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 [...]
The elephant in the room: ETS2 could increase the gas bill by up to €42.75 per MWh annually from 2030
From 2030, with the removal of the ETS2 €45/t cap, the annual additional cost per MWh of gas consumed could range between €26.6 and €42.75, according to our calculations based on the European Central [...]
Pedro and the Energy Wolf: “The Blackout Is Coming!”
Note: A play on words - not a political one. Before anyone jumps to conclusions, let’s clarify: no, this is not an article about Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez. The name “Pedro” here is purely [...]
The Electric Tax That Bites Its Own Tail
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission: “If we look at the average energy bills of our industry in the European Union, 34% of those bills are taxes.” We tax electricity to sustain [...]
Reactions to the FIE Capacity Map: BASQUENERGY Cluster warns of the risk of industrial relocation due to grid saturation in the Basque Country
"The saturation of the electricity grid in Euskadi poses a serious risk of losing industrial investments", José Ignacio Hormaeche, General Director of BASQUENERGY Cluster October 17, 2025 The publicat [...]
Uncertainty threatens to once again cripple the industry amid the risk of new blackouts
Industry must seize the gravity of the moment to demand transparency and agility in the execution of the investment already planned for the transmission network. Its energy management cannot be limite [...]
Reactions to the interactive capacity map published by FIE: new voices from Catalonia, Asturias, and Galicia
"Companies that can decarbonize their production processes through electrification cannot plan or execute investments if they do not have certainty that they will have access to the necessary connecti [...]
Stéphane Séjourné: “Energy is the main factor of industrial competitiveness”
European industrial competitiveness at stake in every kilowatt. October 3, 2025 Stéphane Séjourné, Executive Vice-President for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy of the European Commission, made it c [...]
Reactions to the publication of the interactive capacity map released by FIE
The publication of the interactive capacity map by electrical substations in Spain has generated a series of reactions that agree on the critical importance of the electricity grid for industrial deve [...]
Foro Industria y Energía and Opina 360 present the first capacity map of electrical substations in Spain
Of the 6,023 substations analyzed, 4,960 lack available capacity, representing 82.4% of the total. The Basque Country and La Rioja lead in grid saturation, both at 99.2% Galicia, Andalusia, and Catalo [...]