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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 [...]

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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