US EditionCommentary: Spain Power Outage Is a Case Study for Countries Switching to Clean Energy
- On April 28, a major power outage disrupted electricity and essential services throughout large areas of Spain and Portugal, impacting tens of millions of residents.
- The outage originated from a frequency disturbance in southwestern Spain that triggered automatic safety disconnections, including renewables, as per protocols.
- Although several conventional power plants—including those powered by nuclear, natural gas, and coal—were offline during the blackout, renewable energy sources continued to supply electricity, and authorities dismissed accusations that renewables were responsible for the failure.
- Demand plunged rapidly from 25GW to 10GW within seconds, and Fundacion Renovables emphasized that Spain’s extensive generation from renewable energy was not connected to the power outage.
- The incident highlights the urgent need for modern grid infrastructure and interconnections to improve stability, with ongoing investigations shaping future energy policies in Spain.
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einnews.comCommentary: Spain power outage is a case study for countries switching to clean energy
While adopting clean and diverse forms of renewable energy is the right step, it can lead to a less robust power grid, says Alvin Chew of the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies.
Spain’s Blackout Has Put in Motion a Debate Over Inertia
Spain and Portugal are still recovering from Monday’s region-wide blackout. The cause remains unknown, but already a debate has broken out over whether grids like Spain’s, which has a well-above-average proportion of renewables, are more at risk of large-scale disruptions. At the time of the blackout, Spain’s grid had little “inertia,” which renewables opponents have seized on as a reason to blame carbon-free electricity for the breakdown. If th…
Based on the experience of the major power outage that hit Spain and Portugal, Estonia should also bear in mind that the rapid increase in uncontrollable electricity generation capacity makes system management more complicated, warned former Eesti Energia Chairman of the Board Hando Sutter. Commenting on the current price increase in the frequency reserve market, Sutter found that the market was launched too late and that efforts should now be m…
Spain's renewable power grid collapse reveals shocking wind farm scam - www.cairnsnews.org
“LOOK at them. Windmills, hundreds of them, as far as the eye can see,” commented a British visitor to Spain, who stopped on the side of a freeway to record the sight on his phone camera. What also startled the UK visitor was that none of them appeared to be working. “I don’t understand this […] The post Spain’s renewable power grid collapse reveals shocking wind farm scam appeared first on www.cairnsnews.org.
Morano on Fox: Spain was celebrating 100% renewables, then the whole grid went belly up
WATCH NOW Rough Transcript: Joining us now is Marc Morano, ClimateDepot.com Executive Editor. I love the reporting on this, Marc. No official cause has been confirmed. Grid operators are investigating and looking into fluctuation or strong oscillations or voltage imbalances. What do you think it is? Marc Morano: Well, they’re now claiming it’s ‘induced atmospheric
Belgian expert Damien Ernst is located in southwestern Spain and delivers his first conclusions following the brutal breakdown that plunged the country into the dark.
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