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Jesús Martínez: “The smart factory measures energy. Whether it actually knows how to manage it is another matter.”
“The smart factory will be energy efficient when energy stops being just a data point and becomes a criterion,” says Jesús Martínez, founder of Kurago and professor of Digitalization and Organizationa [...]
The Ground Zero of Industrial Sovereignty Is the Municipality
We often forget that industry has a specific postal address. Industry is, above all, just another neighbor. When an industry sets up in a municipality, the municipality is transformed. And when an ind [...]
Pedro Sánchez: “Factory smoke is a thing of the past, but smoke-free factories are the certainty of the future”
“When we talk about energy, we must do so in connection with the industrial ecosystem,” Jordi Hereu, Minister of Industry and Tourism. “Industry is the spearhead in the defense of humanist values with [...]
Industry is Once Again the Fuse of the Power System.
Storm Kristin caused the shutdown of 5,000 MW of wind generation due to winds exceeding 90 km/h. Red Eléctrica activated the SRAD and shut down 1,725 MW of industrial load for two hours. 20 combined-c [...]
8,000 MW of Renewables Authorized in 2025—But Where Will Industry Plug In?
According to the latest report by Opina 360’s Renewable Energy Observatory, Spain authorized 8,194.5 MW of renewable capacity in 2025, 69% less than the previous year. We have designed a system to pou [...]
From the Foundry to the Terrace: Tracing the Industrial Footprint of Tourism
When we trace the industrial footprint of tourism, we discover that every vacation experience begins much earlier, in the industrial warehouses that shape materials. The future is not “either tourism [...]

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 today and hunger for tomorrow? Diverting these flows to cover present-day budgetary urgencies deprives the industrial sector of the incentives needed to undertake high-risk investments that cannot be postponed. If the country does not seize this his [...]
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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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