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The Energy Snapshot of Spanish Industry: Strengths and Weaknesses of the IDAE Study
This study by IDAE is a necessary but insufficient snapshot. The report represents a significant step forward in the statistical understanding of energy consumption in Spanish industry, and its breakd [...]
From the “COP of Truth” to the Ashes of Inaction: When the Summit Subtracts More Than It Adds
It might be assumed that a summit without major agreements is neutral. Wrong. This COP has been clearly negative because it generates noise, delegitimizes the multilateral process, and justifies inact [...]
Talent, the overdue task of the energy transition
The energy transition is a profoundly human project: made by people for the benefit of people. Strategic energy autonomy is measured not only in installed gigawatts or in the share of renewables in th [...]
FIE urges abandoning “generacentrism” to guarantee supply security in Catalonia
Uncertainty has already led some large companies to withdraw from PERTE programmes despite significant progress in electrification processes—especially in sectors where electrification is highly compl [...]
Energy management leaves the back offices and enters the political arena
Energy management will have to be closely monitored as it begins to influence upcoming electoral cycles in Extremadura, Andalucía and Castilla y León. What was once handled exclusively in technical ba [...]
The new “black gold” is green: energy as a strategic raw material
Energy has ceased to be a mere interchangeable commodity and has become a raw material with differentiated qualitative value. Without energy, critical materials are useless; without critical materials [...]

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 storage capacity will be needed by 2030, compared to just 55 GW today. New storage projects will have to compete for the same congested space: nine out of ten substations have no available connection capacity. The big question is not whether storage is nec [...]
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