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The water–industry–energy trilemma
The energy transition has been built on gigawatts and gigatonnes of CO₂. It is time to add a third metric: “gigalitres” of water. According to the UN World Water Development Report by UNESCO, 49% of w [...]
Bread for today, hunger for tomorrow: Next Generation funds and the silent debt to competitiveness
Spain allocated more than €10.2 billion from the Next Generation EU funds to current expenditure. Are European funds being used to transform our productive fabric, or are we facing a case of bread for [...]
Electric Grid Access Is Capping Asturias’ Industrial Potential
Strategic investments in the region are hanging in the balance not because of a lack of capital or business ambition, but because the electrical infrastructure is unable to absorb demand. “There are i [...]
Europe aims to promote standardised solutions for sustainable industrial management
The European Commission has launched the call for proposals LIFE-2026-CET INDUSTRY, which seeks to create synergies between companies involved in the same processes. Europe seems to have understood th [...]
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 [...]

Foro Industria y Energía warns that grid saturation continues to rise despite new regulations
FIE presents updated map of access capacity to electrical substations. 86.5% of analyzed substations have no available access capacity, compared to 86.3% recorded in March. The system has lost 282 MW net since March despite the new anti-hoarding regulations approved that same month by the Government. The announcement of 193 new substations is timely, but its horizon is 2030, warns FIE. More than a quarter of the megawatts that Spain reports as av [...]
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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.
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