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Europe has been committed to digitizing our identity and the first piece of the puzzle is provided by Spain: the driving license

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Europe wants gather all your documentation on your mobile. IDs, medical history, academic titles, bank card. A single digital wallet for any management in each of the member countries. From Brussels they want to standardize the use of their digital application for everyone and the first document that will officially cross borders will be the driver’s license. Something that in Spain, precisely, It doesn’t catch us by surprise. The European Union approved in May 2024 the eIDAS 2.0 regulationthe rule that obliges all member states to make a digital identity wallet available to their citizens before the end of 2026. The legal framework establishes that each country must have at least one digital wallet solution available before the end of that year. The long-term goal is that by 2030, around 80% of European citizens are expected to use the digital identity wallet. But what exactly is this wallet? Called EUDI Wallet, andIn practice, it is an application that we will have to install on the phone and where the citizen can store and share their credentials: from the DNI to the passport, driving license, medical prescriptions or university degrees. The idea is that we can do it in any EU country and without the need to create additional accounts or depend on private platforms. driving license, the first piece Of all the documents that will fit in this European wallet, driving license is the first to move. In the end, it is a document that tens of millions of people use every day, which is already digitized in several countries and which has an immediate practical application, beyond being able to identify ourselves. Several countries have announced that they will launch their version of the EUDI Wallet with limited functionalities, including digital driving license for use in face-to-face controls. The idea is to expand the system in layers: start with what already works, and build on that. From Biometric Update they point out that wallet interoperability between different countries is the most complex technical challenge, as it requires constant standardization and cross-testing between national systems. Surprisingly, Spain takes the lead While a good part of Europe is still studying how to articulate its solution, Spain is already underway myDGTthe app of the General Directorate of Traffic that has been operational since 2020. Spain was the first EU country to launch a digital card, and today the application serves six million users with 14 different procedures without having to go to any traffic headquarters. The miDGT digital driving license has full legal validity before any authority within the national territory. If you already use it, you will have noticed that the card incorporates a dynamic QR code that changes every few minutes to avoid impersonations and allows you to check in real time that the data is updated. The main limitation is that the miDGT digital permit It is only valid in Spain. If you travel abroad, it is still mandatory to carry a physical card, because other countries have not yet officially recognized this digital format. And that is precisely what the EUDI Wallet comes to solve. In addition to miDGT, Spain’s digital ecosystem goes further. Here we also have the app My Citizen Folderwhich helps us centralize a multitude of procedures with the public administration in a single point. And on the other hand, relatively recently we also have the app MIDNIwhich is simply a digital version of our identity document so that we can show it directly from our mobile phone. Germany accelerates from behind Each member state finds itself at a very different starting point. In the case of Germany, its government approved a legislative reform in November 2025 that lays the foundations for the digital driving license, and the Bundestag ratified the bill just last month. For the country, the goal is to have the national digital card available before the end of 2026. Thus, in Germany drivers can now carry their vehicle’s registration certificate in digital format. They do this through the i-Kfz app, developed by the German Federal Printing Office and the Federal Traffic Agency. The driving license itself is integrated into that same application. It will start as a volunteer One of the most relevant aspects of the EUDI Wallet design is that its use is voluntary. In principle no one is obliged to have it. But history repeats itself, and seeing what we have already experienced with the great digital transitions (online banking, contactless payments, making an appointment online…), it is possibly the first step so that something that begins as something optional ends up being the norm and whoever does not use it in the coming decades has the risk of being at a disadvantage for certain procedures. In Mexico they have a similar messalthough there they are going through a bigger problem that involves several fronts. On the other hand, it should be noted that the system also incorporates quite complete security and privacy measures. An example: if someone needs to prove that they are of legal age to buy alcohol, the wallet could confirm only that information without revealing name, address or any other personal information, something that in computing is known as Zero-Knowledge (an architecture to verify one piece of information without revealing other more sensitive ones). Bad business for a minor who wants to buy alcohol, but a return to ‘excuse me sir, could you buy me beer?’ The regulation establishes that citizens will have full control over what data they share with third parties, and that wallets will have to publish their code under an open source license to ensure transparency and independent audits. The outlook is green in several countries With the December 2026 deadline upon us, the reality is that not all countries will arrive at the same time or with the same level of functionality. Netherlands, for example, already has pointed out that will probably not meet the deadline, and several member states are starting from digital identity infrastructures that are still … Read more

China spent 10 billion on oil it did not need. With Hormuz blocked, the puzzle finally makes sense

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As the West panics over the possibility of the barrel break the $100 barrieran eerie calm reigns in Beijing. The Asian giant observes the crisis with the coldness of someone who has already done his homework. During the last few months, the world has been debating the excess oil supply, but the real winner of this war crisis is not firing missiles, but has been filling its storage tanks for years in the most absolute silence. World geopolitics has been blown up a few weeks before the expected summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. As reported Nikkei Asiathe coordinated airstrikes of the United States and Israel (dubbed “Operation Epic Fury“) have culminated in the assassination of the Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Tehran’s response has been a rain of missiles and drones on American allies in the region. The immediate impact has been felt in the water. The Strait of Hormuz, through which 20 million barrels a day flow (20% of the world’s oil supply), is blocked de facto. As detailed Bloomberg, Rates to hire a supertanker on the route from the Middle East to China have skyrocketed by 600%, reaching $200,000 a day (or 525 Worldscale points for a Suezmax). Besides, France 24 points out that insurers They have increased war risk premiums between 25% and 50%. As reported cnnBrent crude oil jumped 6.5% in the early stages, touching $82, driven by fear of prolonged logistical disruptions. Bob McNally, president of Rapidan Energy Group, warned the US chain that closing Hormuz would cause an immediate global energy crisis. China’s exposed vulnerability On paper, the Donald Trump administration’s offensive should be an absolute nightmare for Xi Jinping. As explained The TelegraphAmerican military adventurism is exposing the gigantic energy vulnerability of China, the largest oil importer in the world, which buys three-quarters of the crude oil it consumes abroad. Washington’s strategy seems clear: suffocate the “rebellious” suppliers that supply the Chinese industrial machinery at bargain prices. Earlier this year, the military capture of Nicolás Maduro has established what some analysts They already call the “Donroe Doctrine”. Trump has been explicit in his goal to control oil. If the United States manages to add Venezuelan production to that of Guyana and its own, it would de facto control 30% of the world’s reserves, according to JP Morgan. This movement cuts supply to China in the bud, evaporating imports that represented around 4% of its maritime purchases. according to data from Kpler collected by The Financial Review. However, Washington’s optimism collides with geology: the infrastructure is so in ruins that loading a supertanker today takes five days and the crude oil arrives so “dirty” that the Chinese and Indian refineries themselves have canceled orders, according to a Reuters investigation. Refloating this industry will cost 10 billion dollars annually for a decade, as Francisco Monaldi calculatesdirector of energy policy at Rice University. For its part, the current blow to Iran. From Chosun Daily details that China bought 80% of Iranian maritime exports last year (about 1.38 million barrels per day), which represents 13.4% of Beijing’s total maritime crude oil imports. As he points out Institute for Energy Research (IER) United States, cited by the same mediumChina has used the heavily sanctioned and cheap oil from these countries to cement its manufacturing competitiveness. Losing Iran and