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Energy and geopolitics: How to shield industry against global uncertainty

Marc Oliva Carbonell

Energy and geopolitics: How to shield industry against global uncertainty

Today, the viability of an industrial plant anywhere in Europe depends more on what happens in a maritime strait or at a diplomatic summit thousands of kilometres away than on its own production activity.

Corporate & Finance Energy transition Industry

5 Mar 2026

Data Centres: the new critical infrastructure that cannot be ignored

Marc Oliva Carbonell

Data Centres: the new critical infrastructure that cannot be ignored

The deployment of data centres in Catalonia and across Spain has accelerated exponentially. The need to process data locally —both for Artificial Intelligence and for cloud services— has turned our territory into a strategic node in southern Europe.

Corporate & Finance Energy transition Urban planning and mobility Utilities

3 Mar 2026

Biomethane: The financial asset behind thermal decarbonisation

Marc Oliva Carbonell

Biomethane: The financial asset behind thermal decarbonisation

A few days ago, in one of our articles, we analysed the role of biogas and biomethane as indispensable tools for the thermal transition. Biogas and Biomethane: the keys to decarbonisation.

Corporate & Finance Decarbonisation Energy transition Renewable energy

24 Feb 2026

Demand Aggregation and Flexibility

Marc Oliva Carbonell

Demand Aggregation and Flexibility

In one of our latest articles, we discussed how Industrial Photovoltaics has become a financial asset. When a plant not only generates energy for its own consumption but learns to interact with the electricity system, that is where Demand…

Energy transition Industry Renewable energy Utilities

19 Feb 2026

Industrial PV 2026: Profitability and Sustainability

Marc Oliva Carbonell

Industrial PV 2026: Profitability and Sustainability

2026 has consolidated itself as the year of photovoltaic maturity in the industrial sector. What five years ago was a pioneering corporate social responsibility initiative is today an operational survival imperative.

Energy transition Industry Renewable energy

10 Feb 2026

PDE: How to make it profitable with CAEs

Marc Oliva Carbonell

PDE: How to make it profitable with CAEs

Company Travel Plan (PDE) – The paradigm shift in corporate mobility The PDE is a set of actions intended to optimise the mobility of employees and visitors, favouring transport modes alternative to the private vehicle, rationalising car…

Corporate & Finance Energy transition Industry

5 Feb 2026

The key role of storage in 2026

Marc Oliva Carbonell

The key role of storage in 2026

Discover how energy storage and industrial BESS batteries are transforming the profitability of renewables in 2026. The key strategy for industry. The evolution of Spain’s energy mix has reached a turning point.

Developers Energy transition Renewable energy Utilities

27 Jan 2026

Biogas and biomethane: The keys to industrial thermal decarbonisation

Marc Oliva Carbonell

Biogas and biomethane: The keys to industrial thermal decarbonisation

On the road to climate neutrality, the decarbonisation of the electricity sector has advanced steadily thanks to photovoltaics and wind power. The great outstanding challenge, however, is still the thermal sector.

Decarbonisation Energy transition Industry Renewable energy

22 Jan 2026

RENOVAL 2: A unique 355-million-euro opportunity for the clean technology industry

Marc Oliva Carbonell

RENOVAL 2: A unique 355-million-euro opportunity for the clean technology industry

Europe’s strategic autonomy and the transition towards a decarbonised economy have ceased to be long-term objectives and have become an immediate industrial priority.

Corporate & Finance Energy transition Industry

20 Jan 2026

IDAE: New Innovative Renewable Energy Programme – Everything you need to know

Marc Oliva Carbonell

IDAE: New Innovative Renewable Energy Programme – Everything you need to know

The road to decarbonising the economy has taken a giant step. With the official opening of the application period for the new grants under the Innovative Renewable Energy Programme, managed by the Institute for Energy Diversification and…

Corporate & Finance Developers Energy transition Renewable energy

15 Jan 2026

Decarbonisation is competitiveness

Decarbonisation is the process of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, especially CO₂ in order to achieve a carbon-neutral economy. This global challenge is also a strategic opportunity for companies.

Decarbonisation Energy transition Industry Utilities

3 Jan 2026

Decree-Law 22/2025: Catalonia accelerates the energy transition

DECREE-LAW 22/2025: CATALONIA UNSTOPPABLY ACCELERATES THE ENERGY TRANSITION WITH NEW RULES FOR RENEWABLES On 28 April 2025, a massive power blackout affected Catalonia and the rest of the Iberian Peninsula.

Developers Energy transition Renewable energy

1 Jan 2026

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