in the share of renewables in th [...]
FIE urges abandoning “generacentrism” to guarantee supply security in Catalonia
Uncertainty has already led some large companies to withdraw from PERTE programmes despite significant progress in electrification processes—especially in sectors where electrification is highly compl [...]
Energy management leaves the back offices and enters the political arena
Energy management will have to be closely monitored as it begins to influence upcoming electoral cycles in Extremadura, Andalucía and Castilla y León. What was once handled exclusively in technical ba [...]
The new “black gold” is green: energy as a strategic raw material
Energy has ceased to be a mere interchangeable commodity and has become a raw material with differentiated qualitative value. Without energy, critical materials are useless; without critical materials [...]
The elephant in the room: ETS2 could increase the gas bill by up to €42.75 per MWh annually from 2030
From 2030, with the removal of the ETS2 €45/t cap, the annual additional cost per MWh of gas consumed could range between €26.6 and €42.75, according to our calculations based on the European Central [...]
Pedro and the Energy Wolf: “The Blackout Is Coming!”
Note: A play on words - not a political one. Before anyone jumps to conclusions, let’s clarify: no, this is not an article about Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez. The name “Pedro” here is purely [...]
The Electric Tax That Bites Its Own Tail
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission: “If we look at the average energy bills of our industry in the European Union, 34% of those bills are taxes.” We tax electricity to sustain [...]
Reactions to the FIE Capacity Map: BASQUENERGY Cluster warns of the risk of industrial relocation due to grid saturation in the Basque Country
"The saturation of the electricity grid in Euskadi poses a serious risk of losing industrial investments", José Ignacio Hormaeche, General Director of BASQUENERGY Cluster October 17, 2025 The publicat [...]
Uncertainty threatens to once again cripple the industry amid the risk of new blackouts
Industry must seize the gravity of the moment to demand transparency and agility in the execution of the investment already planned for the transmission network. Its energy management cannot be limite [...]