Energy storage gets its European birth certificate. Now it has to find its place in the grid

2026-07-03T11:29:54+02:00

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 [...]

Energy storage gets its European birth certificate. Now it has to find its place in the grid2026-07-03T11:29:54+02:00

The “Electrical Gold” of Small Municipalities

2026-04-17T13:11:04+02:00

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 [...]

The “Electrical Gold” of Small Municipalities2026-04-17T13:11:04+02:00

Grid access, but for whom? The key question that RDL 7/2026 still does not answer

2026-04-10T11:57:30+02:00

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 [...]

Grid access, but for whom? The key question that RDL 7/2026 still does not answer2026-04-10T11:57:30+02:00

Spanish electricity grid loses 2.8 GW in two months and reaches 85.7% saturation

2026-01-19T11:54:43+01:00

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 [...]

Spanish electricity grid loses 2.8 GW in two months and reaches 85.7% saturation2026-01-19T11:54:43+01:00

Reactions to the interactive capacity map published by FIE: new voices from Catalonia, Asturias, and Galicia

2025-10-03T12:04:47+02:00

"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 [...]

Reactions to the interactive capacity map published by FIE: new voices from Catalonia, Asturias, and Galicia2025-10-03T12:04:47+02:00

Foro Industria y Energía and Opina 360 present the first capacity map of electrical substations in Spain

2025-09-19T09:00:20+02:00

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 [...]

Foro Industria y Energía and Opina 360 present the first capacity map of electrical substations in Spain2025-09-19T09:00:20+02:00
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