Catastrophic power outage plunged millions of people in Spain and Portugal into chaos
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BigSal
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Posted 10:38 am, 05/01/2025
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Yup! Because youre making something an issue that isnt.
Very similar to your obsession with EV vehicles the past several years. Which your tone has magically changed since youre a sucker for teslur all of a sudden.
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BigSal
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Posted 9:54 am, 05/01/2025
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Dingle Berry still thinks his source tells the truth and that power outages are a new thing....
What a hapless coward.
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DB Cooper
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Posted 9:49 am, 05/01/2025
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The Spanish Government Is Lying About The Blackouts -
Spain's grid operator blamed renewables for the blackout, defying the Prime Minister's claims.
I told you this would happen. They lie. It's what they do.
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DB Cooper
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Posted 8:09 am, 05/01/2025
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A leftist panics as Spain's power grid fails and perhaps realizes their folly.
It wasn't until 11:30 p.m. when my neighborhood got the power back. It was a relief, but we still don't entirely know what happened. We know that it wasn't an extreme solar weather event, like some rumors from Portugal suggested. That would have fried everything electrical, worldwide. We also know that the European Union and the electrical companies said it wasn't a cyberattack. The Spanish national power grid company said that 15 gigawatts coming from solar panels disappeared, a sign of what appears to be a terrible design of the power network and the lack of batteries that sustain Spain's electric network, 71% of which comes from renewable energy. It seems that, for years, the current Spanish government has failed to architect its network to match the amount of solar and wind power we are producing. It's a dreadful error that will now cost the country billions of dollars. But it was over. Alone in my room at night, brushing my teeth with my battery-powered toothbrush looking at the torrent of news and messages in my revived phone, I couldn't think of anything else but how mundane everything seemed at that point and, at the same time, how close we all came from dodging the bullet that may one day end modern life as we know it. https://www.fastcompany.com...-the-world
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antithesis
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Posted 1:45 am, 05/01/2025
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POOR ANTI... is there a doctor in the house?
Why are you invoking my name? Your post did nothing to prove anything, or to refute my statement that no cause had been found when you started this thread.
According to this, the grid lost power for 1.5 seconds before recovering, then there was a second event. Then "3.5 seconds later, the interconnector between the Spanish region of Catalonia and south-west France was disconnected due to grid instability."
We don't know what caused the 1.5 second event, but it sounds like your original article is grossly over-estimating (or intentionally spreading fake news) about the "dangerously unstable reliance on intermittent renewable energy" being the problem.
I've been a solar hobbyist for years and have off grid backup power this way and I can tell you when the sun goes away you're on batteries only with nothing coming in and everything coming out. This cannot sustain a grid. I'm not getting rid of the diesel generator either because the solar won't run the house all night. If you try to you've drained too much from the batteries and you're screwed the next day. I don't know how a multi-nation grid compares to a home system, but just assuming that they're identical... if they relied on renewable energy through the day and fossil fuel at night, it would still cut their fossil fuel usage... and pollution... in half.
Their goal is to have 81% of their energy come from renewable sources by 2030, and 100% by 2050. That includes solar, wind, hydroelectric, and solar thermal.
Consider that Spain has been using renewable energy for over a decade... 43% in 2014, 56% in 2024, and testing 100% since April 16. It's obvious that a shift from wind to solar couldn't have been the source of the problem. Especially since the blackout was 12 days later. https://www.reuters.com/wor...025-04-30/
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BigSal
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Posted 11:26 am, 04/30/2025
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People as dumb as Dingle Berry are immune to humility.
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Jimbojolly
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Posted 11:16 am, 04/30/2025
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It's so obvious that CoupCoup loves to be humiliated by Anti.
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DB Cooper
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Posted 8:18 am, 04/30/2025
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What have Spain and Portugal's governments said?
Authorities in Spain and Portugal have downplayed the idea that a cyberattack was responsible. Spain's High Court said it would investigate to find the cause. -- AP
Poor anti... is there a doctor in the house? 
https://apnews.com/article/...389eac1e11
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BigSal
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Posted 12:05 am, 04/30/2025
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Poor guy still thinks power outages are a new thing....
Get over it sucker...fall for the bait everytime dont you?
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DB Cooper
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Posted 9:16 pm, 04/29/2025
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Likely Cause of Biggest Blackout Ever in Spain and Portugal
The massive power outage that wreaked havoc in Europe is being blamed on a pair of likely solar plant breakdowns in southwest Spain, a report said. By 7 a.m. local time Tuesday, more than 99% of energy demand in Spain had been restored, the country's electricity operator Red Eléctrica announced. Portuguese grid operator REN said on Tuesday morning that all the 89 power substations had been back online since late last night and power had been restored to all 6.4 million customers. Red Eléctrica said it identified two power generation loss incidents in southwest Spain - likely involving solar plants - that caused instability in the Spanish power grid and contributed to a breakdown of its interconnection to France, according to Reuters.The economic cost of Monday's blackout across the Iberian Peninsula could range between $2.5 billion to more than $5 billion, it cited investment bank RBC as saying. POOR ANTI... is there a doctor in the house?https://www.foxnews.com/wor...breakdowns
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BigSal
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Posted 7:56 pm, 04/29/2025
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Hydrogen vehicles would a nice add.
Im sure DB was against them decades ago when they were an idea because fossil fuel told him that hydrogen is flammable.
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Jimbojolly
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Posted 7:29 pm, 04/29/2025
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Hydrogen fueled autos have been in use for several years, however there's one major obstacle hindering their growth in the market. They require special equipment to refuel. California is the only US state that currently has such equipped refueling stations, and very few at that. The plus side it that it only takes a few minutes to refuel.
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DB Cooper
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Posted 7:17 pm, 04/29/2025
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AI Overview:
New hydrogen combustion engines are being developed as an alternative to traditional gasoline engines, offering potentially similar driving range and refilling times while emitting only water vapor. Companies like Hyundai, Kia, Volvo, and JCB are leading the charge, with some hydrogen engines already being approved for sale and use. These engines operate similarly to traditional internal combustion engines, burning hydrogen to produce power.
Future Potential: Some believe hydrogen fuel cells may eventually overtake batteries as the preferred technology for zero-emission driving, with some automakers investing heavily in this technology.
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DB Cooper
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Posted 7:15 pm, 04/29/2025
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Solar and EVs are just a really bad stepping stone to fusion and hydrogen. And maybe not even that. I read about a new hydrogen engine just today.
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TrumpWonCovidHoax
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Posted 7:11 pm, 04/29/2025
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There's a resistance. Read up on Jacobinism, Bolshevism, Maoism etc. Knowledge conquers all. A reckoning is coming ;)
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consul
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Posted 6:42 pm, 04/29/2025
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And the only response the MAGATS were able to muster is another outright lie from DumBell.
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TrumpWonCovidHoax
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Posted 6:41 pm, 04/29/2025
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Forward your memo to Dutch Afrikaner Deer Piss, bro.
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DB Cooper
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Posted 6:37 pm, 04/29/2025
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The US Army did a study on renewable energy a few years ago and the findings were "There is no viable alternative for fossil fuels in the foreseeable future." You'll have to dig deep to find it because the leftist media went to work immediately to bury it.
So no conman, solar and EVs are not the future.
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