Venezuela would force Chinese refiners — especially the independent ones in Shandong, known as “teapots” — to look for much more expensive substitutes on the open market, threatening to import inflation and slow their economic growth. The master plan in execution If Western analysts expected to see China cornered, they were wrong. Beijing foresaw this scenario of isolation and has been executing a four-pronged master plan for years that today allows it to cushion the blow of Hormuz. While in 2025 the world feared a global oversupply, China dedicated itself to massive purchasing. Last year, China spent $10 billion buying an extra 150 million barrels that it didn’t immediately need, absorbing more than 90% of crude oil storage measurable globally. Supported by a new Energy Law that obliges the public and private sector to maintain reserves, Beijing today has strategic reserves equivalent to at least 96 days of imports, according to The Telegraph. Under the banner of national security, China is investing $80 billion annually in its state oil fields. In March 2025 they reached a production peak of 4.6 million barrels per day and they completed the drilling of the deepest oil well in Asia (10,910 meters). Its goal is not financial profitability, but pure autonomy. With Iran and Venezuela under fire, China has simply turned its head toward Russia and Saudi Arabia. According to oil price, Chinese refineries are absorbing record amounts of Russian crude oil (more than 2 million barrels per day in February 2026), taking advantage of the fact that India has given in to pressure from the US to stop buying from Moscow. Simultaneously, Saudi Arabia has cut the official price of its crude oil Arab Light to five-year lows to gain market share in Asia, which has led China to order between 56 and 57 million Saudi barrels by March. China’s definitive move is to abandon the oil board. As analyzed by Professor Hussein Dia in The ConversationChina’s massive commitment to electric vehicles (50% of new car sales last year) and renewable energy is a national security policy. How they collect in The Telegraph, The new five-year plan (2026-2030) seeks to peak oil consumption by accelerating the installation of solar and wind parks (430 gigawatts added last year alone). Unlike the ships in Hormuz, sunlight cannot be blocked by the US Fifth Fleet. The diplomacy of silence and the illusion of OPEC+ In the face of Khamenei’s assassination, the response of the Chinese Foreign Ministry has been one of calculated coldness. They condemned the act as “unacceptable” and a “violation of sovereignty,” but, as pointed out Chosun Dailythey carefully avoided directly mentioning Donald Trump. From Nikkei Asia explains this pragmatism: … Read more

Europe is still a puzzle

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30 European technological journalists sit in a meeting room in Munich looking at Zaheed SaburSenior director of Engineering at Google Gemini, already Terrence XiaoSenior Director of Product Marketing of Xiaomi. We are in the question and answers session after the presentation of the Xiaomi 15tbut the interesting thing goes beyond the mobile or the fridge: here we have talked about all that friction inherent to the Western Expansion project of the Chinese brand. The first crack appears when someone asks for Ireland. He Xiaomi 15t Prothe star model with its periscopic teleobjective of five optical increases, will not reach the Irish market. The Executive of Xiaomi dodges with diplomacy: “There are complicated factors that include business decisions and local regulations.” Translation: The fragmented European market remains a logistics and regulatory puzzle That not even Xiaomi, with all its ambition, has finished solving. Zaheed Sabur. Image: Xataka. When a Slovak journalist asks about Bugs persistent in Hyperos “Some have been dragged for some time,” silence is revealing. “It is a great priority for us,” says Terrence, promising to take the topic to the PR team. But the underlying reality is more complex: building an Apple -type closed ecosystem requires perfection in the execution that Xiaomi has not yet achieved. They are and it is fair to recognize that the future perspective is good if we see the evolution that the brand has had in the last decade. The drama appears when someone mentions the ads in the operating system. The answer is an exercise of balancing: the ads allow to offer devices at competitive prices (true), but erode the premium experience that Xiaomi tries to project with higher products. Zaheed Sabur takes the floor when the conversation derives towards AI. “The priority is not to discover the monetization plan,” he says, “but to create value for the user.” It is a statement that sounds noble but hides a more raw reality: Google and Xiaomi are in a career against time to justify the huge investments in AI before investors lose patience. Although it is fair to recognize that companies such as Google or