Three consortia compete for Malta’s offshore wind debut
The Maltese government has confirmed the receipt of three applications to develop a 300 MW floating wind farm, marking its first venture into the offshore energy market.
The Maltese government has confirmed the receipt of three applications to develop a 300 MW floating wind farm, marking its first venture into the offshore energy market.
The saturation and rigidity of the electricity grid are hindering urban development. Measures are proposed to streamline access to the grid and promote cleaner, more liveable cities.
During FES Iberia 2025, Agustín de la Fuente Palomino, Director of Renewable Energy Business Development at Grupo Elecnor, stressed the need to accelerate project development through more agile processes, clear rules, and balanced cooperation between companies and institutions.
La decisión del Congreso de los Diputados desata una oleada de críticas desde todos los ángulos. Se pierden medidas clave para el almacenamiento, autoconsumo y electrificación de la demanda, además de bloquear inversiones por miles de millones de euros.
The decision by Spain’s Congress of Deputies has sparked a wave of criticism from all corners. Key measures for storage, self-consumption, and demand electrification are lost, while investments worth billions of euros are now stalled.
New IRENA report confirms cost-competitiveness of renewables; warns of mounting grid integration and financing challenges notably in emerging and capital-constrained markets
The government is providing over €700 million in subsidies to companies that will produce sustainable hydrogen in the Netherlands.
The Wind Energy Business Association (AEE), representing the Spanish wind energy sector, expresses its deep concern at the failure of the Congress of Deputies to approve Royal Decree-Law 7/2025, which contained key technical measures to strengthen the security of the electricity system, decisively advance the energy transition, and improve the competitiveness of our industry.
Current administrative milestones remain in place, creating a bottleneck in the integration of renewables into the grid. Without a demand boost, the risk of imbalances and zero and negative price hours in the system will increase. An opportunity to promote collective self-consumption and system flexibility is being missed. Investments in storage, self-consumption and electrical grids remain in limbo. APPA Renovables warns of the collapse that will result from the inadequacy of the milestones, as well as the impact of not boosting storage and demand.
Royal Decree 7/2025 was essential to boost storage deployment and strengthen shared self-consumption. The rejection of the reform has no technical or ideological basis, but rather responds more to political tactics and the constant need to win the narrative.