On 17 July, the European Commission presented the Electrification Action Plan, the package with which it aims to put European industry, transport, and buildings on the path toward electricity as the main alternative to fossil fuels. "Today we propose [...]
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 not travel on wheels or rails: it travels as electr [...]
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 jus [...]
Of the 6,102 electrical substations analyzed across the country, 3,387 are located in municipalities with fewer than 20,000 inhabitants, representing 55.5% of the total, according to the latest analysis by Foro Industria y Energía (FIE) and Opina 360 [...]
Royal Decree-Law 7/2026 sets out general guidelines, but does not translate them into operational criteria. The debate is not whether there should be public intervention, but how it is articulated with clarity, predictability and consistency with ind [...]
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 [...]
"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 [...]
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 Catalonia concentrate the highest available capacity 24 [...]
