After mainstream media had made a short-lived attempt to evoke “Russian hackers” for the Spanish electricity blackout, it is now established that the cause was the inherent instability of so-called “renewable” energy. This has provoked a healthy shock, so that not only have Spanish authorities, but also throughout Europe, there is a discussion starting on how to prevent this from occurring again.
The European Institute for Climate and Energy (EIKE) posted the following statement on the EIKE website: “Congratulations to Spain! The nation switched to 100% renewables on April 16, 2025—and is hit by a massive blackout a few days later!”
Two months ago, the Spanish grid operator Ree had informed of a problem that could jeopardize the stability of the electricity system: an increase in solar generation combined with the closure of gas and nuclear plants already two months ago, El País reported yesterday.
“Spain’s particularly favorable authorization system,” explained Susanna Dorigoni, a professor of energy and environmental economics at Milan’s Bocconi and Bicocca universities, to Corriere della Sera, “has led to a large number of distributed photovoltaic plants.
Spain is full of “ghost solar plants”: “More than phantom, small installations that are not on the radar of the operator, which therefore does not know whether the energy produced will be consumed locally or whether it will be sold to the grid and cannot act if there is a need for disconnection because there is a shortage of demand.”
At the time of the blackout, solar accounted for 60% of the mix, wind 12%. In total 72% of electricity was produced by intermittent sources. “For grid stability, it is also crucial to have programmable generation, which can rapidly increase or decrease the power output to keep the frequency within certain limits, like gas plants, hydro, and nuclear. And the fact that these accounted for a small part of the mix contributed to the extension of the blackout and delayed grid restart.”
If European nations do not draw the lessons from what happened to Spain in the last months, first with the deadly flooding and now with the blackout, both provoked by Green policies that had earned Spain the fame of being the Top Banana in the European Green Deal, they deserve to burn in Hell.