[MtnClimber]

Maybe they need some hand cranks on those elevators.

[Jonty30]

I think so.

[BobL]

Thanks for posting - first thing that came to my mind with this blackout was Manhattan Contrarian. Now I’ll read it.

[srmanuel]

Strangely the authorities in each country tell us unexplained atmospheric issues are causing the blackouts; it has nothing to do with the inherit instability of renewal energy generation.

[dljordan]

Let’s wait and see if there are any blackouts in Geneva and Davos.

[Zuriel]

Probably a bummer to pull into a charging station and not be able to charge an EV.

[dljordan]

” are connected directly to the grid via heavy spinning machines”

Now that there is some technical sh*t.

[The Louiswu]

Many of us knew times like this were coming and now they are here. These blackouts and power failures are not a fault, they are a feature, a preview of coming events.

[Gen.Blather]

Here’s the real point. An interruption in power to the civilian world is an irritating inconvenience. To the commercial world it’s MONEY. A primary driver of whether to locate a company in a particular area is the availability and state of the infrastructure. Plants would be sprouting in Africa and India like mushrooms if they had reliable infrastructure. Turn off the power to a plant for an hour and the owner of that plant can tell you the direct and first order indirect costs to the dollar. (There are many more second and third order indirect costs also.) Make the power delivery unreliable and pretty soon the plant owner will relocate to somewhere with reliable infrastructure.

[Chickensoup]

thisfits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8pA2TDXtew

[Dennis M.]

So they said they are 100% renewable, but were depending upon the EU grid for grid stability? LOL morons, welcome to the Hotel California.

[Vaduz]

Spain has one of Europe’s highest proportions of renewable energy, providing about 56pc of the nation’s electricity.

So when the “oscillation” occurred, what is going to keep the grid steady on its 50 Hz frequency

Sounds like the are in need of multi capacitor stabilizing system?.

[eastexsteve]

I'm not a greenie at heart, but I try to be a good steward of the environment. It comes with farming. However, due to the state of things, we decided to build a solar system that would completely power our small but energy efficient farmhouse - A/C included. I'm a "do it yourself" guy, and my son is an electrician who owns a small electrical company, so we went for it. The 13KW system is up and running and we are still putting the final tweaks on it. For someone who has never dealt with solar before, this was no easy task. And, even with a system this size, it takes up a lot of real estate. It took more panels than would fit on the roof of the house, just to completely power the house and take us off the grid. So, we used ground mounts. And, it took a small climate-controlled building to hold the inverters, batteries, and a lot of wiring. And, what was a fairly pristine looking yard is now full of trenches, conduit, and wiring. It's going to be awhile before I get it to the point where I can mow it again. Even though my son donated his time, wiring, and a lot of other infrastructure components, it still cost me about 25K out of pocket. I can't imagine having to pay a solar company to come out and provide a system like this "turn key." But, we did use the good stuff, and it will take us completely off the grid, barring a few overcast days here and there. It will take eight years for this system to pay for itself. Had a solar company come in and do it turn-key, we would be looking at many more years to break even.

The place I'm going with this, is most people mistakenly think that a few well-placed solar panels on the roof, or a windmill here or there is going to wean us off of fossil fuels. They have no idea what it would really take. Solar and wind won't make it happen. It's going to take nuclear on a big scale. Or, just keep drilling.

[Sgt_Schultze]

LOL! "climate skeptic community"

Utterly nobody is skeptical about the climate. They ARE skeptical about the opinion that humans are impacting it in a way that overcomes climate's natural forces.

[dennisw]

GOOD!!! More of this is needed to snap them out out of their climate delusions. Solar /wind /plus Muslim demographic invasion is Europe’s winning formulae.

[LibertyFound]

Coming soon to any US state with green energy policies. The destruction of western power grids will be the death of our industry & modern economy.

[Empire_of_Liberty]

caused Spain’s power system to ‘disconnect from the European system.’

I wonder if they can do this with the Internet.

[Wallace T.]

Granted, solar and wind are unreliable compared to fossil fuel, but we are in the spring, before summer heat and after winter cold. Temperatures in Madrid, Lisbon, and Barcelona are in the 60s and 70s, Fahrenheit. Are we looking at sabotage, possibly by Chinese, Russian, or Iranian black ops, to warn Europe of its vulnerability?

[Bon of Babble]

Spain was warned about their switch to renewable energy:

[Tom Tetroxide]

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