Re: Grand Apagon - Electricity (not) in Spain

On 2025-05-03 19:47, Don Y wrote:

I.e., is there anything preventing them from FIXING this imbalance?

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In Andalucia and Extremadura (south and west of Spain) there are lots of rural areas that can accommodate huge solar plants, so lot of generation. On the other hand they don't have much of industry (not traditionally developed areas), so not much of demand (relatively).

 Understandable.  This seems to mirror the situation Martin has mentioned
in the UK (generation to the north, consumption in the south)
 

On the other hand, Madrid (centre of Spain) and Cataluña (north-east) have a lot of industries and less solar/wind generation.
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Nuclear generators are also mostly in the periphery, near the sea or big

 For cooling.
 

rivers. Not in the very densely populated Madrid (map here: <https:// www.miteco.gob.es/es/energia/nuclear/centrales/espana.html>).
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Gas or oil generators? Also they don't abound in Madrid, the fuel has to be transported there.

 But, you can set up smaller PV installations (hundreds of panels)
on commercial buildings, "cover" parking areas, etc.   You don't
get the same economies of scale as you would with 1,000 panels
but 100+ panels on every city block makes a lot of power available
where it is used.

There is a regulation that says that every building will have to install some solar panels. I don't know when is the limit.

 I suspect the pain hasn't been great enough to force them to
take their medicine?

Sorry, I don't understand this sentence. :-?
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Cheers, Carlos.