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A report that cannot be acted on is not a finished report

Marc Oliva Carbonell

A report that cannot be acted on is not a finished report

For 33 years we have delivered technical reports, and there is one lesson that repeats itself more regularly than any other: a report that cannot be decided upon is not a finished report . The calcula...

Consulting Energy transition Engineering Environment Industry Projects

14 Oct 2026

Electrification, Hydrogen or Carbon Capture? The Order of the Questions Determines the Project

Marc Oliva Carbonell

Electrification, Hydrogen or Carbon Capture? The Order of the Questions Determines the Project

Every time we receive an industrial decarbonisation request, the client usually brings the answer before the question. "We want to electrify the process." "We are considering hydrogen." "We have heard...

Consulting Decarbonisation Energy transition Engineering Industry Projects

7 Oct 2026

Compressed air is electricity in another form

Marc Oliva Carbonell

Compressed air is electricity in another form

In almost all the plants we visit, there is a compressor room. And in almost all of them, that room belongs to no one. It is not for production, because it does not manufacture anything. It is not for...

Consulting Decarbonisation Energy transition Engineering Industry Projects

23 Sept 2026

Renewable Acceleration Zones: Environmental Assessment Does Not Disappear, It Changes Location.

Marc Oliva Carbonell

Renewable Acceleration Zones: Environmental Assessment Does Not Disappear, It Changes Location.

On 20 March 2026 the Royal Decree Law 7/2026 introduced into Spanish law the Renewable Acceleration Zones (ZAR), the figure that the Directive (EU) 2023/2413 (RED III) had outlined to shorten the auth...

Consulting Energy transition Engineering Environment Projects Renewable energy

17 Sept 2026

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

Marc Oliva Carbonell

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

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

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