Rocketing Electricity Prices in Spain
Jul 24, 2021
Episode description
The price of electricity in Spain has been rising for more than a year,
but on July 21st 2021, it reached a new historic high of €106.57 / MWh, according to data from the Iberian Electricity Market Operator (OMIE). This amid an economic crisis due to the Covid-19 pandemic and a national heatwave, has
dealt another blow to Spanish pockets and has caused a wave of complaints.
SPANISH town of Otero de Sanabria gets its own AVE train station for its 24
inhabitants Alfonso Fernandez Mañueco, the President of Castilla y Leon,
accompanied by Raquel Sanchez, the Minister of Public Works, on Thursday,
July 22, inaugurated the AVE new train station in the small town of Otero de
Sanabria, which has just 24 inhabitants, who, after several months of seeing
trains passing for Galicia, can now take advantage of the four daily services to
Madrid and Galicia.
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