The cable that plugs into Zalia: why substations shape the industrial map
The story of the Zalia substation perfectly illustrates the mismatch that often exists between urban planning and the reality of energy supply. The real key to 21st-century economic development does n [...]
Industry in the mirror: beyond generation at Noche de la Energía
Industrial competitiveness depends not only on producing clean energy, but also on ensuring that this energy can reach where it creates value. “Spain has concentrated much of its efforts on electricit [...]
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 storag [...]
Late, poorly, and behind schedule: industrial cogeneration leaves the waiting room
On June 23, the Spanish Council of Ministers approved the new auction framework to renew 1,200 MW of industrial cogeneration. In industrial energy management, timing is not a minor detail: it is the l [...]
Power grids, quo vadis?
Joan Ramón Morante and Héctor Santcovsky June 26, 2026 The energy transition is already a central pillar of the public agenda, with geopolitical, economic, social, and environmental implications. It e [...]
Energy, the passport of Spanish industry toward reindustrialization
In the industrial economy of the 21st century, energy is beginning to function as a passport: it determines which projects can enter, which can stay, and which end up seeking another destination. Forc [...]
Electrification on paper, bottleneck in the grid: the double standard of renewable electrification
The future may be plugged in—but only if we first make it connectable. According to IRENA, by 2050 more than half of global energy consumption will need to be electric, and almost all of that electric [...]
The ostrich strategy will not solve our problems: letter to Beatriz Corredor
Claiming that “there is no industry that has been unable to connect due to a lack of Red Eléctrica infrastructure” is inaccurate. In five months, Andalusia has lost 921 MW of available electrical capa [...]
The water–industry–energy trilemma
The energy transition has been built on gigawatts and gigatonnes of CO₂. It is time to add a third metric: “gigalitres” of water. According to the UN World Water Development Report by UNESCO, 49% of w [...]
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 [...]
Electric Grid Access Is Capping Asturias’ Industrial Potential
Strategic investments in the region are hanging in the balance not because of a lack of capital or business ambition, but because the electrical infrastructure is unable to absorb demand. “There are i [...]
Europe aims to promote standardised solutions for sustainable industrial management
The European Commission has launched the call for proposals LIFE-2026-CET INDUSTRY, which seeks to create synergies between companies involved in the same processes. Europe seems to have understood th [...]