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August 6, 2025
DH2 Energy confirms Hysencia will move forward despite insufficient European funding

The green hydrogen project was one of the winners of the European Hydrogen Bank’s first auction and, although others have withdrawn, its technical features allow it to continue.

August 6, 2025
Europe approves €11bn French offshore contract for difference

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France will support three 500MW floating offshore wind farms with a €11bn scheme using CfDs, promoting 2030 targets, supply chain diversification, and safeguards against overcompensation to reduce reliance on Chinese components and accelerate the clean energy transition.

August 6, 2025
MITECO allocates 148 million to 199 pioneering projects with agrivoltaic storage, renewable energy in infrastructure and heat pumps

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The RENOINN program also subsidizes project developments with floating photovoltaic storage and collective self-consumption with the participation of vulnerable consumers. Catalonia, the Valencian Community, Castile and León, and Andalusia account for the largest number of proposals receiving aid.

August 6, 2025
Toledo will host the 2nd Energy Communities Summit in September

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There are already 679 energy communities in Spain, and Toledo has one of the best examples: the “Casco Histórico Ciudad de Toledo” Energy Community.

August 5, 2025
Iberdrola Spain and Burger King expand their renewable energy purchase agreement

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The new agreement brings Burger King®’s total contracted solar capacity in Spain to 109 MW. Iberdrola has now signed 865 MW in PPAs during 2025, cementing its leadership in corporate renewable energy agreements.

August 5, 2025
Galicia authorises the first two wind farms with benefits exceeding €15 million following the new Natural Resources Act

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The Greco and Baro wind farms will supply competitively priced energy to the Ferroatlántica Group’s silicon metal production plant in Sabón (A Coruña).

August 4, 2025
The CJEU backs Galicia’s environmental permitting process and paves the way to reactivate over 2,500 MW of wind power

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The European Court of Justice has validated the Xunta de Galicia’s environmental assessment procedure and clarified doubts regarding public participation in renewable energy projects. The ruling could unlock investments worth over €3 billion in the region.

August 4, 2025
The wind energy sector welcomes the CJEU ruling as a key step toward restoring legal certainty and advancing the energy transition in Galicia.

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The Wind Energy Business Association (AEE), representing the Spanish wind energy sector, highly welcomes the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) announced today, which supports the legality of the procedures followed in Galicia to authorize wind energy projects. The wind energy sector urges that the necessary measures be adopted responsibly and diligently by the institutions to allow the stalled projects to resume their progress.

August 1, 2025
MITECO is processing a proposed Royal Decree to strengthen the electrical system as a matter of urgency

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Promotes the incorporation of storage in existing renewable energy production facilities. Facilitates the development of industrial projects by establishing the expiration of access and connection permits after five years. Accelerates the implementation of new demands, such as charging points, by setting response deadlines for distribution companies

August 1, 2025
Vestas signs a 46 MW contract with Naturgy for the repowering of a wind farm in Galicia

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Vestas will supply 46 MW in turbines for the repowering of the Somozas wind farm in Galicia, in collaboration with Naturgy, reaffirming the region’s strategic role in renewables and the advancement of wind modernisation in Spain.

August 1, 2025
Galp installs 74 MW of batteries to store energy in Spain and Portugal

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The batteries under construction in the Alcoutim (60.5 MWh / 120.4 MWh) and Manzanares (13.4 MW / 26.8 MWh) clusters will be added to the 5 MW / 20 MWh already operational in Alcoutim from early 2025. The entry into operation of Galp’s two solar farms in Toledo and Ahín y Almaraz (Spain), with a combined capacity of 115 MW, brings its solar energy production total to 1.7 GW.

July 31, 2025
MITECO allocates more than 160 million to adapt port infrastructure to the deployment of wind and other marine renewable energy

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The PORT-EOLMAR program strengthens logistics capabilities and the value chain for the manufacturing and assembly of large-scale equipment. Actions must be linked to projects with investments that equal or exceed the aid, to provide solutions to the marine renewable energy value chain and strengthen national and European autonomy.

July 31, 2025
Redeia increases investment in networks by 41%, key to territorial development and industrial deployment

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The company has completed a €564.2 million investment in Red Eléctrica, €517 million of which has been allocated to the execution of network projects that are strategic for the country’s industrial development.

July 30, 2025
Following the repeal of the anti-blackout RDL Spain approves a new decree to strengthen the electricity system

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It will include provisions included in Royal Decree-Law 7/2025 that can be enacted with a lower regulatory scope. The development of industrial projects will be facilitated by establishing the expiration of access and connection permits after five years.

July 30, 2025
Toledo to host the second Summit on Energy Communities in September

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There are already 679 energy communities in Spain, and Toledo is home to one of the most notable examples: the “Casco Histórico Ciudad de Toledo” Energy Community.

July 30, 2025
Spain allocates 500 million to improve energy efficiency in industry and services

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The autonomous communities will be responsible for managing the funds, the distribution of which will be approved by the Energy Sector Conference.

July 29, 2025
What’s behind Spain and Portugal’s anti-blackout plans

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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.

July 29, 2025
Andalusia’s 2030 strategy: 2.7 GW of renewables, green hydrogen, and a stronger power system

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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.

July 29, 2025
TotalEnergies proposes an evolution of PPAs to boost electrification and demand growth in Spain

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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.

July 28, 2025
Ingenostrum proposes regulatory overhaul to harness the rise of data centres

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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.

July 28, 2025
Spain processes 3.4 GW of renewables in July amid surge in hybridisation

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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).

August 6, 2025
DH2 Energy confirms Hysencia will move forward despite insufficient European funding

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The green hydrogen project was one of the winners of the European Hydrogen Bank’s first auction and, although others have withdrawn, its technical features allow it to continue.

August 6, 2025
Europe approves €11bn French offshore contract for difference

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August 6, 2025
MITECO allocates 148 million to 199 pioneering projects with agrivoltaic storage, renewable energy in infrastructure and heat pumps

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August 6, 2025
Toledo will host the 2nd Energy Communities Summit in September

by Strategic Energy Keep reading

There are already 679 energy communities in Spain, and Toledo has one of the best examples: the “Casco Histórico Ciudad de Toledo” Energy Community.

August 5, 2025
Iberdrola Spain and Burger King expand their renewable energy purchase agreement

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August 5, 2025
Galicia authorises the first two wind farms with benefits exceeding €15 million following the new Natural Resources Act

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The Greco and Baro wind farms will supply competitively priced energy to the Ferroatlántica Group’s silicon metal production plant in Sabón (A Coruña).