The director of e-Anell, Ramón Gallart Fernández, asserts that flexible connections represent a key opportunity to make use of unused grid capacity and attract new investment.

This is the company’s sixth green bond issue, which has been closed for a six-year term and a yield of 3.018%. The company is immersed in boosting its investments in electricity grids to meet new demands and continue consolidating the ecological transition in Spain. With this new issue, the corporation is moving closer to achieving its goal of securing all of its financing under sustainable criteria by 2030, a percentage that currently stands at around 70%.

Renewable energy sources grew the most: 6.2% in the primary energy matrix and 11.9% in electricity. MITECO’s official energy statistics include the country’s self-consumption capacity for the first time, which reached 8,256 MW by the end of 2024. The weight of natural gas and coal in the national energy mix has decreased, and for the third consecutive year there is an export-oriented electricity balance.

Minister Sara Aagesen defended in Parliament the electricity transmission plan with €13.59 billion, an attractive remuneration framework and measures to optimise the grid, amid rapid growth in renewables and electrification.

This month, 19 resolutions were published in the BOE for solar-wind hybridisation and storage projects. In addition, 115 MW of wind capacity were rejected, corresponding to Repsol and Aspiravi.

The public hearing begins on the draft royal decree regulating investment plans for electricity networks.

Sara Aagesen chaired the presentation of the results of the PRTR (Plan for Investment in the Ecological Transition), held at the Madrid College of Architects. The ministry recognizes 39 exemplary initiatives in the implementation of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.

Grid saturation is leaving no capacity for new industries and electrification projects, hindering stand‑alone batteries and putting downward pressure on PPAs. Experts are calling for urgent measures to enable flexible connections and accelerate investment in networks.

The publication of firm demand capacity maps confirms that 83.4% of nodes are saturated and shows 0 MW available in key substations, constraining new industry, renewables and green hydrogen. The sector is calling for flexible connections and investment in networks with clear rules from CNMC and MITECO.