Xiaomi can better allow these investments, each to their extent, when obtaining income from other roads. And speaking of the subject, the integration of Gemini In the Xiaomi it actually goes from Google ensuring distribution beyond the Pixel ecosystem, and Xiaomi obtaining AI capabilities without the prohibitive cost of developing them internally. When Sabur mentions that AI processing costs have fallen significantly, it is subtly revealing why these functions are still free: it is cheaper to subsidize them than to lose the ecosystems war. “We have no definitive plans not to launch a new Flip In global markets, “says Terrence Xiao when asked about folding. Double denial usually betrays uncertainty. Samsung dominates the Premium folding segment in Europebut Xiaomi seems paralyzed between launching a product that could cannibalize its traditional sales or completely yield that market segment. And from there we talk about cameras. The association with Leica is no accident. In a world where Mediatek has reached almost parity with Qualcomm (the Dimensity 9400+ of the 15T Pro is a processor beast), and where the amoled screens of 3,200 nits are Commoditycomputational photography is one of the few fields where there is still margin to differentiate. Terrence to the left, Zaheed to the right. Image: Xataka. But even here there are limitations. When they ask why they cannot record 4K at 60 fps with full zoom, the answer is limited to saying that “the video recording experience is something very important for us,” says Xiao, without explaining real technical limitations: real -time image processing remains a bottleneck even for the most advanced chips. The most incisive question: why not include magnetic load Qi 2? “It’s something we are receiving a lot feedback“, admits the Executive of Xiaomi. The non-response is eloquent: adding magnets would interfere with the complex antennas system that Xiaomi promotes as a differentiator (the Xiaomi arises t1s Tuner and the Super Antenna Array), but admitting it would be to recognize that they are trapped between physics and market expectations. The Xiaomi Offline Communication, which allows direct communication between devices up to 1.9 kilometers without a mobile network, is technically fascinating and very interesting if we scratch a bit: it is a function designed for markets with poor infrastructure or for emergency situations, transplanted to European markets where the 5G coverage is ubiquitous. Is Xiaomi trying to be all for everyoneand ending with functions that impress in the presentations but that 99% of users will never use. In any case, Xiaomi’s best play is not at 15T. It is in that 502 -liter mijia fridge and that washing machine with AI That detects fabrics. Terrence lets you glimpse when talking about the ecosystem: each device reinforces others, increasing the psychological and economic cost of changing brands. Terrence Xiao. Image: Xataka. But here the final paradox arises: Xiaomi needs you to trust its brand enough to put an 85 kilos washer in your home, while simultaneously it cannot guarantee that the Bugs of software reported two years ago they will be solved soon. It is asking for an act of technological faith. The presentation in Munich was not on phones with Leica cameras or mediatek processors. It was about a Chinese company trying to conquer European households while overcoming regulatory, cultural and technical complexities of a continent that still see with suspicion the technology that comes from the east, although less and less. The 15t They are impressive, yes. But They are just the Trojan horse for something much more ambitious And, precisely because of that, much more uncertain. In Xataka | Xiaomi’s Troy horse is already here: a domestic ecosystem that you will not escape Outstanding image | Xataka

The works sandwich on roads and Metro converts mobility into a puzzle

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Mire where you look, there are works. It doesn’t matter when you read this if you live in Madrid. It doesn’t matter whether or not you are retired. If something must be seen in Madrid are works. Because the city has entered a reformist spiral that touches all sticks. And if public transport should be the alternative to the private car … Guess. Yes, it is also in works. A summer of the least placid. It is not Madrid the best city to visit in summer. Cars, asphalt and high buildings are the perfect combination for turn the city into an oven. Much more if we consider that they shine Hard squares through the city center, which is about Give emergency solutionseither The parks are closed. But those of us who live in Madrid found a good part in spending the months of July and August in the city: it was calm. The usual river of people becomes a stream, some leisure can be done when heat stops squeezing and, above all, one comes to work at a time because the traffic jams did not exist. Today, that is a thing of the past. Mire