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Energy storage gets its European birth certificate. Now it has to find its place in the grid
The EU signs its first tripartite agreement to boost energy storage. According to European Commission data, Europe must quadruple its storage capacity over the next four years: around 200 GW of storag [...]
Late, poorly, and behind schedule: industrial cogeneration leaves the waiting room
On June 23, the Spanish Council of Ministers approved the new auction framework to renew 1,200 MW of industrial cogeneration. In industrial energy management, timing is not a minor detail: it is the l [...]
Power grids, quo vadis?
Joan Ramón Morante and Héctor Santcovsky June 26, 2026 The energy transition is already a central pillar of the public agenda, with geopolitical, economic, social, and environmental implications. It e [...]
Energy, the passport of Spanish industry toward reindustrialization
In the industrial economy of the 21st century, energy is beginning to function as a passport: it determines which projects can enter, which can stay, and which end up seeking another destination. Forc [...]
Electrification on paper, bottleneck in the grid: the double standard of renewable electrification
The future may be plugged in—but only if we first make it connectable. According to IRENA, by 2050 more than half of global energy consumption will need to be electric, and almost all of that electric [...]
The ostrich strategy will not solve our problems: letter to Beatriz Corredor
Claiming that “there is no industry that has been unable to connect due to a lack of Red Eléctrica infrastructure” is inaccurate. In five months, Andalusia has lost 921 MW of available electrical capa [...]

Water, the Blue Currency of Geopolitics
On 18 November, Barcelona will host the XX Foro de la Economía del Agua, with water geopolitics as the focus of the opening panel. On the 21st-century geopolitical chessboard, water has ceased to be a purely environmental resource and has established itself as a strategic asset for national sovereignty and international stability. “Water is not simply a scarce resource; unlike oil or gas, it has no substitute. It is a pillar of national sovereign [...]
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