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January 8, 2025
Sustainability Consultant: The Most In-Demand Role in Renewables in the UK

by Lucia Colaluce Jan 8, 2025 Keep reading

El rol de Sustainability Consultant lidera la demanda laboral en energías renovables en el Reino Unido. Con un salario promedio de £37,789 anuales, este perfil combina estrategia ambiental, cumplimiento normativo y liderazgo en sostenibilidad. Analizamos sus tareas, formación requerida y perspectivas futuras.

January 7, 2025
Electricity demand in Spain grows by 1.4%, but it fails to absorb the installed renewable capacity

by Milena Giorgi Jan 7, 2025 Keep reading

With 55.8% of the electricity mix generated from renewable sources in 2024, Spain is making progress in its energy transition. However, experts warn that limited electricity demand is preventing the full potential of renewables from being harnessed.

January 6, 2025
Renewable PPAs: Hybrid Role and Stability in 2025

by Milena Giorgi Jan 6, 2025 Keep reading

The Spanish PPA market shows resilience despite price volatility, with growing interest in hybrid contracts and storage. Competition and new mechanisms, such as the capacity market, drive opportunities while mitigating challenges in sustainability and financial planning.

January 3, 2025
The new clauses being incorporated into renewable PPAs in 2025

by Milena Giorgi Jan 3, 2025 Keep reading

The evolution towards a market led by informed buyers highlights protection against negative prices, dynamic structures, and the increasing integration of energy storage for greater flexibility.

January 3, 2025
Jantzen Renewables Drives Renewable Energy Development in Romania with Over 1 GW in Projects

by Emilia Lardizabal Jan 3, 2025 Keep reading

Jantzen Renewables, a renewable energy project developer, positions itself in the renewable market with solar, wind, and storage projects in Romania, achieving a pipeline exceeding 1 GW. The company celebrates the recent sale of a 710 MW photovoltaic project and analyzes the challenges and opportunities in the country’s energy sector.

Serrano

president

AELEC

January 2, 2025
Serrano from AELEC: “The development of electricity grids requires greater fiscal certainty and regulatory agility”

by Milena Giorgi Jan 2, 2025 Keep reading

The 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, 2025
AEPIBAL proposes long-term contracts and decarbonization criteria in the capacity market

by Milena Giorgi Jan 2, 2025 Keep reading

The 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, 2025
The capacity market proposal under scrutiny: flexibility, cycles, and long-term contracts

by Milena Giorgi Jan 2, 2025 Keep reading

The 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, 2024
The Challenges Ahead for Electrification and Grids: Key to More Renewables

by Energía Estratégica Dec 27, 2024 Keep reading

The 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, 2024
Disclosure and Consensus: The Concerns of a New Generation of Renewable Energy Professionals

by Milena Giorgi Dec 23, 2024 Keep reading

Hàjar 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, 2024
Greece faces 900 GWh of curtailment in 2024: challenges and solutions

by Emilia Lardizabal Dec 23, 2024 Keep reading

In 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).

December 20, 2024Pending the capacity market: firmness and flexibility coefficients to boost batteries

Chema Zabala

SEO

Alantra

December 20, 2024
Pending the capacity market: firmness and flexibility coefficients to boost batteries

by Milena Giorgi Dec 20, 2024 Keep reading

Chema 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, 2024
RatedPower redefines solar storage planning with improvements in Standalone BESS design.

by Energía Estratégica Dec 20, 2024 Keep reading

With these new improvements, the system design is simplified thanks to integration, automation, and increased efficiency for developers and engineers.

December 20, 2024
Gas drives electricity prices to 104 €/MWh, their highest in 22 months.

by Energía Estratégica Dec 20, 2024 Keep reading

Electricity 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, 2024
The New Capacity Market in Spain: What does the design submitted for public consultation propose?

by Milena Giorgi Dec 19, 2024 Keep reading

The 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, 2024
Green Flexibility has chosen the Barcelona-based company Cellect Energy for a strategic alliance in the management of over 8 GW of BESS.

by Energía Estratégica Dec 19, 2024 Keep reading

These 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, 2024
4P Renewables focuses on storage and hybrid systems with 950 MW of renewable energy in its portfolio

by Emilia Lardizabal Dec 18, 2024 Keep reading

With 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, 2024
Flexibility and Markets: Key to the Viability of Energy Storage

by Milena Giorgi Dec 18, 2024 Keep reading

Raúl 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, 2024
Legal boost for renewables in Poland: key reforms and their implications

by Lucia Colaluce Dec 16, 2024 Keep reading

Recent 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, 2024
What models could Spain implement to accelerate battery deployment?

by Milena Giorgi Dec 16, 2024 Keep reading

Countries like Sweden and Belgium achieve more profitable and dynamic models, with up to 7 markets prepared for each function of a battery.

December 16, 2024
The Spanish electricity market in 2024 closes with prices 30% lower than expected

by Milena Giorgi Dec 16, 2024 Keep reading

The average price of the Spanish electricity market in 2024 will be 62.5 €/MWh, a figure 30% lower than the initial projections.

January 8, 2025
Sustainability Consultant: The Most In-Demand Role in Renewables in the UK

by Lucia Colaluce Jan 8, 2025 Keep reading

January 7, 2025
Electricity demand in Spain grows by 1.4%, but it fails to absorb the installed renewable capacity

by Milena Giorgi Jan 7, 2025 Keep reading

January 6, 2025
Renewable PPAs: Hybrid Role and Stability in 2025

by Milena Giorgi Jan 6, 2025 Keep reading

January 3, 2025
The new clauses being incorporated into renewable PPAs in 2025

by Milena Giorgi Jan 3, 2025 Keep reading

The evolution towards a market led by informed buyers highlights protection against negative prices, dynamic structures, and the increasing integration of energy storage for greater flexibility.

January 3, 2025
Jantzen Renewables Drives Renewable Energy Development in Romania with Over 1 GW in Projects

by Emilia Lardizabal Jan 3, 2025 Keep reading

Serrano

president

AELEC

January 2, 2025
Serrano from AELEC: “The development of electricity grids requires greater fiscal certainty and regulatory agility”

by Milena Giorgi Jan 2, 2025 Keep reading

January 2, 2025
AEPIBAL proposes long-term contracts and decarbonization criteria in the capacity market

by Milena Giorgi Jan 2, 2025 Keep reading

January 2, 2025
The capacity market proposal under scrutiny: flexibility, cycles, and long-term contracts

by Milena Giorgi Jan 2, 2025 Keep reading

December 27, 2024
The Challenges Ahead for Electrification and Grids: Key to More Renewables

by Energía Estratégica Dec 27, 2024 Keep reading

December 23, 2024
Disclosure and Consensus: The Concerns of a New Generation of Renewable Energy Professionals

by Milena Giorgi Dec 23, 2024 Keep reading

December 23, 2024
Greece faces 900 GWh of curtailment in 2024: challenges and solutions

by Emilia Lardizabal Dec 23, 2024 Keep reading

Chema Zabala

SEO

Alantra

December 20, 2024
Pending the capacity market: firmness and flexibility coefficients to boost batteries

by Milena Giorgi Dec 20, 2024 Keep reading

December 20, 2024
RatedPower redefines solar storage planning with improvements in Standalone BESS design.

by Energía Estratégica Dec 20, 2024 Keep reading

With these new improvements, the system design is simplified thanks to integration, automation, and increased efficiency for developers and engineers.