Edison Next’s model for cost-effective decarbonization takes center stage in Feique’s webinar.

Last Tuesday, Edison Next participated as a Business Partner in the webinar organized by the Spanish Chemical Industry Business Federation (Feique). Under the title “CAEs on the path to competitive decarbonization in industry,” the session highlighted the key role of CAEs as a lever to advance sustainability without compromising competitiveness. The challenge of achieving net-zero emissions cannot, or should not, be addressed with theoretical solutions or unaffordable investments. During his speech, Luis Urrutia, Chief Business Development & Circular Economy Officer at Edison Next Spain, made it clear that the solution lies in applying efficient, realistic, and viable technologies. But above all, by doing so with an approach tailored to the reality of each industry and each client. Edison Next Spain also explained that any roadmap towards decarbonization must be based on four fundamental pillars: energy efficiency, renewable energies, the circular economy, and offset mechanisms. On the other hand, one of the key messages highlighted in the session was the importance of moving away from viewing decarbonization as an expense, and instead approaching it in an orderly manner so that it is not a cost but rather a saving, i.e., competitive decarbonization. To this end, at Edison Next Spain we advocate for a “risk-free” investment model that eliminates potential initial barriers. Under this approach, the client makes no initial outlay and begins to benefit from savings from day one, which Edison Next Spain guarantees. Furthermore, the benefit provided by the CAEs is transferred directly and transparently to the initial CAPEX, reducing the payback period, thus promoting technologies that reduce emissions and improve competitiveness. During the webinar, we also presented some real projects that demonstrate the positive results offered by this model. In an industrial plant, for example, the installation of a high-temperature heat pump is recovering heat from vapors to preheat drying air. This solution has generated savings of 5 GWh of natural gas and has allowed monetizing more than 700,000 euros through CAEs. We also shared the case of a client, for whom, in one of their plants, we have installed a heat recovery system from a turbo blower to heat cleaning water. Thanks to this measure, the use of steam in this operation has been completely eliminated, and we have also managed to monetize the energy savings through CAEs. A clear example of how innovation can translate into efficiency, sustainability, and profitability from day one. Thanks to our role as an accredited Delegated Subject, at Edison Next we not only execute the projects but also handle the application, verification, and monetization of Energy Savings Certificates, facilitating industrial companies’ access to this incentive mechanism, always with full technical, regulatory, and financial guarantees. What this meeting made clear was that the chemical industry (and the entire industrial fabric) has the capacity to move towards deep decarbonization that would undoubtedly improve its competitiveness. At Edison Next, we have been working for years to make this possible through adapted investment models, technical experience in multiple sectors, and tools such as Energy Savings Certificates (CAEs). Because when sustainability translates into savings and tangible value, the energy transition ceases to be a challenge and becomes a real advantage.