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Serrano
president
AELEC
January 2, 2025The Spanish electricity sector faces challenges in financing the necessary grids for the energy transition, according to AELEC’s president. The lack of clear definitions in fiscal policy for 2024 and a model that hinders quick decision-making by electricity companies threaten Spain’s competitiveness.
January 2, 2025The Vice President of AEPIBAL, Eugenio Domínguez, emphasises the importance of securing contracts of at least 10 years and defining clear criteria regarding emissions for the capacity market. The initiative aims to strengthen the competitiveness and viability of energy storage in comparison to conventional technologies.
January 2, 2025The capacity market will allow contracts of up to 15 years, linked to the useful life of assets. With flexibility to transfer rights and a design based on firmness coefficients and stress hours, batteries face new competitive challenges.
December 27, 2024The Electrification Commission of ENTRA Aggregation and Flexibility has prepared a document that highlights the importance of electrification in sectors such as transportation, industry, and residential.
December 23, 2024Hàjar El Mansouri, regulation specialist at RIC Energy and a speaker at El Ateneo de Madrid, promotes the energy transition through education, collaboration, and consensus, highlighting the importance of transparency, tangible benefits, and legal certainty in the renewable energy sector.
December 23, 2024In 2024, Greece recorded 900 GWh of renewable energy curtailment, a growing issue in the country’s energy transition, according to Stelios Psomas, an energy and sustainability expert, in an interview with Energía Estratégica España. Solutions such as storage and grid strengthening are key to achieving the targets of the NECP (National Energy and Climate Plan).
Chema Zabala
SEO
Alantra
December 20, 2024Chema Zabala from Alantra values the 10-year contract extension and warns that there is a need to define firmness coefficients, emission values, and bring forward the main auctions to maximize the design’s potential.
December 20, 2024With these new improvements, the system design is simplified thanks to integration, automation, and increased efficiency for developers and engineers.
December 20, 2024Electricity demand rises by 4% due to low temperatures. Gas combined cycles increase their activity by 91% to meet demand and compensate for low wind and nuclear production. They lead the mix and influence price-setting throughout the day. Forecast for the end of the month: below 100 €/MWh.
December 19, 2024The design of the Capacity Market, submitted for public consultation by the Ministry of Ecological Transition, has generated mixed opinions in the electricity sector. While aelēc celebrates it as a step toward supply security, other stakeholders warn of potential inequities and market distortions.
December 19, 2024These projects will initially be executed in Germany and later in other countries across Europe. This historic alliance highlights Cellect Energy’s position as a leading provider of asset management solutions for large-scale BESS projects.
December 18, 2024With over 600 MW of secured grid connections and a portfolio of 950 MW, 4P Renewables aims to continue expanding in the solar, wind, and storage energy market in Romania, while addressing regulatory challenges and promoting the modernization of energy infrastructure.
December 18, 2024Raúl García Posadas, Director of ASEALEN, highlights the profitability opportunities of energy storage plants in Spain. The adaptation of regulations, participation in capacity markets, and fossil-free flexibility mechanisms are key elements to drive their development.
December 16, 2024Recent reforms in Poland, such as easing the 10H Rule and renewable energy auctions, are reshaping the country’s energy landscape. These measures aim to remove regulatory hurdles and accelerate the growth of key technologies.
December 16, 2024Countries like Sweden and Belgium achieve more profitable and dynamic models, with up to 7 markets prepared for each function of a battery.
December 16, 2024The average price of the Spanish electricity market in 2024 will be 62.5 €/MWh, a figure 30% lower than the initial projections.
December 13, 2024The BOE of December 11, 2024, includes key resolutions on photovoltaic and storage projects. Notable among them is the approval of the Gecama Hybrid Plant, with 250 MW of solar generation and 100 MW of storage, and the rejection of several projects in León. These decisions reflect the challenges and progress within the framework of the PNIEC and Spain’s MITECO strategy.
December 13, 20243.8 GW of storage installed across all segments, an 80% increase compared to the third quarter of 2023. Residential installations reach a record high.
December 12, 2024A resolution with no changes, but with evident challenges, confirms the concentration of projects in the Cantabrian coast and the administrative hurdles that could affect meeting deadlines.
December 12, 2024Italy faces a critical obstacle in expanding Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS): the virtual saturation of the high-voltage grid. This issue threatens to delay key projects, even as the country aims to reach 122 GWh of storage capacity by 2030, according to Simone Prato, Country Lead – Italy at Enertis Applus+.
December 11, 2024In Europe, a system based on renewable energy might not be cheaper than the current model, as suggested by Joaquín Coronado Galdos.
