Salto y central hidráulica de Salime Asturias EDP

Salime, from a pioneering hydroelectric power station to a paradigm of the energy transition in Asturias

Several energy companies are proposing hydraulic generation and storage initiatives, taking advantage of existing reservoirs and power plants.

Power companies are showing commitment to Asturias in the path taken by Spain towards the decarbonization of the economy and the energy transition. Dozens of reservoirs and hydroelectric power plants in operation in our region for decades, such as the one in Grandas de Salime, could gain a second life through projects to generate and store the energy they produce.

The Law on Climate Change and Energy Transition, approved by the Spanish Parliament in May 2021, states that one of the measures to achieve the decarbonization objectives is to promote reversible hydroelectric plants, capable of generating energy and storing it.

18 janvier, 2022 /  

The Campus of Mieres, a business incubator with the University of Oviedo as an ally

The Research Building of this University environment offers space for the installation of businesses

The Campus of Mieres favours relations between the university, industry, entrepreneurs, and investors

Choosing the right location is a fundamental step when setting up a business or moving to a new site. And Asturias has suitable spaces for different company profiles.

For example, the Research Building on the Campus of Mieres, located in a knowledge environment as important as the University of Oviedo.

The first floor of this building houses a business incubator that currently consists of three spaces of between 39 and 49 useful square metres.

3 novembre, 2021 /  
ArcelorMittal acería de Gijón Asturias

ArcelorMittal starts the revolution of the iron and steel process in Asturias with an investment of 1 billion euros

The multinational signs a Memorandum of Understanding with the Spanish Government to reduce CO2 emissions by 50% in five years

It will build a DRI (direct reduction of iron ore) plant and an electric arc furnace at its Gijón factory

ArcelorMittal has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Spanish Government that will see a €1 billion investment in decarbonisation technologies at its plant in Gijón, Asturias, and means revolutionising the way the multinational produces steel in our region.

The investments will reduce CO2 emissions at ArcelorMittal’s Spanish operations by up to 4.8 million tonnes, approximately 50% of emissions, within the next five years. It will be its largest decarbonisation project in the world.

16 juillet, 2021 /  

Asturias topped Spanish GDP growth in 2017



Figures published by the Spanish National Institute of Statistics (INE) position Asturias as the autonomous community with the highest GDP growth in 2017. The year-on-year advance was 3.8%, exceeding the Spanish average (3%) by 0.8 points, and the European average (2.4%) by 1.4 points. The subsequent positions were Cantabria and Aragon with a 3.4% growth rate, followed by Madrid with 3.3%.

The Asturian industrial sector, with an increase of 8.1%, was the greatest driving force behind the region’s GDP growth. Professional and scientific activities (7.1%), and construction (6.1%) were also an influencing factor on the increase in GDP in Asturias, allowing it to secure the top spot in the ranking of autonomous communities. Likewise, sectors such as IT and communications (3.4%), and trade (2.5%) revealed GDP increases throughout 2017.

The Hispalink integrated regional modelling network envisages an increase in GDP in Asturias of 2.6% in 2018.

Source: La Nueva España

9 janvier, 2019 /  

The “material of the future” already here in Asturias



Never has the world of science expected a material so eagerly as it has graphene, which is generating a huge amount interest. The potential that has been associated with it is so great that it is starting to be known as “the material of the future”, but what is graphene?

31 mars, 2017 /  

Aviles: land of engineering giants.



The Aviles-based quay in Valliniello makes an impressive entry into the history books of the Port of Aviles, with the shipment of the longest ever piece to be loaded onto a ship in the estuary.

2 février, 2017 /  

A quarter of a century of the binomial Thyssen-Asturias



Thyssenkrupp Norte – the company belonging to the German holding company Thyssenkrupp AG – which manufactures escalators and moving walkways from the La Pereda Mieres-based industrial estate, is celebrating 25 years of activity in Asturias.

19 janvier, 2017 /