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Major Power Blackout in Spain and Portugal Bodes Dark Future for Renewables

April 16: The first weekday that Spain’s electrical grid ran 100% on all renewables;

April 21: Solar energy output set a new record, 78.6% of demand and 61.5% of the grid mix;

April 28: the entire grid went down, taking Portugal’s national grid with it.

Without any explanation, the Spanish Energy Ministry simply reported that around 10:33 GMT, in a span of five seconds, generated electricity dropped by 15 GW; there were other oscillations and the entire system was shut down, and not fully restored for about 24 hours.

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