The age of unlimited energy

Enrique Dans
Enrique Dans
Published in
4 min readApr 25, 2024

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IMAGE: An illustration representing the concept of a flat rate for electricity. It features a stylized electric meter set against a flat landscape, symbolizing the simplicity and predictability of a fixed charge regardless of usage

How quickly we’ve gone from headlines about skyrocketing electricity prices to headlines about negative prices, even if they’re not for consumers: but don’t worry, our utilities aren’t about to start sending out refunds.

Investment in wind and solar energy production around the world is pushing the price of energy to ridiculously low or even negative prices for more and more times of the year. Solar, wind or…

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Enrique Dans
Enrique Dans

Professor of Innovation at IE Business School and blogger (in English here and in Spanish at enriquedans.com)