Electrification, Grids, and Natural Gas Management: Key Points from the European Parliament for Energy-Intensive Industries
April 11, 2025 This week, the European Parliament debated and adopted a key resolution to boost the competitiveness and sustainability of energy-intensive industries (EIIs) in the EU: 2025/2536(RSP). [...]
Is a Nuclear PPA Possible (and Viable)?
The electro-intensive industry could become one of the key arguments for keeping nuclear plants running. According to El Economista, the Ministry for the Ecological Transition may be considering exten [...]
‘Águas de março’, electric power for July
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1tOV7y94DY Hydropower's contribution to the energy mix falls from 21.5% in March 2024 to 18.3% in March 2025 despite the rain. Storing water now is like saving "elect [...]
Let’s not let the electron walk alone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV5_LQArLa0 In the energy transition, just like in life, no one should walk alone. Renewable fuels can be the support the electron needs to go further. Magda Kopczynsk [...]
How to Prevent an Energy Heart Attack: Keys to Sustaining the Industrial Pulse
The MITECO recognizes industry as a priority in the new cycle of electrical planning and has opened a public consultation on aid, which includes a specific section for “installation and integration co [...]
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 [...]
The Compass for European Competitiveness as a Response to America Only: Time to Set Sail
Decarbonization and competitiveness should not be parallel paths but a single journey towards Europe's industrial future. The European Commission will develop specific plans for industries with high e [...]