I don't think Spain should put the brakes on renewable expansion. The business case for solar is excellent in Spain – way better than in the rest of Europe. The main problem is that Iberia is still functioning like an energy island. It should build more interconnections with the rest of Europe. This should be the main lesson from the blackout: there's plenty of inertia in nuclear France. But just look at the Bay of Biscay interconnector. The project was designated as a Project of Common Interest (PCI) by the European Commission in 2013, and construction only started in 2024, to be finished somewhere in 2028. That's just terrible...
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