Spain sparks fears of energy industry crisis as renewable supply exceeds demand | BBC News

Spain has become one of Europe’s prime renewable energy hotspots, with a sharp increase in installation of solar and wind generators over the last few years.

However despite the successful move towards green energy sources, electricity consumption has been dropping.

This has triggered concern this could lead to a crisis in the industry.

#Spain #GreenEnergy #BBCNews

[mikey]

People using less energy is a good thing not a crisis

[gab_gallard]

What a horrible headline. It turns the positives of the green transition into a negative.

[Bhazor]

Oh Cheaper energy and less fossil fuels?!? How will our poor precious billionaires possibly survive this?

[martinrobinson]

I think Spain is doing what every nation should be doing. Very proud of Spain 🇪🇸.

[FoodwaysDistribution]

"crisis "!!! where? what is it? homes have electricity and they are efficient is not a crisis

[Ninefoot]

What a nightmare. Too much green energy.

[resimarc]

‘Crisis in the industry’ = rich people profiting from poor people that need electricity won’t be earning millions from it anymore 🤷‍♂️

[mrakronyahoo]

Poor Spain. Too much green energy which means cheap power for the people. Lucky the Brits don’t have this problem.

[handlesshouldntdefaulttonames]

OH NO, WE'VE REACHED SUSTAINABILITY.

[jamm]

Who has paid you for this 😂

I haven't heard anything that constitutes a "crisis" other than energy prices going down and people being more self sufficient. The only negative you stated was less investment in industry by institutional investment groups.

The investment in the industry comes from millions of people buying solar panels, it doesn't have to come from corporations looking for a return on their investment.

Less money spent on energy means more money to spend in the community instead of being sat in off shore accounts.

Excess energy can disrupt the grid, but if the energy is produced and used at the source, it doesn't even go into the grid and excess energy can and is often exported to other nations.

The economy going up doesn't mean energy usage going up. Just like more powerful microchips doesn't mean bigger microchips, you said it yourself in the next sentence, efficiencies and progression in technology and more sustainable living 🤦🏻‍♂️

All you need is batteries that have been around for more than long enough but seem to be intentionally held back in development and adoption. About 25 years ago I had rechargable batteries and they were in almost every shop. I can't remember the last time I saw them without looking at specialist shops.

[tedforsstromjacobsson]

The headline makes it sound like a severe and ominous situation. All that’s happening is that they’re doing what needs to be done and some companies are temporarily not raking in huge profits. That’s not alarming. That’s just reality. Please stop making up issues.

[chriser]

Heaven forbid consumers benefit and investors lose out 🙄

[MattLTT]

Sounds like a storage problem rather than a generation problem

[jkfdkjjd]

Way better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it

[tedcopple]

How on earth are you framing this as negative? Oh no some executives abd oligarchs may be feeling a bit of a squeeze, how sad. Well done Spain!

[damspachercomedy]

I'm so sick of corporate media caring more about bad corporations fading away then they do about human lives being better and the planet being healthier.

[Hippo_Heli]

Can't they just sell it to other EU countries?

[markmercieca]

What has the BBC become....even spinning a positive move as negative. Battery Tech and bilateral EV car charging will solve all the problems.

[stuartleslie]

Energy prices skyrocket: "That's just the way it is sweaty, suck it up"
Energy prices threaten to fall; "This is a crisis that we all need to be terrified about"

[ziptink]

The absolute absurdity of this title…

The absolute absurdity of our economic system…