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43% of European funds for batteries

January 10, 2026 by usatoday24

Spain is trying to create more energy batteries to store surplus renewable energy, something key for the future to achieve energy independence and also to avoid episodes like the April blackout. Although several communities were competing for aid, there is a clear winner: Andalusia. The ERDF are EU funds to encourage energy transformation and in Spain there were several communities in dispute. After the modifications, for state energy storage there was 818 million in aid to be distributed according to the final resolution. Although Andalusia has suffered a cut of 20 million compared to the previous plan, it is still a good pinch considering that almost half of the funds go there. Why is it important. The primary objective of the ERDF program is to strengthen the economic, social and territorial cohesion of the European Union, reducing disparities between regions through investments that boost growth, employment, innovation, the green and digital transition, and territorial cooperation, supporting less developed regions and transforming industries in decline. And this is demonstrated with this definitive roadmap. Why Andalusia. Taking into account economic reasons, it is worth remembering that the IDAE designed the call from the beginning, distributing the budget into regional pools and from the beginning Andalusia received the highest allocation, even after the downward adjustment of the final resolution. Under EU criteria, Andalusia is classified as a “less developed region”a designation intended for those whose GDP per capita is less than 7% of the EU average. In short: it has absolute priority for the distribution of funds. The co-financing rate is higher precisely because of the previous classification taking into account the regulatory bases, which allows us to reach 85% compared to other areas such as Madrid or Catalonia. When faced with similar projects, those present in a less developed region receive more subsidies. But there are also strategic reasons derived from the state’s renewable energy infrastructure and its operation. Andalusia is going to become Spain’s battery: with this aid it will not only lead the generation of clean energy, but will also have the technologies to manage it. Andalusia concentrates some of the projects with the greatest storage capacity of the entire call, such as those from Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure or the Rolwind battery system (ST Palmosilla) one of the largest in the state. Andalusia is the state leader in installed power in photovoltaic solar energy and as points out the PNIECregions with very high variable renewable generation urgently need storage to avoid spills and thus guarantee electrical stability. In figures. The final resolution of the plan is lower than the initial proposal, with a total budget of 818 million in non-refundable public aid allocated to 126 projects (previously there were 133), 2.2 GW of power and a total capacity of 9.4 GWh. All this with September 30, 2029 as the deadline. Three operators concentrate more than 50% of the awarded capacity: Iberdrola with 2,333.7 MWh and 12 projects, Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure with more than 1,500 MWh and eight projects and Rolwind Renovables with 1,225 MWh and 2 large-scale projects. Behind, other relevant actors such as Naturgy, BenBros or Ecoener. Andalusia accounts for 43% of the aid, with 354.5 million euros. It is the area with the most projects and accumulated volume. Galicia and Castilla-La Mancha follow, with 97.2 and 98 million euros respectively. The only Autonomous Community whose budget increases is Extremadura, going from 73 to 91 million euros. In detail. In the list of awarded projects, those hybridized with renewables (the majority, photovoltaic) prevail, followed by independent batteries, thermal storage and pumped hydroelectricity. Spain has achieved very competitive prices compared to other European tenders. Without going any further, according to Strategic Energy The average price for independent storage systems (stand-alone) was €64,933/MWh/year, below markets such as Italy. In Xataka | The solar miracle that went wrong: Spain produces more electricity than it can manage In Xataka | The perfect storm for electricity companies occurs in Spain: daytime solar surpluses, nighttime peaks… and increasingly cheaper batteries Cover | Sungrow EMEA

There are people buying land, farms and pig farms in Spain. And those people are investment funds

