Grid access, but for whom? The key question that RDL 7/2026 still does not answer

2026-04-10T11:57:30+02:00

Royal Decree-Law 7/2026 sets out general guidelines, but does not translate them into operational criteria. The debate is not whether there should be public intervention, but how it is articulated with clarity, predictability and consistency with ind [...]

Grid access, but for whom? The key question that RDL 7/2026 still does not answer2026-04-10T11:57:30+02:00

Navarra Frees Up 440 MW in Three Months Without Expanding Its Grid. Is That Good News?

2026-03-27T12:26:50+01:00

A saturated substation is not, in itself, a problem, but rather a sign that there is a productive fabric making use of the available network capacity. The problem is not saturation itself, but saturation without expansion: when the network fills up b [...]

Navarra Frees Up 440 MW in Three Months Without Expanding Its Grid. Is That Good News?2026-03-27T12:26:50+01:00

Andalusia Could Run Out of Access to Electrical Connection Points in the Coming Months

2026-03-20T12:10:33+01:00

In five months, Andalusia has lost 921 MW of available electrical capacity: more than it currently has across its entire grid (630 MW). Andalusia has lost 59% of its available electrical capacity since October 2025. Almería, Granada, Jaén and Málaga: [...]

Andalusia Could Run Out of Access to Electrical Connection Points in the Coming Months2026-03-20T12:10:33+01:00

Practically Nine Out of Ten Electrical Substations No Longer Have Available Capacity

2026-03-20T12:04:51+01:00

The latest analysis by the Industry and Energy Forum (FIE) and Opina 360 reveals that 5,265 (86.3%) substations already lack available capacity, 30 more than last December. The grid has 7,400 MW available, far from the more than 10 GW recorded in Oct [...]

Practically Nine Out of Ten Electrical Substations No Longer Have Available Capacity2026-03-20T12:04:51+01:00

Can Europe’s current energy mix sustain Made in Europe?

2026-03-13T12:09:03+01:00

Without the right “Energy Euromix” there is no Powered by Europe. And without Powered by Europe there is no Made in Europe. In a world where energy has stopped being a technical input and has become one of the main tools of foreign policy, the origin [...]

Can Europe’s current energy mix sustain Made in Europe?2026-03-13T12:09:03+01:00

There will be no Made in Europe without a Powered by Europe

2026-03-06T12:42:41+01:00

Energy has ceased to be a technical input and has become one of the main weapons of foreign policy. Europe has moved from depending on a supplier with whom it had a conflict of values to depending on a supplier with whom it has a conflict of interest [...]

There will be no Made in Europe without a Powered by Europe2026-03-06T12:42:41+01:00

Managing Scarcity Is Not Solving It: MITECO and the CNMC in the Face of Grid Collapse

2026-02-27T11:39:37+01:00

While regulations attempt to optimize every available megawatt, access capacity data shows that industrial demand continues to consume the grid at a speed that no regulatory "patch" can keep up with. Spain has an infrastructure problem, and the regul [...]

Managing Scarcity Is Not Solving It: MITECO and the CNMC in the Face of Grid Collapse2026-02-27T11:39:37+01:00

Jesús Martínez: “The smart factory measures energy. Whether it actually knows how to manage it is another matter.”

2026-02-20T11:26:11+01:00

“The smart factory will be energy efficient when energy stops being just a data point and becomes a criterion,” says Jesús Martínez, founder of Kurago and professor of Digitalization and Organizational Transformation at the University of Deusto. Havi [...]

Jesús Martínez: “The smart factory measures energy. Whether it actually knows how to manage it is another matter.”2026-02-20T11:26:11+01:00

The Ground Zero of Industrial Sovereignty Is the Municipality

2026-02-13T11:18:13+01:00

We often forget that industry has a specific postal address. Industry is, above all, just another neighbor. When an industry sets up in a municipality, the municipality is transformed. And when an industry leaves, the impact is not only economic: it [...]

The Ground Zero of Industrial Sovereignty Is the Municipality2026-02-13T11:18:13+01:00

Pedro Sánchez: “Factory smoke is a thing of the past, but smoke-free factories are the certainty of the future”

2026-02-06T12:53:03+01:00

“When we talk about energy, we must do so in connection with the industrial ecosystem,” Jordi Hereu, Minister of Industry and Tourism. “Industry is the spearhead in the defense of humanist values within Europe,” Jordi Hereu, Minister of Industry and [...]

Pedro Sánchez: “Factory smoke is a thing of the past, but smoke-free factories are the certainty of the future”2026-02-06T12:53:03+01:00
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