Europe’s $2 Trillion Energy Reality Check

Europe’s $2 Trillion Energy Reality Check

Last week’s worst blackout Europe has ever seen in modern times was a wake-up call for the EU – and the rest of the world – that regardless of booming renewable energy capacity installations, power supply will not be secure unless grids are capable and flexible enough to accommodate clean energy and meet rising demand.   Renewable energy proponents have been touting for years the record-breaking solar and wind capacity additions in Europe and el…

On 28 April, during the unprecedented shutdown in the Iberian Peninsula, subscribers to the satellite connection of Elon Musk's company boasted that they had not been affected in their access to the Internet.

One by one they are closing, but the Netherlands cannot do without gas-fired power stations. But to prevent blackouts like in Spain, they have to start producing electricity with a turn of the knob.

Lights out: Why Iberia’s power cut is a warning for EU energy security

Cover image: picture alliance / REUTERS | Bruna Casas Problem April 28th 2025 saw one of the largest electricity blackouts in European history, leaving parts of Spain and Portugal without power for almost 24 hours. The outage exposed weaknesses in EU energy infrastructure, as the bloc gradually increases the share of clean energy in its energy mix. But in many EU countries this development is occurring within a system framework built decades ago…

On the 28th of April, an unedit blackout deprived Spain and Portugal of electricity. For the worst and, sometimes, for the best... What if we took seed?

Let's see what happened based on the available, publicly accessible data!