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October 2025

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Present and Future of Spanish Industry – Natalia Fabra

On September 29, 2025, Natalia Fabra joined a parliamentary session on the present and future of Spanish industry. Her speech — available here, in Spanish — underscored a crucial message: the energy transition is not only about decarbonization, but also about competitiveness, industrial growth, and jobs. She shared three key ideas:  

  1. Energy costs are a key factor in industrial competitiveness: Spanish Electro-intensive industries face higher electricity prices than competitors in France or Germany, undermining competitiveness, jobs, and exports. A smarter electricity market design and long-term contracts are essential to bring electricity prices closer to actual costs.

  2. Decarbonization as an opportunity: The energy transition can become a growth engine for Spanish industry — reducing costs, boosting competitiveness, and creating jobs in new and growing sectors such as solar PV, batteries, and hydrogen, with strong export potential.

  3. A call for industrial policy: To fully capture these opportunities, Spain needs stable and competitive energy prices, investment in R&D and skills, and clear policies linking climate goals with industrial innovation and financing.

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Interview CNN GloboEconomía

José Antonio Montenegro interviews Natalia Fabra for Globoeconomía (CNN en Español), a CNN production by Warner Bros. Discovery.

They discuss the urgent need to triple investments in renewables and energy storage to meet the rising electricity demand driven by electrification and the expansion of data centers.

Natalia also highlights the importance of developing common metrics to measure emissions and climate risks, enabling companies to better evaluate the profitability of adaptation investments, and helping banks to channel funds toward the most effective projects.

The conversation touches on the key challenges of the energy transition — renewables, storage, grid infrastructure, green hydrogen, and incentives for firms and households to adopt clean technologies.

The interview can be watched here, in Spanish.