Serrano
president
AELEC
January 2, 2025The Spanish electricity sector faces challenges in financing the necessary grids for the energy transition, according to AELEC’s president. The lack of clear definitions in fiscal policy for 2024 and a model that hinders quick decision-making by electricity companies threaten Spain’s competitiveness.
January 2, 2025The Vice President of AEPIBAL, Eugenio Domínguez, emphasises the importance of securing contracts of at least 10 years and defining clear criteria regarding emissions for the capacity market. The initiative aims to strengthen the competitiveness and viability of energy storage in comparison to conventional technologies.
January 2, 2025The capacity market will allow contracts of up to 15 years, linked to the useful life of assets. With flexibility to transfer rights and a design based on firmness coefficients and stress hours, batteries face new competitive challenges.
December 27, 2024The Electrification Commission of ENTRA Aggregation and Flexibility has prepared a document that highlights the importance of electrification in sectors such as transportation, industry, and residential.
December 23, 2024Hàjar El Mansouri, regulation specialist at RIC Energy and a speaker at El Ateneo de Madrid, promotes the energy transition through education, collaboration, and consensus, highlighting the importance of transparency, tangible benefits, and legal certainty in the renewable energy sector.
December 23, 2024In 2024, Greece recorded 900 GWh of renewable energy curtailment, a growing issue in the country’s energy transition, according to Stelios Psomas, an energy and sustainability expert, in an interview with Energía Estratégica España. Solutions such as storage and grid strengthening are key to achieving the targets of the NECP (National Energy and Climate Plan).
Chema Zabala
SEO
Alantra
December 20, 2024Chema Zabala from Alantra values the 10-year contract extension and warns that there is a need to define firmness coefficients, emission values, and bring forward the main auctions to maximize the design’s potential.
December 20, 2024With these new improvements, the system design is simplified thanks to integration, automation, and increased efficiency for developers and engineers.
December 20, 2024Electricity demand rises by 4% due to low temperatures. Gas combined cycles increase their activity by 91% to meet demand and compensate for low wind and nuclear production. They lead the mix and influence price-setting throughout the day. Forecast for the end of the month: below 100 €/MWh.
December 19, 2024The design of the Capacity Market, submitted for public consultation by the Ministry of Ecological Transition, has generated mixed opinions in the electricity sector. While aelēc celebrates it as a step toward supply security, other stakeholders warn of potential inequities and market distortions.
December 19, 2024These projects will initially be executed in Germany and later in other countries across Europe. This historic alliance highlights Cellect Energy’s position as a leading provider of asset management solutions for large-scale BESS projects.
December 18, 2024With over 600 MW of secured grid connections and a portfolio of 950 MW, 4P Renewables aims to continue expanding in the solar, wind, and storage energy market in Romania, while addressing regulatory challenges and promoting the modernization of energy infrastructure.
December 18, 2024Raúl García Posadas, Director of ASEALEN, highlights the profitability opportunities of energy storage plants in Spain. The adaptation of regulations, participation in capacity markets, and fossil-free flexibility mechanisms are key elements to drive their development.
December 16, 2024Recent reforms in Poland, such as easing the 10H Rule and renewable energy auctions, are reshaping the country’s energy landscape. These measures aim to remove regulatory hurdles and accelerate the growth of key technologies.
December 16, 2024Countries like Sweden and Belgium achieve more profitable and dynamic models, with up to 7 markets prepared for each function of a battery.
December 16, 2024The average price of the Spanish electricity market in 2024 will be 62.5 €/MWh, a figure 30% lower than the initial projections.
December 13, 2024The BOE of December 11, 2024, includes key resolutions on photovoltaic and storage projects. Notable among them is the approval of the Gecama Hybrid Plant, with 250 MW of solar generation and 100 MW of storage, and the rejection of several projects in León. These decisions reflect the challenges and progress within the framework of the PNIEC and Spain’s MITECO strategy.
December 13, 20243.8 GW of storage installed across all segments, an 80% increase compared to the third quarter of 2023. Residential installations reach a record high.
December 12, 2024A resolution with no changes, but with evident challenges, confirms the concentration of projects in the Cantabrian coast and the administrative hurdles that could affect meeting deadlines.
December 12, 2024Italy faces a critical obstacle in expanding Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS): the virtual saturation of the high-voltage grid. This issue threatens to delay key projects, even as the country aims to reach 122 GWh of storage capacity by 2030, according to Simone Prato, Country Lead – Italy at Enertis Applus+.
December 11, 2024In Europe, a system based on renewable energy might not be cheaper than the current model, as suggested by Joaquín Coronado Galdos.
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