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To: MtnClimber

When you exceed the rule of thumb of 15% for renewables as part of grid capacity, you increase your risk for blackouts.

Spain was up to 56% and then went to 100% last week. Renewables are expensive and produce inconsistent power whereas nuclear and coal produce cheap and consistent electrical power. I expect to see many more blackouts in their future. Netzero could be re-defined as zero electrical power for you.

Spanish power BLACKOUT: Why Net Zero and RENEWABLES were to blame | MGUY Australia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed8JLg92zGw

Spain’s big blackout came less than week after it went full green on electricity
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4313907/posts

Spain’s 100% renewable energy milestone followed by historic blackout – Coincidence?
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4313945/posts

The Iberian Peninsula… wiped off the map of lights. This is how it looked from orbit last night after a massive blackout hit Spain and Portugal. Cosmic silence over the region.”
https://x.com/buzzyrobot/status/1917172175418659130


41 posted on 04/29/2025 7:53:17 AM PDT by Tom Tetroxide (Psalm 146:3 "Do not trust in princes, in the Son of Man, who has no salvation.")
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To: Tom Tetroxide

It is difficult to regulate the AC frequency without heavy rotating machinery with lots of angular momentum. Sun and wind make frequency regulation an almost impossible task. The system is “hard” when you have power generated by 90% spinning mass and solar and wind cannot upset it. But when you get above 20% or 25% renewables without spinning mass regulation becomes hard and above that the system can become unstable.


42 posted on 04/29/2025 8:38:13 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”)
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