NUCLEAR BLACKOUT: The milestone that will condition the energy transition
The technological change of the Spanish generation park that will take place in the coming years for the energy transition towards a low-carbon economy, must take place in 2030. It is fair to acknowledge that the journey is being a resounding success, however, one of the [...]
Guarantees of Origin (GdO)
Increasingly, the concept of "green energy" is an essential requirement when contracting supplies. Whether for corporate social awareness or pure marketing, utilities increasingly use that claim to attract those more sensitive consumers with energy, environmental and ecological issues. What is a GdO? It is a "paper", [...]
ITALIAN ENERGY TRANSITION: Proposal for a National Plan for Energy and Climate
CURRENT SITUATION For a long time Italy has pursued the widest use of tools that improve together energy security, environmental protection and access to energy costs, contributing to the European objectives on energy and the environment. The Ministry of Economic Development, the Ministry of the Environment, [...]
The roadmap of the energy transition 2021-2030
The Council of Ministers approved last Friday, February 22, the referral to the European Commission of the draft National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan 2021-2030 (NIECP). The road map drawn by the government for the 2030 energy transition has its origin in the Paris agreement of [...]
TOWARD THE END OF NUCLEAR POWER IN SPAIN
There has been much talk in recent days about the closing dates of nuclear power plants in Spain. At the end of the year, the government did not plan to extend the nuclear reactors live beyond 40 years (which would mean starting with the staggered closure [...]
ELECTRICAL LOSSES AND ITS COLLATERAL IMBALANCES IN POWER SYSTEMS
In any electric power distribution system there are inevitable losses associated with the transport and use of electricity. The peninsular system is not an exception and under the current framework such losses have a strong impact on the bill for final consumers. In this article we [...]