Spain proposes island battery storage reform to displace fossil power

Spain's Ministry for the Ecological Transition has opened public consultation on a draft royal decree that would allow battery storage systems to compete directly with fossil fuel generators in electricity dispatch for the first time across non-mainland power systems including the Canary Islands, Balearic Islands, Ceuta, and Melilla. The reform also introduces pricing mechanisms to protect renewable generators from zero and negative mainland wholesale prices.

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