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July 11, 2025
July sees regulatory advances: over 1 GW of renewables approved in Spain

The Ministry for Ecological Transition has positively resolved photovoltaic, wind, and energy storage projects, notably Iberdrola’s partial withdrawal from the public utility declaration for the nearly 275 MW Caparacena photovoltaic plant.

July 10, 2025
Europe demands data: Esders digitizes emission monitoring to comply with new regulations

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At FES Iberia 2025, Esders unveiled a platform for direct measurement of pollutant emissions, aligned with regulation EU 24-17-87. “What used to be voluntary is now mandatory. Our technology enables full compliance with the energy transition,” states Amir Irvanian, Global Vice President of Strategy.

July 10, 2025
Lightsource bp demands clear rules to scale storage and warns of risks already assumed

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Ignacio Guerra, Head of BESS Europe at Lightsource bp, warns that projects are ready to build but face regulatory uncertainty, barriers to demand access, lack of recognition as flexible assets and the absence of bankable business models.

July 10, 2025
What opportunities does Italy’s new floating PV auction offer the renewable sector?

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Italy’s GSE has launched a tender under the FER2 scheme, allocating 50 MW for floating solar installations on inland waters. Ceiling tariffs range from €0.090/kWh (< 300 kW) to €0.0728/kWh (> 1 MW). Green Arrow Capital is preparing to participate.

July 10, 2025
Galicia demands serious government commitment to the reindustrialisation of just transition areas

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The regional government calls for funding and electrical infrastructure to support new projects and criticises the closure of thermal plants without planning or compensation for lost jobs.

July 10, 2025
CETIM hosts sustainability event to foster scientific and business synergies with Business Factory ClimaTech

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BF ClimaTech is Galicia’s first incubation, acceleration, and consolidation programme for projects with a positive impact on climate and the environment, addressing present and future challenges. The Technology Centre is part of the Scientific Committee to ensure selected initiatives are viable, innovative, and aligned with global industry challenges.

July 9, 2025
Canary Islands seeks to lead offshore wind and warns: “Spain is missing an industrial opportunity”

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At FES Iberia 2025, which gathered over 400 renewable energy professionals, the Director General for Energy of the Canary Islands called for urgent action in offshore wind development. There are currently 25 projects under study in Gran Canaria, in what is considered one of the most thoroughly analyzed zones in Europe.

July 9, 2025
The government strengthens resilience of the electricity transmission network

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Measures within the Electricity Transmission Network Development Plan 2021-2026 have been approved to facilitate the gradual integration of renewables and energy storage, meet the PNIEC targets, reduce consumer costs, and provide new connection points for emergency generation in the Canary Islands.

July 9, 2025
67% of Spanish municipalities offer IBI tax relief for installing photovoltaic self-consumption

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65% of local councils provide fiscal reductions on ICIO when photovoltaic self-consumption panels are installed, and 26% do so through IAE. In the last five years, the number of municipalities offering IBI reductions to promote self-consumption has grown by nearly 20%.

July 8, 2025
At FES Iberia 2025, Yingli Solar strengthens its focus on efficiency, bankability and technological differentiation

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During its participation in FES Iberia 2025, Yingli Solar outlined its strategy to tackle the oversaturation of the photovoltaic market: a combination of technological innovation based on N-Type, full customer service and a robust financial structure to ensure long-term bankable projects.

July 8, 2025
Spain receives €22.926 billion from Recovery Plan but loses backing for its green reform

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Spain secures the largest European disbursement to date, totalling €22.926 billion net, yet the Commission withholds €1.1 billion over non-compliance with key milestones such as diesel taxation, amid an ongoing energy transition.

July 8, 2025
Reazziona, the new energy supplier combining electricity, gas and local solar power

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The company will operate a network of over 250 local solar communities, with an additional 1,000 under development, accessible to any user within 5 km of a site. With a range of tariff options, the company caters to varied consumption patterns—households, local businesses, SMEs and large enterprises.

July 8, 2025
Cogenerators plan €1.3 billion investment across 82 industries and urge auction process to resume

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ACOGEN and COGEN España present to the MITECO the results of a survey among cogeneration industries regarding their participation in cogeneration auctions.

July 7, 2025
Grupo Fe Energy highlights data centres as a stabilising force for Spain’s power system at FES Iberia 2025

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During the “Boosting demand and new opportunities” panel at FES Iberia 2025, led by Grupo Fe Energy CEO Alberto García Feijoo, experts analysed how data centres could add up to 730 MW of consumption within two years and become the foundation of stable demand to support the electricity grid. The panel also addressed regulatory barriers, PPAs, and untapped investment potential.

July 7, 2025
Galicia urges offshore wind auctions and grid planning: “The blackout decree must be matched with a national strategy”

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The Director General of Energy Planning and Mining of the Xunta de Galicia warns that the region has the full value chain to lead offshore wind development in Spain. However, regulatory delays and lack of grid planning are holding progress back. He calls for urgent auctions, an agile national strategy to complement the new blackout decree, and faster planning of the power grid.

July 7, 2025
Control centers: the brain of the electricity and gas system

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Control centers are the brain of the energy system. They manage energy production and grid balance in real time in an increasingly complex, renewable, and decentralized environment. To anticipate potential imbalances and make strategic decisions, they need accurate forecasts and advanced tools based on artificial intelligence that provide visibility, robustness, and stability to the system.

July 7, 2025
AeH2 backs Spain’s draft Royal Decree to boost renewable hydrogen and RFNBO targets

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The Draft Royal Decree for the Promotion of Renewable Fuels lays out a roadmap to 2030 with binding targets differentiated by transport mode and certification mechanisms, positioning Spain as a strategic hub in renewable hydrogen and biomethane production.

July 4, 2025
Enrique Pedrosa (Repsol) calls for an EU-wide framework to remunerate the firmness of energy storage

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During FES Iberia 2025, the COO of Repsol Low Carbon Generation stressed the urgent need to accelerate permitting and ensure proper remuneration for technologies such as pumped hydro storage — essential to meeting the 22 GW energy storage target set by the PNIEC for 2030.

July 4, 2025
Future Energy Summit will continue its 2025 tour with four strategic destinations in Latin America: Brazil, Peru, Colombia and Chile

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FES will bring together hundreds of renewable energy leaders in Lima, Bogotá, and Santiago to analyze opportunities for the energy transition and explore synergies and new business opportunities through exclusive networking spaces. Additionally, FES will host a webinar on the future of green energy in Brazil. Discover all the details!

July 4, 2025
FES Iberia 2025: Worldlex highlights the Andalusian one-stop shop model as key to unlocking projects

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During her participation in the event, Marta Pérez García, Executive Director of Worldlex, proposed advancing digitalisation and coordination among administrations. “You arrive and find someone who helps you through the steps,” she illustrates, referring to the experience in Andalusia.

July 4, 2025
INCOSA’s Bet at FES Iberia: Strategic Engineering to Accelerate the Energy Transition

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At FES Iberia 2025, Germán Albarrán Izquierdo, Energy Business Director at INCOSA, emphasized the essential role of engineering as both a technical and economic driver of the energy transition. “We want to highlight how engineering enables better decision-making to ensure projects meet their objectives,” he states.