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 between reinventing its productive model or riskin [...]
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 breakdown by end uses is particularly valuable. However, [...]
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 inaction. The energy transition is happening in factori [...]
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 the mix, but in the ability to train and retain tale [...]
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 complex. “Uncertainty kills industry,” warned Albert Co [...]
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 back offices now appears in party manifestos and in [...]
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, energy cannot be deployed either. Industrial ene [...]
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 Bank’s carbon price estimates. ETS2 will apply, fr [...]
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 a literary coincidence — a nod to one of Aesop’s m [...]
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 the welfare state, but that very tax weakens the i [...]
