Spain-Portugal power outage: Many are pointing to “renewable” energy as the cause

 At about midday on Monday, 28 April, large power outages left millions of homes and businesses in Spain and Portugal without power. The countries were in chaos, with traffic snarled, flights grounded, and subway stations across the country without power. Mobile phone and internet networks went down. Hospitals stopped procedures and used generators to administer to patients. 

Around 12:15 pm, demand for electricity in Spain dropped from 27,500 megawatts to nearly 15,000 megawatts in about 5 seconds. Portugal’s outage hit its capital, Lisbon, and surrounding areas, as well as northern and southern parts of the country. Even homes in the French Basque Country were without power for a few minutes.

The cause of the massive outage remains unclear, as authorities in neither Spain nor Portugal are able to conclusively determine the problem. However, Portuguese authorities declared that the failure appeared to have occurred across the border in Spain. According to Portuguese distributor E-Redes, the outage was caused by “a problem with the European electricity system.” Red Electrica, Spain’s state grid operator, blamed the outage on a “very strong oscillation” on the electric grid....<<<Read More>>>...