While the Portuguese government consolidates its progress in renewables with strong public investment and institutional coordination, Spain continues to search for pathways to implement definitive solutions.

While the Portuguese government consolidates its progress in renewables with strong public investment and institutional coordination, Spain continues to search for pathways to implement definitive solutions.
With 2.7 GW installed in a single year, Andalusia has raised its ambitions by setting new 2030 targets, advancing in green hydrogen, biogas and storage, and calling for greater regulatory autonomy to secure its strategic role in the energy transition.
At FES Iberia 2025, Gonzalo Barba, Managing Director of TotalEnergies, emphasized the need to adapt Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) to the new energy market landscape. He also called for increasing electrification, attracting industrial investment, and streamlining regulation to maintain Spain’s renewable leadership.
At FES Iberia 2025, Óscar Martín Pacios, CFO of Ingenostrum, highlighted the key role of data centres in balancing the power grid in an energy-surplus Spain, calling for regulatory updates to meet the new demands of a transforming electricity market.
In July, 43 projects totalling 1,991.35 MW were approved, while 24 projects amounting to 1,336.11 MW were rejected. The leading companies were GECAMA (325 MW), Enel Green Power (315.33 MW), Statkraft (153.78 MW), and Naturgy (198 MW).
The regulatory framework and call for proposals for a new aid program for industrial value chain projects linked to the energy transition are being made public.
The failure of Congress to ratify the decree has stalled essential structural measures for the development of energy storage in Spain, putting at risk over €2 billion in investments and 5 GW of planned capacity.
The company is developing self-consumption projects, battery storage systems and solar carports in Spain, Italy, Brazil and Mexico, focusing on comprehensive energy solutions for an increasingly competitive market.
Chema Zabala, Managing Director of Alantra Energy Transition and moderator of Panel 5 at FES Iberia 2025, stated that energy storage is already a mature technology, but delays persist due to a lack of clear regulatory signals. He highlighted the high structural costs of the system and called for a stable legal framework to support market growth.
“We cannot afford, as a country, for such a necessary and widely agreed-upon regulation to be halted due to interests unrelated to its content,” the association states.
The Maltese government has confirmed the receipt of three applications to develop a 300 MW floating wind farm, marking its first venture into the offshore energy market.
The saturation and rigidity of the electricity grid are hindering urban development. Measures are proposed to streamline access to the grid and promote cleaner, more liveable cities.
During FES Iberia 2025, Agustín de la Fuente Palomino, Director of Renewable Energy Business Development at Grupo Elecnor, stressed the need to accelerate project development through more agile processes, clear rules, and balanced cooperation between companies and institutions.
The decision by Spain’s Congress of Deputies has sparked a wave of criticism from all corners. Key measures for storage, self-consumption, and demand electrification are lost, while investments worth billions of euros are now stalled.
The Wind Energy Business Association (AEE), representing the Spanish wind energy sector, expresses its deep concern at the failure of the Congress of Deputies to approve Royal Decree-Law 7/2025, which contained key technical measures to strengthen the security of the electricity system, decisively advance the energy transition, and improve the competitiveness of our industry.
Current administrative milestones remain in place, creating a bottleneck in the integration of renewables into the grid. Without a demand boost, the risk of imbalances and zero and negative price hours in the system will increase. An opportunity to promote collective self-consumption and system flexibility is being missed. Investments in storage, self-consumption and electrical grids remain in limbo. APPA Renovables warns of the collapse that will result from the inadequacy of the milestones, as well as the impact of not boosting storage and demand.
Royal Decree 7/2025 was essential to boost storage deployment and strengthen shared self-consumption. The rejection of the reform has no technical or ideological basis, but rather responds more to political tactics and the constant need to win the narrative.
While this approach allows for swift progress, it raises concerns over reduced deliberative processes and mounting delays in meeting EU deadlines.
The project, located in Campania, will integrate high-efficiency solar energy generation with intensive agricultural activity, setting a new benchmark for dual-use land development in Europe’s renewable transition.
The CEO of Magnon Green Energy brings 25 years of experience in the energy and industrial sectors. During his first term at the helm of APPA Biomasa, construction should begin on more than 400 MW of capacity to meet the 2030 target of 1,409 MW.
The various projects along the Southern Axis have involved an investment of 35 million euros. Is a more sustainable alternative and equivalent to the previous Es Fornàs project, thus avoiding a double-circuit overhead line that crossed the island from east to west and the construction of a new outdoor substation in Sant Antoni.
While the Portuguese government consolidates its progress in renewables with strong public investment and institutional coordination, Spain continues to search for pathways to implement definitive solutions.
With 2.7 GW installed in a single year, Andalusia has raised its ambitions by setting new 2030 targets, advancing in green hydrogen, biogas and storage, and calling for greater regulatory autonomy to secure its strategic role in the energy transition.
