No industrial plant is designed, financed, or managed with the purpose of getting paid to stand idle. The compensation under the Active Demand Response Service (SRAD) is necessary, but an exceptional measure cannot become routine. Industry can and mu [...]
J.R. Morante and H. Santcovsky 4 September 2026 Talking about industry and energy also means talking about transport. Industrial activity does not end at the factory gate: raw materials, components, finished products and people must move for producti [...]
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 electricity will have to come from renewable sources. Elec [...]
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 capacity, more than the entire capacity currently in i [...]
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 industries that want to decarbonize and can’t becau [...]
In five months, Andalusia has lost 921 MW of available electrical capacity: more than it currently has across its entire grid (630 MW). Andalusia has lost 59% of its available electrical capacity since October 2025. Almería, Granada, Jaén and Málaga: [...]
85.7% of Spanish substations are fully saturated and grid has lost nearly 2.8 GW in two months, according to latest analysis by Foro Industria y Energía and Opina 360. Availability of grid access is becoming a key element of industrial planning, capa [...]
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 a literary coincidence — a nod to one of Aesop’s m [...]
"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 publication of the interactive capacity map by electrical [...]
"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 connection capacities," Salvador Sedó, Director of Sustain [...]
