Commentary: Spain Power Outage Is a Case Study for Countries Switching to Clean Energy

Commentary: 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.