where you look. Right now, it doesn’t matter if you use the private car as public transport: Madrid is collapsed. Every morning the traffic bulletin gives the usual notices on the radio. But to the usual traffic jams are added notices that have become repeat offenders. The city had not been seen in an equal. In The country They remember an anecdote that dated in 2001. Then Danny de Vito, who was promoting a film in the city, ironized ensuring that he loved Madrid but that “he will win a lot the day they find the treasure.” Impossible by car. If you travel by car you have to be careful with the entrance to the A-5, The great underground of one of the main arteries of entry to the city that, in addition, is causing problems with neighbors. Whoever access here inside the city will verify how the usual four lanes in the direction have become two lanes with a winding layout to save the cranes. Right now, you can no longer access the M-30 tunnel but those who get there await more works in sales, where you want cover the M-30 to generate a huge green space that connects the linear city neighborhood with that of Salamanca. Neither in the northern zone are freed from the works. In the current four towers A huge park has been projected Under which the connection between Sinesio Delgado with the northern knot (where they connect the M-30 and M-40) has been projected. Again, the intention is that in the upper area you can enjoy a huge green zone hiding cars in a tunnel. Public transport. Taking into account that circulating in Madrid with a private vehicle now resembles a Mario Kart race (Asphalt operation included)public transport should be the solution. But those who have chosen to leave the car at home and use interurban entry buses to Madrid for the A-5 have long known that it is not a simple task. The residents of Alcorcón have asked that camp military land can be used as a deterrent parking. Thus, drivers can connect with subway and vicinity. The problem is that In the Metro they will find a partially closed line 6affecting about 400,000 travelers. To line 6 are added from next week the Metro line 7 workswith the park stations of the avenues, Cartagena and Alonso Canoperativa. Who will expect to find refuge in vicinity, there are also bad news. Because right now there is Cortes in the C-5 Between Villaverde Alto and Ambassadors and until August The suns tunnel will be closedleaving unused the station station (nearby) and cutting the passage between Chamartín and Atocha of lines C-3 and C-4. Exchangers. Did you think we had finished? Well, to all these inconveniences we must add great exchangers that are under works. In Chamartín, remodeling is still underway And right now you have to arm yourself with patience and go with time if you want to take a bird. The Count of Casal exchangerthat has added traffic cuts in the entrance tunnel by the A-3 and that will serve as a key node in the Metro line 11 union with line 12the circular section that serves all urban nuclei in southern Madrid. And frozen projects. To all of the above you have to add the remodeling works of Metro line 7bthe connection between the Metropolitan Stadium and the Henares Hospital whose works were subject to a great controversy because they have caused irreversible damage to the homes of some neighbors. Click on the image to go to the original tweet Click on the image to go to the original tweet Click on the image to go to the original tweet Click on the image to go to the original tweet Constant anger. This entire barulo of works that has implications in filming traffic, in the subway and in vicinity is causing a fed up among the residents of the city that can be easy to trace on social networks. The chaos was complete yesterday July 21. A drop in yesterday systems in the subway caused Line 10 delays. To this was added a breakdown in a catenary between the stations of Laguna and Ambassadors, causing a funnel of travelers in that southwest. To close the circle, also the Bicimad public bicycle services was fallen and faults were recorded in the North Light Metro Line (ML1). Throughout the summer, social networks are broadcasting live the chaos that are lived in the Metro and in Surroundings where the stations are full and travelers have to miss trains because they are crowded. Photo | Madrid City Council and Community Transport of Madrid In Xataka | Guide not to be lost in Madrid with the megaobra and underground of the A-5: deadlines, traffic cuts and public transportation

Who is who in this brand puzzle

