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July 9, 2025
FES Iberia 2025: RWE Renewables Iberia prepares to lead energy storage

by Lucia Colaluce Jul 9, 2025 Keep reading

During his participation at FES Iberia 2025, Robert Navarro, Managing Director and CFO of RWE Renewables Iberia, stated that the company is advancing in storage solutions with a strategic long-term vision, anticipating regulatory developments. “We are entering this space more to learn how it works than because the numbers add up,” he affirms.

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

by Strategic Energy Jul 9, 2025 Keep reading

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

by Lucia Colaluce Jul 7, 2025 Keep reading

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
Statement on the European Commission’s guidance on renewables, grids infrastructure and network tariffs

by Strategic Energy Jul 7, 2025 Keep reading

Energy storage can bring benefits that will lower system costs and consumer bills, as network charges are expected to rise across the EU. 

July 7, 2025
Pedro Azagra appointed CEO of Iberdrola at a pivotal moment for the group’s global expansion

by Strategic Energy Jul 7, 2025 Keep reading

With over 25 years at the company, the new Chief Executive Officer steps into the role as Iberdrola consolidates its position as a global leader in renewable energy, supported by a series of strategic recognitions.

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

by Milena Giorgi Jul 4, 2025 Keep reading

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

by Lucia Colaluce Jul 4, 2025 Keep reading

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

by Emilia Lardizabal Jul 4, 2025 Keep reading

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.

July 3, 2025
Optimize Energy anticipates the financial impact of being an early mover in storage at FES Iberia 2025

by Lucia Colaluce Jul 3, 2025 Keep reading

During its participation in the event, Optimize Energy emphasised that the first projects to enter the Spanish system will capture most of the available market value, particularly through balancing services. According to its analysis, the key will be hybridisation with renewables and highly optimised operations from day one.

July 3, 2025
“We need reforms now”: Over 40 organisations back a manifesto for a 100% renewable system

by Milena Giorgi Jul 3, 2025 Keep reading

The manifesto seeks to reaffirm the strategic role of renewables following a context of “unjustified criticism” and calls for urgent reforms to move towards a fully decarbonised energy system.

July 3, 2025
DALIA, the Aerolaser solution redefining smart infrastructure inspection

by Emilia Lardizabal Jul 3, 2025 Keep reading

During her presentation at FES Iberia 2025, Carmen Sánchez, Business Development Director at Aerolaser, revealed how DALIA has already transformed the inspection of more than 300,000 km of infrastructure, with a strong focus on renewable energy networks. The tool leverages artificial intelligence, geospatial analytics, and automation to anticipate risks and optimize decision-making.

July 3, 2025
Spain’s Green and Connected Alliance backs Royal Decree-Law 7/2025 and urges swift ratification in Parliament

by Strategic Energy Jul 3, 2025 Keep reading

Royal Decree-Law 7/2025 introduces key reforms to ease industrial access to the grid and cut electricity costs, addressing major proposals from the Green and Connected Alliance, while still leaving pending issues on taxation, investment caps, and anticipatory infrastructure.

July 2, 2025
FES Iberia 2025: Jinko ESS reveals it is already handling over 10 GWh of storage demand

by Lucia Colaluce Jul 2, 2025 Keep reading

At FES Iberia 2025, Donají Martínez, EU ESS Senior Sales Manager at Jinko ESS, outlined how technological progress and growing demand are consolidating storage as a core asset in the energy transition. The company already has over 10 GWh of storage capacity requests across Europe.

July 2, 2025
SolarPower Europe launches the Battery Storage Europe Platform, calls for ten times more European battery storage by 2030

by Strategic Energy Jul 2, 2025 Keep reading

The Battery Storage Europe Platform is a major new initiative to drive forward the business case and regulatory framework for battery storage across the European Union.

July 1, 2025
360Energy bets on hybridisation, batteries and full project control at FES Iberia 2025

by Lucia Colaluce Jul 1, 2025 Keep reading

During his address at FES Iberia 2025, Benjamín Reynal, Northern Hemisphere Coordination Director at 360Energy, explained how the Argentine company is implementing a fully integrated model in Spain. This includes hybrid generation with storage, end-to-end project operation, and a focus on large-scale self-consumption—a strategy designed to tackle grid saturation, price pressure, and regulatory complexity.

July 1, 2025
Saeta Yield backs solar and storage to reshape the European energy system

by Milena Giorgi Jul 1, 2025 Keep reading

Álvaro Pérez de Lema de la Mata, CEO of Saeta Yield, highlighted at FES Iberia 2025 that the company, following its integration into the Masdar group, aims to lead Europe’s renewable development from Spain with a firm commitment to the solar-storage tandem and a long-term industrial vision.

July 1, 2025
Cox Group showcases its storage strategy at FES 2025: beyond lithium and batteries

by Lucia Colaluce Jul 1, 2025 Keep reading

During FES Iberia 2025, Javier García Arenas, Chief Corporate Strategy at Cox Group, presented the company’s energy storage strategy, based on advanced technologies. The proposal includes solutions involving thermal salts, steam and software, supported by patents and pilot projects with a long-term vision.

June 30, 2025
Italy Redefines Its Power Grid: Terna Implements Microzones Amid Virtual Saturation of 350 GW in Renewable Requests

by Emilia Lardizabal Jun 30, 2025 Keep reading

Italy’s national grid operator, Terna, is rolling out a new microzonal planning model to manage over 350 GW of connection requests to the national transmission grid (RTN), despite the country’s official 2030 target of just 65 GW of new renewable capacity. Legal experts from GreenSquare Italia analyze the technical, legal, and economic implications of this regulatory shift.

June 30, 2025
Rafael Esteban (ACCIONA) warned of an electricity system being cannibalised by excess renewables

by Milena Giorgi Jun 30, 2025 Keep reading

Rafael Esteban, Global Director of Business Development at ACCIONA Energía, called for a reformulation of energy policy during the Future Energy Summit (FES) Iberia 2025, in response to a wholesale market that had already recorded 522 hours of zero or negative prices.

June 30, 2025
MITECO allocates €100 million to support eco-design, reuse, and recycling of capital goods for renewable energy

by Strategic Energy Jun 30, 2025 Keep reading

RENOCICLA opens its call from 8 July to 16 September, offering €100 million to support projects on eco-design, recycling and recovery of renewable energy components, aiming to boost strategic autonomy and build a circular industrial value chain in Spain.

June 27, 2025Rocío Sicre outlines EDPR’s hybrid strategy at FES Iberia