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Nuclear reactors in Spain are very old. They have been phased out for years, and the nuclear lobby fights to keep the reactors on. This after a recent extension
by otherme123 3y ago
Nuclear reactors in Spain are very old. They have been phased out for years, and the nuclear lobby fights to keep the reactors on. This after a recent extension from 2028 to 2035.
OTOH, fossil fuels are also being phased out. Coal is gone after years fighting the coal lobby. Fuel is also quite low. The remaining fossils are gas in combined cycle power plants, and they are lowest priority energy in the market, i.e. they only produce if all the other energies combined cannot produce enough.
We have one of the best energy grids of Europe, and probably of the world. Blackouts are very rare events, the country is blessed both in sun and wind, and this 2023 half the energy produced was CO2 free. I'm sure they will phase out nuclear and fossils correctly in the next 10-15 years.