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There is nothing more to see Sales rankings in Spain To accept an irrefatible truth: Chinese brands have come to stay. In key segments, such as trail, voge You already have the best selling motorcycle. And, if we look at the photograph of January 2025, 11 of the 50 best -selling motorcycles in Spain They came from China. Even more recent data, of April 2025show how Chinese brands already occupy the third and fourth position. Being relatively new and unknown brands for our market, it is convenient to know who is who in this new scenario. One in which we do want an equipped motorcycle, with the latest technologies and an affordable price, it becomes practically mandatory to look at China. VOGE If you are in the motorcycle world it is likely to sound Loncina Chinese giant founded in 1993. This Chinese manufacturer It has been making engines for more than 20 years and components for European companies, in BWM association for some of your best engines. In fact, the current 900cc engines of the German brand come from the hand of Loncin. Yeah, German motorcycles have a Chinese engine. In 2018, Loncin Motor decides to take advantage of this knowledge obtained in the motorcycle industry to create Voge, a brand that was born with Premium product aspirations. Voge’s goal, from the beginning, is to compete with European brands such as BMW and Triumph. Only one year after its creation, in 2019, The brand landed in Spain. In just five years it already has models such as 900 DSXleader in its category. Currently, with data from the month of April, Voge is the third motorcycle manufacturer in Spain for enrollments with an interannual growth of almost 100%. Voge stands out for what Chinese brands are achieving: almost insurmountable quality-quality. It is the Chinese brand with the rival closest to the most popular trail, the BMW F900 GS. Its DSX, up of extras, is sold for 9,192 euros (with IMU Bosch of six axes, ABS in curve, integrated camera, mobile connectivity, proximity radar, etc.). Its equivalent in BMW, with similar equipment, exceeds 15,000 euros. Zontes Together with Voge, Zontes is one of the brands that is sweeping the most in Spain. In fact, it is one of the few that is opening 100% own dealers, and not selling inside multimarca (something common in small brands even outside China, such as Guzzi Moto, Aphrillia, etc.). Zontes is The youngest company on the listBorn in 2003 in under the Guangdong Group Tayo Motorcycle Technology Co. Zontes’s main objective is clear: enter the consumer’s eyes. They presume from have registered More than 256 design patents, and ensure high production standards despite the final quality. In Spain it is sweeping, and It is the fourth manufacturer nationwide In April, above brands such as BMW or Kawasaki and with an interannual growth of almost 65%. Among its star models, Zontes offers the tricylindric 703Fa sport tourism equipped to the teeth and with a price of 7,992 euros. In the Scooters A2 segment, historically monopolized by Honda and Yamaha, 368 ADV (yes, it has exactly the same last name as the Honda 350 ADV. The main key: Zontes Adventure is sold for € 5,592 and the Honda for 6,740 euros without an extra. Honda is Hondaor so says the saying, but Zontes is entering with a brutal price. Cfmoto CF Moto It is another young brand, founded in 1989. After developing engines and vehicles in China, the company began to establish collaborations with giants like KTMbeing its main distributor in China in 2011. Six years later Both formed a joint business (Zhejiang cfmoto-ktmr2r motorcycle.co), with cfmoto as a majority shareholder. This allowed Cfmoto to manufacture both motorcycles and engines for KTM in China. But it should not be confused: neither cfmoto is ktm nor ktm are cfmoto. They are independent companies and, in fact, in Spain KTM no longer distributes cfmoto after the company’s crisis. Cfmoto stands out for his good work in the half displacement with models such as the CF Moto 450 Mta Dakarian who is sold for less than 6,000 euros. His designs especially call attention, and begins to be increasingly present at Spanish dealerships. QJ Motor QJ MotorQianjiang Motorcycle, has a story that dates back to 1985, so it is also a relatively young brand. It is the motorcycle brand of the giant Geely Holding GroupChinese company after Volvo and Lynk & Co. Its landing in Spain occurred in 2022, although the manufacturer has failed to sneak into the top sales. Among its catalog, motorcycles such as SRT 700X wave SRT 800X They stand out for offering economic alternatives in the Trail segment for card owners A2. QJ Motor is not as popular as Voge or Zontes, but it is more than likely to know one of the brands under its umbrella. Benelli You are not seeing double. Some Benelli are identical to QJ. Look at one Benelli Trk 702 and an QJ Motor SRT 700 is to look (at least aesthetically) at the same motorcycle. There is a clear why. It is another of the brands under Geely’s umbrella, and depend on the same group: Qianjiang Motorcycle Company (QJ Motors). This is why, some of Benelli and QJ Motes are practically identical, since they share platforms, motors and technology. Benelli factory in the 40s. But Benelli’s story is not that of a young Chinese brand, It is that of a small Italian workshop in the city of regretoofounded by Teresa Benelli and specialized in motorcycle repair. In 1921 they launched their first “velomotore 75cc”, managing to stay as a reference brand in Italy during World War II, with more than 1,000 victories in motorcycle races of two and four times. One of the few motorcycles in the world with six cylinders. Benelli Sei. Economic difficulties begin in the 70s. Alejandro de TomasoArgentine entrepreneur with participation in Maserati, ends up acquiring the group and revitalizing it with groundbreaking models such as Benelli … Read more

