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Is a new bubble brewing in the electricity sector?

Las baterías de corta duración se instalan rápido, pero se agotan justo cuando el sistema más las necesita

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Is a new bubble brewing in the electricity sector?

When the wholesale electricity market was liberalized in 1998, the aim was for power companies to take investment decisions, assuming that this would lead to minimization of supply costs, to the benefit of consumers. However, since then, successive governments have been unable to resist the temptation to intervene to “steer” companies’ decisions.

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