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> It's rained a lot over the last month's and water reservoirs are used as battery.

IN PARTS of the country. In other regions (Catalunya, Andalucia) there is an ongoing drought which is severely impacting everyone and yeah, hydro-electrical companies had done some, let say questionable decisions regarding their water reservoirs.

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it's easier to move power than water :-) So as long as it's rained a lot somewhere, that can be used as a battery. Most hydro power plants are not in Catalonia or Andalusia (https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1jVN1LmOoTTqg3e...)

> it's easier to move power than water :-)

It's easier to drink water than electrons.

I'm not saying that water should not be used as a battery. I'm just saying that there is a very serious water crisis in big places in Spain, and to make the people not very familiar with Spain about the difference in weather and climate that exists within the country. Basically, the parts near the Atlantic ocean are always very rainy, and this year some other zone with no sea got a lot of rain, but the Mediterranean coasts have really low raining in general, and in recent years the situation worsened even more.

Water is more and more becoming a scarce resource unevenly distributed. Industrials and agricultural processes, energy storage and domestic consumption are all crucial for the people and the economy.

> IN PARTS of the country

Figures. The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.

...I'll show myself out.

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