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Practically Nine Out of Ten Electrical Substations No Longer Have Available Capacity
The latest analysis by the Industry and Energy Forum (FIE) and Opina 360 reveals that 5,265 (86.3%) substations already lack available capacity, 30 more than last December. The grid has 7,400 MW avail [...]
Can Europe’s current energy mix sustain Made in Europe?
Without the right “Energy Euromix” there is no Powered by Europe. And without Powered by Europe there is no Made in Europe. In a world where energy has stopped being a technical input and has become o [...]
There will be no Made in Europe without a Powered by Europe
Energy has ceased to be a technical input and has become one of the main weapons of foreign policy. Europe has moved from depending on a supplier with whom it had a conflict of values to depending on [...]
Managing Scarcity Is Not Solving It: MITECO and the CNMC in the Face of Grid Collapse
While regulations attempt to optimize every available megawatt, access capacity data shows that industrial demand continues to consume the grid at a speed that no regulatory "patch" can keep up with. [...]
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 [...]

Brussels goes all in on electrification, but leaves questions in the air
On 17 July, the European Commission presented the Electrification Action Plan, the package with which it aims to put European industry, transport, and buildings on the path toward electricity as the main alternative to fossil fuels. "Today we propose to turn Europe into the world’s first electro-powered continent," Ursula von der Leyen. A rigorous analysis requires raising uncomfortable questions about the technical and operational feasibility of [...]
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.
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