Spain May Find Valuable Lessons From South Australia’s 2016 Blackout

After the big blackout, there are doubts as to whether grids and storage systems are sufficient for more and more green electricity, but the Minister of the Environment says, "Green, come, come, whatever.

Spain May Find Valuable Lessons From South Australia’s 2016 Blackout

The world is waiting to hear from the Spanish grid operator for answers on what caused a nationwide blackout last week, but that hasn’t stopped speculation that a high share of solar power on the grid was somehow a culprit.

The day the electricity failed in Portugal, I realized something very important: many of us only value what we have when we lack it. In this episode, I share the lessons I learned during the blackout and how they directly apply to the way we manage our money. Why did living without electricity for a few hours make me rethink my finances?

The "lesson learned from the suffering" of Spain and Portugal is what the European Transmission System Operators are looking for, converging, in a first and basic reading of the phenomenon,… Blackout: The lesson from Spain and the fight to keep the lights from going out again - NAVITIMEBORIKI

The president of the government, Pedro Sánchez, will come to Congress on Wednesday to report on the electricity blackout of April 28 and on the plan that will allow Spain to reach a 2% of GDP spending this year. In his appearance before the plenary, at his own request and the PP in both cases and by ERC and BNG in the blackout, Sánchez will report on the measures that the executive will adopt to respond to the new security and defense needs of t…

Red Eléctrica has legal responsibility for security of supply and supervises the entire network. It is a private company, but the Spanish government owns 20% of its shares.