RT Book, Section
T1 ‘The energy market during the Depression: gas and electricity in Spain and France in the 1930s’
A1 Fernández-Paradas, Mercedes
A1 Larrinaga Rodríguez, Carlos
A1 Pinto Tortosa, Antonio Jesús
A2 Martínez López, Alberte
A2 Mirás Araujo, Jesús
A2 Rodríguez Martín, Nuria
K1 Gas - Industria - S. XX
AB The chapter analyses the evolution of gas and electricity in Spain and France in the 1930s, a relevant decade because of the economic depression context in both countries. We study the structure and evolution of gas and electricity production in them, assuming a comparative perspective. These energy sources had been competing with each other since late nineteenth century, and electricity seemed to have won the battle in public lighting after the First World War. Hence, gas companies devoted their efforts to promote alternative uses of it, such as energy for factories and domestic heating and lighting. We will analyse the differential evolution in the consumption of both energy sources, considering the uses that they gave them, as well as the production per habitant, and the level of development in the supply networks. Finally, we frame our study of France and Spain in the context of energy generation and consumption in Latin Europe, which also includes Italy and Portugal.
PB Routledge
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/45599
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/45599
LA eng
NO Fernández Paradas, Mercedes, Larrinaga Rodríguez, Carlos y Pinto Tortosa, Antonio Jesús, ‘The energy market during the Depression: gas and electricity in Spain and France in the 1930s’, en Alberte Martínez López, Jesús Mirás Araujo y Nuria Rodríguez Martín, Economic History of the European Energy Industry. Lighting Up Western Europe, 19th to 21st centuries, London, Routledge, 2025, pp. 87-101.
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DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 26 feb 2026