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Temporary aid to address a permanent fragility
The European Commission is consulting Member States on a temporary aid framework for sectors exposed to the Middle East crisis, with the aim of adopting it before the end of April. Industry is not ask [...]
The “Electrical Gold” of Small Municipalities
Of the 6,102 electrical substations analyzed across the country, 3,387 are located in municipalities with fewer than 20,000 inhabitants, representing 55.5% of the total, according to the latest analys [...]
Grid access, but for whom? The key question that RDL 7/2026 still does not answer
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 wit [...]
Navarra Frees Up 440 MW in Three Months Without Expanding Its Grid. Is That Good News?
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 saturat [...]
Andalusia Could Run Out of Access to Electrical Connection Points in the Coming Months
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 sinc [...]
Practically Nine Out of Ten Electrical Substations No Longer Have Available Capacity
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 avail [...]
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