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Spain’s Five-Second Grid Collapse: A Warning for the World
In late April, over 50 million people across Spain and Portugal were plunged into darkness in what has become modern Europe’s largest blackout. The cause wasn’t a cyberattack or natural disaster—but a sudden and catastrophic failure of grid stability tied to energy policy. The trigger: a “technical fluctuation” that caused solar output to plummet. Within […]
The cause wasn’t a cyberattack or natural disaster—but a sudden and catastrophic failure of grid stability tied to energy policy. Subsidized Volatility: Between 2018 and 2024, Spain tripled its solar capacity—largely thanks to EU subsidies, feed-in tariffs, and legal guarantees that renewables had first access to the grid. No Backup Plan: With no grid-scale batteries, no new hydro storage, and no flexible demand response programs, Spain gambled on perfect conditions.
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