05/05/2025 // Ramon Tomey // 770 Views
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· A massive power outage on April 28 left millions without electricity, disrupting transportation, emergency services and commerce – one of Europe's worst peacetime blackouts.
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The collapse
followed Spain's celebration of running entirely on renewable energy, exposing
the instability of wind and solar power when traditional baseload sources (like
nuclear or fossil fuels) are phased out.
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Spain had to
import power from France (nuclear) and Morocco (fossil fuels), highlighting the
risks of energy policies prioritizing ideology over reliability. Critics warned such
failures were predictable.
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Spain's
socialist government aggressively pushed renewables while neighboring countries
expanded nuclear capacity. The prolonged outages contrasted with France's quick
recovery, underscoring the need for balanced energy strategies.
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The blackout
serves as a cautionary tale for regions relying on intermittent renewables,
especially ahead of winter. Policymakers face a choice: Reassess energy mixes
or risk further crises.
A historic blackout
swept across Spain and Portugal on April 28, just hours after Spain celebrated running its grid entirely on
renewable energy for the first time. The outage – one of the largest in
Europe's peacetime history – left millions without power and crippled
transportation, commerce and emergency services.
The blackout struck at
12:35 p.m. local time –
halting trains, trapping elevator passengers and forcing flight cancellations.
Traffic lights went dark, hospitals scrambled to rely on overtaxed backup
generators and cell networks faltered under the strain.
Experts warn
that the collapse was not an accident but the inevitable result of
over-reliance on intermittent wind and solar power, which lack the stability of traditional energy sources. As Spain
scrambled to import electricity from nuclear-powered France and
fossil-fuel-dependent Morocco, the incident reignited debates over the
feasibility of rapid green energy transitions.
Michael
Shellenberger, an energy policy analyst, noted that the disaster was "the
exact failure that many of us have been, repeatedly, warning lawmakers about
for years." Marc Morano of Climate Depot added that
Spain's grid, stripped of reliable "dispatchable" power plants like
nuclear or natural gas, lacked the resilience to handle sudden disruptions.
The nation's
socialist government under Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez had aggressively phased
out conventional energy, even as neighboring countries expanded nuclear
capacity. However, Spain's blackout follows a troubling pattern seen across
Europe. Despite massive government investments in renewables, the results have
often been disastrous.
Spain's green energy "triumph" only lasted days
The timing of the blackout was particularly striking.
Just six days earlier on April 22, media outlets
had hailed Spain's renewable milestone as a triumph. Yet within hours,
the fragility of an all-green grid became undeniable. (Related: Spain's dark day: Renewable milestone followed by
catastrophic blackout highlights grid vulnerabilities.)
France, with
its nuclear-dominated energy mix, restored power quickly while Spain and
Portugal faced prolonged outages. Critics argue the crisis exposes the dangers of politically driven
energy policies that prioritize ideology over reliability.
As winter
freeze warnings loom for Western Europe and North America, the blackout serves
as a stark lesson. Energy grids dependent on weather-variable sources risk
catastrophic failure when demand surges or supply falters.
While Spain's
cafes handed out free melting ice cream in the aftermath, the broader
implications are far graver. The incident underscores the need for balanced
energy strategies that incorporate both innovation and proven baseload power –
before the next crisis leaves entire nations in the dark.
The question now is whether policymakers will heed
the warning or double down on a failing experiment. One thing is clear: When the lights go
out, ideology won't keep them on.
Watch David Knight delivering a "sanity check" on renewable energy in
this clip.
This video is from The David Knight Show channel on Brighteon.com.
More related stories:
Millions without power
as Spain and Portugal face unprecedented power outage.
Spain's renewable
energy "success" triggers nationwide blackout, exposing grid
vulnerabilities.
Net zero madness
leaves Spain in the dark as green energy push triggers Iberian Peninsula
blackout.
Sources
include:
https://www.naturalnews.com/2025-05-05-green-energy-experiment-spain-portugal-fails-blackouts.html
