renewable-energy
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BESS Investment in Spain: Lessons from the 2025 Blackout
Why is the Spanish Energy Market Shifting to BESS? On the morning of 28 April 2025, the Iberian Peninsula lost power. Not because it lacked energy, but because it lacked stability. For decades, the grid relied on the massive spinning turbines of gas and coal plants to act as natural shock absorbers. But as these… Continue reading
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Spain’s Clean Energy Paradox
Spain has done something few countries have: it has decoupled electricity prices from the cost of fossil fuels, so the price of gas or coal no longer sets the market rate. In fact, fossil fuel prices dictated the overall electricity price only 19 % of the time in 2025, compared to 75 % in 2019, according to… Continue reading