The Meeting Point of Industry and Energy
The Foro Industria y Energía is the meeting point for reflection and dialogue among all the stakeholders involved in the development and management of energy for the industry. The FIE encourages dialogue and collaboration to place the energy management of the industry at the center of the discussion, as well as to raise awareness of its importance as one of the key factors for competitiveness.
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 know. Pamesa, the largest European ceramic manufacturer, has been forced to sell one of its two cogeneration turbines. “It’s been exactly four years without being able to make any investment decisions,” said Fernando Roig, president of Pamesa. While com [...]
Industry and Energy | FIE News
Mark Z. Jacobson: “We have 95% of the technologies we need for the energy transition. And for the ones we don’t, we know how to make them”
The guarantee of renewable energy supply has become a fundamental competitive advantage for undertaking the energy transition and the decarbonized reindustrialization of all sectors of the economy. Fo [...]
Teresa Ribera highlights the importance of the industry-energy pairing in the Senate
Teresa Ribera, the third vice president of the Government and Minister for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge, is returning to Europe as the lead candidate for the PSOE in the upcoming Eu [...]
New opportunity for the industry to advance in its transition with a second call for the PERTE Decarbonization Initiative
The Spanish manufacturing industry will have a new opportunity to progress in its green transition with the announcement of a second call for the first line of action of the Strategic Project for Econ [...]
Ecological transition or economic and social transformation?
Albert Concepción Director of Foro Industria y Energía Most advances in humanity can be seen from the perspective of evolution or revolution. While the genetic modification of plants can be conceived [...]
Energy management, cornerstone of the European Commission for a strong industry in sustainable Europe
The European Commission defines five basic components of energy management to strengthen the industry: effective regulation, affordable energy, infrastructure, financing facilities, and single market. [...]
2023, a wasted year for the decarbonization of the Spanish industry?
Last year, only 45% of the total of the 7.063 billion euros planned in the General State Budget for energy and industry policies identified by Foro Industria y Energía (FIE) was executed. The PERTE fo [...]
If Nikola Tesla were to rise from the grave…
Let’s talk
Thank you for getting in touch with FIE