How micro -redes fit into the energy puzzle

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In recent years, Spain has turned the sun In his best ally for photovoltaic generation. However, the April 28 blackout has evidenced the lack of effective integration in the electricity network. Short. Until now, the first image that always accompanies renewables are batteries, but there is another network coupling system: micro -redes or micrographs. According to He explained Borja Santos, CEO of Full & Fast, for Europa Press, micro -redes are autonomous energy systems composed of a power converter and a battery system. These systems receive all energy inputs and outputs from different sources, such as structure, solar panels or even conventional electricity. Deeper. The micro -redes They operate through storage systems that allow accumulating the energy generated at times of low demand or high production. This stored energy can then be released at critical moments, guaranteeing system stability. This model not only provides supply security, but also offers economic opportunities by managing stored energy and releasing it when the market price is more favorable. When the energy zero arrived. In case of a main supply drop, the MICRORRED can continue to function independently, maintaining the continuity of the energy service for its users. In other words, micro -redes act as a “network within the network”, allowing communities, industries or rural areas to continue operating without interruptions, even if the national electrical system collapses, such as has detailed Borja Santos. In addition, he added that the blackout revealed the lack of systems capable of generating its own voltage and frequency reference. The micro-redes, on the contrary, can do so, thus preventing the systems from entering in a state of “stand-by” as happened in Spain. In other words, what gives you the micorred is self -sufficiency and the ability to continue operating and working uninterruptedly, there is light or not. A country with solar overcapacity. Spain has invested massively in solar parks, but, like has pointed out The former Minister of Public Administration, Jordi Sevilla, the electrical system has not adapted to this new reality. Seville has warned that “the generation points connected to the transport network have been multiplied, as well as its geographical distribution,” which has increased the complexity of managing the electrical system. In addition, he explained that the normative proposals presented by Red Electrica to regulate photovoltaic investors have been in the Ministry’s drawers for years, while the network still does not adapt to the new realities of the energy mix. However, the problem does not lies in generation capacity, but in the inability to manage it effectively. In this sense, Borja Santos has pointed out That “in Spain there is overcapacity of solar generation, but those solar parks confront a problem: they generate maximum energy when you least pay the market”, which reduces profitability for investors. The implementation. Despite the potential of the micrordes, their mass implementation in Spain faces several challenges. On the one hand, the current regulation does not sufficiently encourage the development of these systems, and the normative proposals that would allow renewables to help control the tension and reactive current of the network still sleep “the dream of the righteous”, According to the former minister. On the other hand, the Spanish electrical system It has been designed To manage synchronous energies, such as gas or nuclear, which generate their own frequency reference. Renewables, on the other hand, depend on electronic systems that do not offer this reference naturally, which increases the complexity of integrating large volumes of solar or wind energy without compromising its stability. For that reason, UNEF has pointed out the implementation of the procedure Operation 7.4 would allow renewables to control the tension and reactive current of the network, contributing to mitigate future blackouts. Forecasts. The April 28 blackout evidenced a problem in the management and storage capacity of the national electrical system. The micro -redes are presented as a solution thanks to their ability to operate independently and maintain the supply at critical moments. Image | Pexels and Victor Romero v Xataka | There is a suspect number 1 to explain the total blackout of Spain: a poor stabilization of the electricity grid

