Parliament promotes energy as a strategic asset for national security: Toward a redefinition of the concept of “critical infrastructure”?
The non-legislative proposal (PNL) integrates the energy dimension into the forthcoming National Security Strategy, elevating it to the highest strategic level of the State. This implies that industry [...]
Royal Decree-Law 7/2025 (“Anti-Blackout Decree”) promotes electrification as a pillar of power system resilience
4 July 2025 Royal Decree-Law 7/2025 of 24 June, popularly known as the “Anti-Blackout Decree”, emerges as an urgent legislative response to the electricity crisis of 28 April 2025, with the aim of str [...]
Are We Dancing to the Beat of the Energy Max Mix?
https://youtu.be/KcsvguiA5EQ June 27, 2025 This year marks the 40th anniversary of a milestone that transformed the Spanish music scene: Max Mix 1. Released in 1985, this record was not just a compil [...]
Positioning of Foro Industria y Energía (FIE) on the Government Report on the Power Outage of April 28, 2025
June 20, 2025 The recent publication of the report by the Committee analyzing the power outage of April 28, 2025, has been received with great interest by the industrial sector. For Foro Industria y E [...]
The Energy Traffic Light of Spanish Industry According to the European Commission
The European Commission has prepared the Country Report Spain 2025, a detailed analysis of the economic and social evolution and challenges of each Member State. It assesses how national policies addr [...]
Giving up is not an option: solutions to decarbonize hard-to-electrify industrial processes
June 6, 2025 Industry, a fundamental driver of our economy, faces an unprecedented challenge: the decarbonization of processes that, by their very nature, require high temperatures and have so far rel [...]
One goal, many routes: solutions for decarbonizing hard-to-electrify industries
May 30, 2025 On June 4 at 3:00 p.m., in the Serveo Room at La Farga trade fair center in L’Hospitalet (Barcelona), within the framework of Net Zero Tech 2025, Foro Industria y Energía will organize an [...]
Foro Industria y Energía will address hard-to-electrify industries at Net Zero Tech 2025
The energy transition towards electrification cannot be understood as a short-term issue: it must be seen as a marathon, not a sprint. Representatives from industrial companies Roca and Alier will pre [...]
The energy survivor bias: what only becomes visible when the lights go out
As in Wald’s airplanes, we must not reinforce the obvious, but the critical. May 16, 2025 Today we celebrate the International Day of Light, but this year’s commemoration is marked by the notorious bl [...]
Is it time to bring back the National Energy Commission?
May 8, 2025 Although the Council of Ministers approved in September 2024 the draft law to re-establish the National Energy Commission (Comisión Nacional de la Energía, CNE), its effective implementati [...]
Electrification or “Electrifixation”? Is the blackout a black swan?
April 30, 2025 When an entire country loses electricity, it's not just the assembly lines that stop: doubt also creeps into the industrial sector. The energy transition doesn't happen in a controlled [...]
The Girl from the “S Curve”
April 25, 2025 According to two professors from the University of Oxford, the adoption of renewable energy follows the pattern of the so-called S curve, a common pattern of growth and adoption of new [...]
New “Green Plugs” to Power Reindustrialization
April 16, 2025 The geographic distribution of energy generation will be key for the green reindustrialization process: Are renewables located where they need to be? A strategic national and regional p [...]
Where will industry take root in the green era?
Trump's tariffs: another factor influencing the future location of industries, alongside issues like access to clean energy and talent management. Tariffs reinforce the need to promote reshoring, the [...]
Electrification, Grids, and Natural Gas Management: Key Points from the European Parliament for Energy-Intensive Industries
April 11, 2025 This week, the European Parliament debated and adopted a key resolution to boost the competitiveness and sustainability of energy-intensive industries (EIIs) in the EU: 2025/2536(RSP). [...]
Is a Nuclear PPA Possible (and Viable)?
The electro-intensive industry could become one of the key arguments for keeping nuclear plants running. According to El Economista, the Ministry for the Ecological Transition may be considering exten [...]
‘Águas de março’, electric power for July
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1tOV7y94DY Hydropower's contribution to the energy mix falls from 21.5% in March 2024 to 18.3% in March 2025 despite the rain. Storing water now is like saving "elect [...]
Let’s not let the electron walk alone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV5_LQArLa0 In the energy transition, just like in life, no one should walk alone. Renewable fuels can be the support the electron needs to go further. Magda Kopczynsk [...]