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And now, where does Spanish industry plug in?
83.4% of the nodes in Spain’s electricity distribution grid are saturated, according to data published by the employers’ association AELEC. For the first time, Spain has official maps showing the actu [...]
“It’s Not Mine”: The Missing Link in Industrial Decarbonization
Joan Ramon Morante, emeritus professor of Physics at the University of Barcelona, and Héctor Santcovsky, sociologist and former associate professor at UB, point in this article to the “it’s not mine” [...]
Regulatory uncertainty claims a new victim: cogeneration (CHP)
The long-promised combined heat and power (CHP) auctions recall Samuel Beckett’s play Waiting for Godot, in which two characters wait for a certain Godot who never arrives—and whom they don’t even kno [...]
Judging a fish by its ability to climb: the challenge of industry in sustainability rankings
Comparing the sustainability level of a bank with that of a food company based on the same criteria is like having a single event at the Olympic Games for all participants, regardless of whether they [...]
Decarbonizing the Supply Chain: the energy transition in industry doesn’t start or end at the factory
July 24, 2025 The European Commission recommends that member states apply tax incentives to support the industry’s energy transition. According to the Commission’s recommendation, tax incentives repre [...]
Europe: From “Polluter Pays” to “Non-Polluter Pays Less Tax”
The European Commission has published a Recommendation on tax incentives to support the Net-Zero Industry Pact. According to data from the European Commission, the EU must increase its annual investme [...]

Hormuz is the symptom, not the disease
Published in El Economista Hormuz has not created our industry’s competitiveness problems; it has intensified them and, above all, made them visible. The question we have been asking ourselves incorrectly for months is not whether we want gas or renewables, but what role gas should play in an increasingly renewable system. Putting forward a solid and predictable backup technology does not mean renouncing decarbonisation; it means giving it a life [...]
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