Iberdrola warns that if Spain closes nuclear plants, energy prices will shoot 25%

The president of Iberdrola, Ignacio Sánchez Galánalert of a Price increase of more than 25% if Spain closes nuclear plantsrepeating the “great error of Germany.” The manager considers that Spanish citizens would pay much higher prices and obtain a less reliable system if the Government of Spain continues with their plans to gradually eliminate the seven operational nuclear reactors in the country by 2035, in statements published this Thursday by the British newspaper Financial Times (FT),

He adds that “Spaniards will pay if they close (nuclear plants), we have analysis that suggest that retailers will increase between 25 % to 30 %.” And Madrid urge not to row against the global stage, where he warns “The world debate was changing in favor of prolonging the useful life of nuclear energy plants or reopening dismantled sites”according to the British newspaper.

In this sense, Galán put on the table the question of whether as Europeans we should give up “those energy resources only for ideology” or, on the contrary, we have to be “pragmatic like Americans.” For the Iberdrola CEO, the answer seems clear, because He urged responsible politicians to be more “pragmatic” During your interview by Financial Times.

He also mentioned the case of Germany as an example of “great error”, referring to the German decision to close three nuclear energy producing plants in 2023 and that, currently, his new government is considering the possibility of reverting reopening the closed plants. Galán takes advantage of this scenario to warn of what can happen to Spain in case of not doing a exhaustive valuation of long -term consequences That a decision of this caliber can have.

One of the advantages of nuclear energy is the non -emission of harmful gases or polluting particles of its nuclear centrals to the atmosphere. Hence, “It is a source free of CO2 and an essential piece in the fight against climate change”as indicated from a nuclear forum. But, if they do not emit gases, what leaves the towers of their nuclear centrals? Nuclear power plants emit energy thanks to the fission of the uranium atom. That is, it is a physical process through which greenhouse gases or other combustion products are emittedonly produces very low greenhouse gas emissions when the life cycle of nuclear energy is completed, which goes from its construction to its dismantling. Thus, those ‘fumes’ that leave the cooling towers of the centrals are simply water vapor as a result of that physical process, following the explanation of a nuclear forum.

Garamendi defends the nuclear and urges to paralyze the planned closures

During 2024, the production of renewable energy in Spain reached a new record by increasing 10%, which meant 56% of the country’s total energy production. In contrast, so Only 20% of the total energy production detached from nuclear technology. An indicator that more investment, better regulation is needed and that Antonio Garamendi, president of the Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations (CEOE) in an act organized today by the entity itself with a nuclear forum and covered by Servimedia, is followed.

A path of crucial importance for Spain and Europe to reach strategic autonomy in this area, as Garamendi has highlighted in the day that has turned around the motto “the role of nuclear energy in the energy transition.” He maintains that the European Union has already stated that nuclear energy is “clean” And he described her as “Safe”defending that “you have to count on her.” A claim that corresponds to the request of more than 20 companies in the nuclear sector to establish a dialogue about the future of the nuclear to avoid the planned closure.

The nuclear sector generates about 28,000 jobs in Spainhaving special incidence in rural areas of the so -called ’empty Spain’, which contributes to increasing the employment opportunities and economic development of those areas where nuclear power plants are located. However, the Spanish nuclear industry not only covers vacancies in the nuclear power plants, but also presents a great offer in engineering, services or laboratory companies, they point out in the nuclear forum.

Under this premise, the president of CEOE commented that all The peoples in which nuclear power plants are implanted do not want them to close They are also seen as a source of employment, as Servimedia has collected from the day organized by the CEOE with the Nuclear Forum.