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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

IED 2.0: six engineering checks before your permit review

Marc Oliva Carbonell

IED 2.0: six engineering checks before your permit review

On 1 July 2026, the deadline for transposing the Directive (EU) 2024/1785 , of 24 April, which amends Directive 2010/75/EU on industrial emissions —the IED 2.0— and Directive 1999/31/EC on landfills, ...

Consulting Decarbonisation Engineering Environment Industry Projects

9 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

Extension of CBAM to processed products: 3,900 new SMEs in Europe's carbon perimeter

Marc Oliva Carbonell

Extension of CBAM to processed products: 3,900 new SMEs in Europe's carbon perimeter

The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) has now been fully operational for six months. The European Commission now wants to extend it to processed products containing steel and aluminium, and the European Economic and Social…

Climate change Corporate & Finance Industry

7 Jul 2026

Atmospheric dispersion studies

Marc Oliva Carbonell

Atmospheric dispersion studies

Atmospheric dispersion studies: when they are essential and how to do them properly If noise is the environmental impact most easily forgotten until it shows up, air quality is the impact hardest to defend once it is questioned.

Air quality Engineering Environment Industry

2 Jul 2026

Acoustic studies

Marc Oliva Carbonell

Acoustic studies

When and why an acoustic impact study is needed: a guide for industries, developers and public administrations Noise is one of the most heavily regulated environmental impacts in Spain and, paradoxically, one of the most overlooked in the…

Air quality Engineering Environment Industry

30 Jun 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 new European Soil Law: implications for industry and property transactions

Marc Oliva Carbonell

The new European Soil Law: implications for industry and property transactions

On 12 November 2025, the European Parliament and the Council adopted Directive (EU) 2025/2360 on Soil Monitoring and Resilience, better known as the Soil Monitoring Law.

Corporate & Finance Environment Industry

11 Jun 2026

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