At FES Iberia 2025, Gonzalo Barba, Managing Director of TotalEnergies, emphasized the need to adapt Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) to the new energy market landscape. He also called for increasing electrification, attracting industrial investment, and streamlining regulation to maintain Spain’s renewable leadership.
At FES Iberia 2025, Óscar Martín Pacios, CFO of Ingenostrum, highlighted the key role of data centres in balancing the power grid in an energy-surplus Spain, calling for regulatory updates to meet the new demands of a transforming electricity market.
In July, 43 projects totalling 1,991.35 MW were approved, while 24 projects amounting to 1,336.11 MW were rejected. The leading companies were GECAMA (325 MW), Enel Green Power (315.33 MW), Statkraft (153.78 MW), and Naturgy (198 MW).
The regulatory framework and call for proposals for a new aid program for industrial value chain projects linked to the energy transition are being made public.
The failure of Congress to ratify the decree has stalled essential structural measures for the development of energy storage in Spain, putting at risk over €2 billion in investments and 5 GW of planned capacity.
The company is developing self-consumption projects, battery storage systems and solar carports in Spain, Italy, Brazil and Mexico, focusing on comprehensive energy solutions for an increasingly competitive market.
Chema Zabala, Managing Director of Alantra Energy Transition and moderator of Panel 5 at FES Iberia 2025, stated that energy storage is already a mature technology, but delays persist due to a lack of clear regulatory signals. He highlighted the high structural costs of the system and called for a stable legal framework to support market growth.
“We cannot afford, as a country, for such a necessary and widely agreed-upon regulation to be halted due to interests unrelated to its content,” the association states.
The Maltese government has confirmed the receipt of three applications to develop a 300 MW floating wind farm, marking its first venture into the offshore energy market.
The saturation and rigidity of the electricity grid are hindering urban development. Measures are proposed to streamline access to the grid and promote cleaner, more liveable cities.
During FES Iberia 2025, Agustín de la Fuente Palomino, Director of Renewable Energy Business Development at Grupo Elecnor, stressed the need to accelerate project development through more agile processes, clear rules, and balanced cooperation between companies and institutions.
The decision by Spain’s Congress of Deputies has sparked a wave of criticism from all corners. Key measures for storage, self-consumption, and demand electrification are lost, while investments worth billions of euros are now stalled.
The Wind Energy Business Association (AEE), representing the Spanish wind energy sector, expresses its deep concern at the failure of the Congress of Deputies to approve Royal Decree-Law 7/2025, which contained key technical measures to strengthen the security of the electricity system, decisively advance the energy transition, and improve the competitiveness of our industry.
Current administrative milestones remain in place, creating a bottleneck in the integration of renewables into the grid. Without a demand boost, the risk of imbalances and zero and negative price hours in the system will increase. An opportunity to promote collective self-consumption and system flexibility is being missed. Investments in storage, self-consumption and electrical grids remain in limbo. APPA Renovables warns of the collapse that will result from the inadequacy of the milestones, as well as the impact of not boosting storage and demand.
Royal Decree 7/2025 was essential to boost storage deployment and strengthen shared self-consumption. The rejection of the reform has no technical or ideological basis, but rather responds more to political tactics and the constant need to win the narrative.
While this approach allows for swift progress, it raises concerns over reduced deliberative processes and mounting delays in meeting EU deadlines.
The project, located in Campania, will integrate high-efficiency solar energy generation with intensive agricultural activity, setting a new benchmark for dual-use land development in Europe’s renewable transition.
The CEO of Magnon Green Energy brings 25 years of experience in the energy and industrial sectors. During his first term at the helm of APPA Biomasa, construction should begin on more than 400 MW of capacity to meet the 2030 target of 1,409 MW.
The various projects along the Southern Axis have involved an investment of 35 million euros. Is a more sustainable alternative and equivalent to the previous Es Fornàs project, thus avoiding a double-circuit overhead line that crossed the island from east to west and the construction of a new outdoor substation in Sant Antoni.
The study will develop surveys and debates on aspects related to the energy transition, such as renewable deployment, electric mobility or self-consumption, among other issues. Its results will guide the design of new public policies to drive this transformation and take advantage of the economic and industrial benefits associated with the country’s renewable potential. It will have a total budget of 355,000 euros, of which 70% will be covered by the Institute, while the CIS will assume the remainder.
The company is showcasing its utility-scale storage solution at PVBook, with 4.5 MWh of usable capacity per container, reinforcing its strategy to meet the growing demand for backup in large solar projects.
La compañía exhibe en el PVBook su solución de almacenamiento utility-scale con 4,5 MWh útiles por contenedor, reforzando su estrategia para responder a la creciente demanda de respaldo en grandes proyectos solares.