85,000 people jumping to the rhythm of Catholic slogans in cyber are just one more piece of the Hakuna Puzzle complex

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The figure of Pope Francis Vartebra the origin and also the last milestone of Hakuna’s musical faction. It is at the origin of this Catholic youth movement founded in 2013 in Madrid by the priest José Pedro Manglano, in response to the mood of Pope Francis during the World Youth Day (WYD) of Rio de Janeiro. There the Pope encouraged young people to “make mess”, and Hakuna has taken it to the letter, riding a very notorious cyber this Saturday. Not only music. The growth of movement has been exponential. He was born as a group of related young people in part to Opus Dei, who met in San Josemaría de Aravaca, but soon began to attract other young people. He started as an association of faithful, many of them lay, who gathered privately, but soon began to extend, first in Spain, and since 2018, internationally: Hakuna is currently in more than twenty countries and more than 70 cities around the world. But above all, music. No one escapes that this is the nucleus of Hakuna’s appeal: music always was part of Hakuna’s initial meetings, which in 2015 take shape like a first album. It is the second, ‘My poor mad’, which gives them a greater impact. Since 2022, Hakuna Group Music has experienced exorbitant growth, reaching milestones such as its concerts in the Vistalegre Palace or Wizink Center (17,000 tickets and SOLD OUT In a few hours) and add millions of listeners in social networks and Spotify, where on more than one occasion they have come to be In the most listened to top. Many people. The group is, again, organized and directed by Manglano, and there are no visible heads or stars in it: there are some forty artists of which up to twenty can get to the stage simultaneously. There are no leaders or leaders and the songs are composed collectively, following the slogan “we live what we sing and sing what we live.” His carefree style and away from strict orthodoxy is what has become hits to songs like ‘Hurricane‘, popular even out of religious environments, and already with 11 million views On YouTube. The resurrection party. This is the name that received an act organized by the Catholic Association of Propagandists (ACDP), which would commemorate the resurrection of Jesus with which Holy Week concludes, but which also became improvised chosen the newly deceased Pope Francis. Hakuna sang his theme ‘Mercy ‘according to them one of the Pope’s favorites, and were accompanied by artists related to the Catholic faith such as Beret, DJ Octopus, always like this or Cali & El Dandee. The event, which is already for its third edition, congregated more than 85,000 people. Party and prayer. Related to that purpose of “making mess” proposed by the Pope and that appears very clear on the official Hakuna website, no doubt what congregates 85,000 people in cyber on a Saturday is that feeling Catholic is not at odds with the party. This is corroborated by the many immersion chronicles in the phenomenon they have carried out newspapers such as Independientewhere statements of faithful who follow Hakuna are collected even on trips in different countries, and where what the songs help to immerse themselves in the Catholic faith, the accessible and direct of the songs, and how that fits, in its own way, in its own way, with a beer after a concert of the group is underlined. The musical arm. The Hakuna phenomenon is so extraordinary that it has become examined in Papers Academic who inquire into their role as a secular organization and as a reinforcement of a collective identity. In this studyentitled ‘The Hakuna Movement: Organizational Structure and Strategies for the Re -Christianization of Youth in Spain’, the authors talk about how the spiritualization of the leisure in recent years (and Events like Soul Week) It has a lot to do with Hakuna’s success. The viralization of the music band has given context to the movement, creating concepts such as “revolutionary chosen” or “pringado”, which is what the same call themselves Hakuners and that are present at the ‘Qaos’ album of 2022. More pop gospel. Hakuna Group Music are not the only examples of this new wave of Catholic evangelizers through pop music. Much more common in Latin America, with singers such as Athenas or veteran Martín Valverde, groups such as The desert voicewith seven members of which three are priests. Luis Poveda He is also a priest and singer -songwriter, and Wheat 133 They are linked to the missionary NGO Jatari and youth evangelization. And there are many more, with names such as Ain Karem, Álvaro Fraile, Olivo outbreaks, Jesús Cabello, Luis Alfredo Díaz or Maite López. Header | ACDP In Xataka | The Catholic Church changed Europe’s psychology. Unintentionally, it caused an era of technological innovation

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