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How to create a defensible energy balance: the first step before deciding anything

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How to create a defensible energy balance: the first step before deciding anything

An industrial plant receives two letters each year: one from the electricity company and one from the gas supplier. With these two figures, and a few more that depend on a conversion factor, 90% of en...

Consulting Decarbonisation Energy transition Engineering Industry Projects

1 Sept 2026

Before replacing the gas boiler: the three numbers that decide whether an industrial heat pump pays off

Marc Oliva Carbonell

Before replacing the gas boiler: the three numbers that decide whether an industrial heat pump pays off

auma’s method for deciding on process heat electrification before requesting quotations. We keep hearing the same question at very different plants: “does it make sense for us to electrify process heat?”. The honest answer is that it does not depend on the technology.

Decarbonisation Energy transition Engineering Industry

17 Aug 2026

Decarbonising hard-to-abate sectors: realistic engineering for a just transition

Marc Oliva Carbonell

Decarbonising hard-to-abate sectors: realistic engineering for a just transition

Cement, steel, chemicals or ceramics are not decarbonised with slogans: they are decarbonised with energy balances, abatement curves and a plan that leaves nobody behind.

Climate change Decarbonisation Energy transition Industry

22 Jul 2026

INNOVAE 2026 Programme: 115 million euros for industrial energy transformation

Marc Oliva Carbonell

INNOVAE 2026 Programme: 115 million euros for industrial energy transformation

Last June, the BOE (the Spanish Official State Gazette) published Order TED/569/2026, setting the regulatory bases of the INNOVAE Programme, the new non-repayable grant scheme of the IDAE for singular, innovative energy saving and efficiency projects.

Corporate & Finance Energy transition Industry

20 Jul 2026

The EESC sets the course for the next reform: 1.2 trillion euros for Europe's electricity grids

Marc Oliva Carbonell

The EESC sets the course for the next reform: 1.2 trillion euros for Europe's electricity grids

On 18 March this year, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) adopted, with 195 votes in favour, its Opinion C/2026/3238 on the European Commission's new electricity grids legislative package.

Energy transition Governance Utilities

14 Jul 2026

Green hydrogen in Spain in 2026: between industrial maturity and the challenge of real demand

Marc Oliva Carbonell

Green hydrogen in Spain in 2026: between industrial maturity and the challenge of real demand

On 28 January 2026, the government announced at the 4th Enagás Hydrogen Day the draft bill to create a national hydrogen system and a regulated market in Spain.

Developers Energy transition Industry Renewable energy

25 Jun 2026

The transposition of the EPBD in Spain: five key dates no developer, industrial company or administration can ignore

Marc Oliva Carbonell

The transposition of the EPBD in Spain: five key dates no developer, industrial company or administration can ignore

29 May 2026 was the deadline for the transposition into Spanish legislation of the new Directive (EU) 2024/1275 on the Energy Performance of Buildings (EPBD), approved by the European Commission in April 2024.

Developers Energy transition Public administrations Urban planning and mobility

28 May 2026

Mandatory biomethane quotas: three readings that industry and gas retailers must take from the MITECO decree

Marc Oliva Carbonell

Mandatory biomethane quotas: three readings that industry and gas retailers must take from the MITECO decree

On 22 May 2026, the Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) opened the public consultation on the Draft Royal Decree to promote biomethane, a regulation that for the first time introduces in…

Energy transition Industry Renewable energy Utilities

27 May 2026

Negative prices and hybridisation: the new playing field for renewable developers

Marc Oliva Carbonell

Negative prices and hybridisation: the new playing field for renewable developers

The Spanish electricity market entered 2026 in a qualitatively new stage. The data for the first four months confirm it: renewables reached 61.8% of the national generation mix, with four consecutive months above 60%, according to the…

Developers Energy transition Renewable energy

26 May 2026

Growth strategies for the Biomethane sector in Catalonia and Spain

Marc Oliva Carbonell

Growth strategies for the Biomethane sector in Catalonia and Spain

Biomethane is no longer an emerging technology: it has become a strategic vector of the energy transition. In Catalonia and Spain, the debate no longer revolves around its technical viability or its climate value —questions that have been…

Corporate & Finance Developers Energy transition Renewable energy

21 Apr 2026

The European RED Directive: what it is and how it affects renewable project permitting

Marc Oliva Carbonell

The European RED Directive: what it is and how it affects renewable project permitting

The RED Directive and renewable project permitting: what really changes The RED III Directive establishes a new European framework to accelerate the permitting of renewable projects, with maximum deadlines, acceleration areas and positive administrative silence.

Developers Energy transition Governance Renewable energy

14 Apr 2026

Energy efficiency grants in Catalonia 2026: 102 million euros for industry and the tertiary sector

Marc Oliva Carbonell

Energy efficiency grants in Catalonia 2026: 102 million euros for industry and the tertiary sector

The Generalitat de Catalunya is opening two new grant lines managed by ICAEN to finance energy improvements in companies and non-residential buildings.

Corporate & Finance Energy transition Industry

9 Apr 2026

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