Watch: Morano on Fox on Spain’s Blackout: They were celebrating 100% renewables & then ‘the whole grid goes belly up’ – Also talks how Calif Gov. Newsom is still ‘dictating’ U.S. gas car bans
@ClimateDepot sounds off as Spain & Portugal are hit with massive power outages just days after Spain touted its 100% renewable energy-sourced grid. | @DagenMcdowell @DavidAsmanfox pic.twitter.com/PlMd84e9S6 — The Bottom Line (@BottomLineFBN) April 28, 2025 Full Segment: Morano on Fox on The Bottom Line – talking Spain’s energy blackout & how Calif. Gov. Newsom is […]
‘Spain celebrated the destruction of their nuclear plants. Now they’re seeing the result of this decision’
Spain’s blackout wasn’t just a technical failure. It was a political, strategic, and technical failure. Spain celebrated the destruction of their nuclear plants. Now they’re seeing the result of this decision. Renewables are direct current (DC). Power grids are alternating… pic.twitter.com/ExQnDsVo5m — The People’s King Elvis Libertarian for Hughes (@Real_King_Elvis) April 29, 2025 […]
Analysis: ‘Spain was running its grid with very little of what’s called ‘dispatchable spinning generation’ – Therefore, power plants were not able to ‘quickly adjust their output to keep the grid stable’
Before the outage hit, Spain was running its grid with very little of what’s called “dispatchable spinning generation” (also known as inertia). …
“Dispatchable spinning generation” means power plants, like gas or nuclear, that can quickly adjust their output to keep the grid stable. The name “spinning” refers to the turbines that traditional generation plants such as coal, gas, nuclear that use spinning turbines help with this.
Traditional plants provide this with their spinning turbines, but renewables don’t, making the grid more fragile if you don’t have a way to very rapidly load-balance in the case of an outage.
This likely contributed to the outage that hit Spain, Portugal, and parts of France, as the grid couldn’t handle sudden disruptions well.
UK Telegraph: ‘Net zero blamed for Europe’s biggest power cut’ – ‘Experts say a reliance on solar & wind power left Spain & Portugal vulnerable’
Traditional energy systems have mechanisms which allow them to keep running even if there is a shock, such as a surge or loss of power.
However, solar and wind do not have the same ability.