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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.
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 [...]
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Can the Spanish Industry Be (More) Electric?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9JZWhjQDvc "She's electric, can I be electric too?" - Oasis This question, posed by Oasis in their iconic 1995 song, resonates today more than ever in the Spanish ind [...]
From the ECSC to the Clean Industrial Deal: Reindustrializing in “the European Way”
Towards the European Community of Clean Energy and Industry The European Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero, and Green Growth, Wopke Hoekstra, proposes reindustrializing “the European way.” The Europe [...]
Renewables: 5 Years to Achieve 25 Points
Just this morning, while the Spanish Minister for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Sara Aagesen, shared her ambitious vision to reach 81% renewable generation by 2030, the power an [...]
Without an energy management plan to accompany InvestAI, gigafactories risk becoming technological white elephants
Negotiations between the U.S. and Russia over Ukraine place the EU before a strategic dilemma Europe faces a triple energy dilemma: opting for cheap Russian gas supplies, deepening its dependence on t [...]
Can AI Be a Technological White Elephant?
The FIE considers it essential that the InvestAI project incorporate a specific strategic plan for the energy management of the AI industry, based on renewable energies, operational efficiency, and in [...]
Will Renewables Reshape Spain’s Industrial Map?
"Leveraging the potential of renewable energy generation to attract the demand of these new investments represents a great opportunity for industrial growth in many regions of the country." – Juan Fra [...]
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