As the world faces an unfolding energy crisis and an ongoing climate crisis, a hydropower plant in Spain is going dark because of low water levels at the reservoir that powers it. The country has spent months in a major drought.
The Mequinenza power plant, which is located in the Aragon region in the northeast of Spain, is the fifth-largest hydropower plant in Spain. Bloomberg reported this week that the power plant will stop operating for the first time in its more than 50-year history this month.