October 22, 2025 by usatoday24

If this were not an article by Xataka, if it were a novel by Michael Ende: the story would begin with a top-down shot of the Segrià fields. We would see farms and more farms, cereal fields, irrigated orchards, roads, the Segre winding through the plain. And, as we got closer to the ground, we would see a flood of little gray men with briefcases full of money. The argument would be obvious: the field is for sale and the funds have gone out to buy. 34 million pig heads. That is Spain: the undisputed leader of European pork, the third producer worldwide. A giant, no matter how hackneyed the metaphor may be, with feet of clay. And the Spanish countryside has many problems, but the most worrying (because it has no solution — neither easy nor difficult) is its exasperating lack of generational change. Thousands of farms are on the brink of disappearance simply because no one wants to take charge of them once the owner retires. And that “nobody” doesn’t include the funds? Not until very recently. Agriculture was an unsexy sector for financial capital, but now the situation has changed. We have seen it with agriculture: aggressive field management can generate a lot of income (even if it is at the cost of large negative externalities). Now, in addition, today two great factors have joined the celebration of capital: the first is that the mass of exploitations without relief is enormous. The second is that the processes of integration of farms with the meat industry have reached a point of no return — “the field” and “the industry” are now almost synonymous. A sea full of sharks. But, if that were not enough, the pressure on aquifers and international volatility are turning the agricultural world into a difficult place for small farms. Only large corporations have the lungs to dive into such tough markets. Is this bad news? If we look at the Spanish movements from a more international perspective, I’m afraid so. The Californian case is a warning for sailors: large funds are buying properties solely and exclusively for your water rights. And so, as seen in the last droughtit’s a huge problem. A problem that adds to environmental conflictsto rent captureto agricultural changesto the industrial dismantling of emptied Spain. A strange future. As I said before, Spain is the great agricultural power of the continent. In fact, little by little, it has become one of the great world powers in the marketing of agricultural products. But it will not be easy to stay there, the financial funds They are the best example and the problem is that everything seems to indicate that, along the way, the Spain we know will not be recognized by “not even the mother who gave birth to it.” Image | Annie Spratt | Markus Winkler In Xataka | The great paradox of Spanish olive oil: although it grows 15% a year, more than 500 olive oil mills will close in the next decade

Ozempic has made thousands of people lose weight brutally. Then they have put their closet funds for sale

May 9, 2025 by usatoday24

Novo Nordisk, the Ozempic manufacturer, has just presented the results of the first quarter and the data are impressive: we talk about 3,891 million euros, 14% more than last year. And, of course, that He has shot the price of the company. The most interesting, however, is why. And the answer is very simple: the treatments against obesity have risen 67%. It is what allows us to intuit that the Ozempic revolution (and the rest of the GLP-1 agonists go far beyond what we might think. So much so that he is putting up legs The second -hand market. Something is changing. In mid -2024, second -hand sales platforms began to see how the clothes offered in their systems changed. In the previous two years, large -scale women’s clothing ads had grown surprisingly: “A 103% increase in 3xl size ads, 80% in 4xl size and 73% in 5xl size”. Not only that, Poshmark analyzed the ads and discovered “a 78% increase in the new ads that mention ‘weight loss’ in the title or description.” Dressed Collective, specialized in second -hand sale of high quality products, has also detected a similar phenomenon and Goodwillfinds, which reverts donated clothing, says they are increasingly donated. Vinted He has also noticed. How do we know that all this has to do with Ozempic? We can’t be sure, it’s true. But, as they point out in Fortune, one in eight Americans already USA SEMAGLUTIDA OR ANOTHER GLP-1 agonist and the trend has been growing very closely to how the use of these medications grew. And, whatever it is, it is an issue that everyone begins to intuit that is serious. In fact, there are more and more resale programs of the brands themselves. Given these market changes, brands such as Levi’s, Patagonia and Carhartt Wip have begun to mount their own stores that allow them to also be present in this “second life” of their products. After all, As they point out in Vogue Business“The resale has been one of the only retail trade engines in recent years.” In fact, the market has been bent since 2021. However, not all the mountain is oregano. The problem is evident: as thousands of people lose weight significantly and They decide to purge their cabinetsthe stocks of second -hand stores are unbalanced: there is a lot of big clothes to sell and few people who want to buy it. That is, if analysts are right, we are going to A great readjustment of the fashion we produce, sell and buy. In a world pregnant with data and more data, it may seem curious that the first to realize have been Second -hand platformsbut little by that we think it is so predictable that it scares. Above all, To luxury brands. Image | YAP In Xataka | XL models: When you are harassed by your body in real life and influencer admired on Instagram

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