Why did the government extend the Almaraz nuclear power plant's operating license if it was going to close it? In this Breakfast Royale, I explain, without ideology and with facts, how Spain's electricity grid really works: why energy isn't stored, how the price of electricity is calculated in the marginalist market, and why you pay gas prices even though the sun is free (the famous "spread"). We also discuss inertia and synchronous generation, and what really happened on April 28, 2025, the day of the planned blackout. We talk about nuclear closures, renewables, batteries and pumped storage, the SRAD (Regional Energy Distribution System) and the disconnection of industry, energy sovereignty versus gas, and the 1984 nuclear moratorium. Neither all nuclear nor all solar: the goal is for you to understand the system and form your own opinion about Spain's energy future. Nuclear energy, renewables, the electricity grid, blackouts, electricity bills, and the energy transition explained clearly.


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Episode Chapters:

0:00 Absolute Zero and the Reversal with Almaraz
3:50 Truth #1: Energy Cannot Be Stored
12:30 Why Electricity Is Expensive Even When It's Sunny: The Marginalist Market
25:40 What Part of the Bill You really pay
32:50 Truth #2: The grid needs frequency, voltage, and inertia
42:00 What REALLY happened on April 28th: ​​It was the voltage, not the inertia
47:40 The key that almost no one understands: Synchronous service, not uranium
54:00 The nuclear shutdown and what Red Eléctrica really says
59:00 Why neither all nuclear nor all solar: My model for Spain
1:08:54 Summary: Everything you've learned

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