There Spain He is returning to normal after the blackout who yesterday paralyzed the country. But the causes of the disaster will be ascertained: this is promised by the socialist premier Pedro Sanchezwhich a few minutes ago announced the creation of a commission of inquiry. Speaking after the meeting of the National Security Council, he explained that the Commission will be led by the Ministry for the ecological transition, at the head of which there is Minister Sara Aagesen. But already in these hours the first details begin to emerge on what happened and two data emerge forcefully: the hoax of the “climate” and the too green.
Other hypothesis to be discarded is that of a cyberattacco to its installations. “We can exclude a cyber security accident in electricity network installations and at the electricity network control center” the certification of the operator of the Spanish electricity network (ree): yesterday the system was “stable” in all variables and in safety conditions. Then, at 12:30, two losses of current generation in a few seconds were detected, which the system was unable to absorb, causing generalized blackout. The cause? Probably the production of solar energy. “Indeed, there has been no type of incursion in the control systems that may have caused the accident” with the blackout massif that left without light, connections and communications almost all the Iberian peninsula, explained Eduardo Prieto, head of the Spanish electricity network operations (ree). The expert highlighted that “from the analyzes that we have been able to achieve up to now, we can exclude a Cyber security accident in installations and the electrical network control system”.
The analyzes on its disconnections are underway which were produced initially, a few seconds before the blackout, in particular, the second that triggered the fall of the system to the “zero”. Prieto added that “it will be necessary to analyze why the two disconnections have been produced, the second in particular that led to the degradation and collapse of the system”. And again: “We will have to check the causes, analyze the power, the location, the conditions in which the disconnection has been produced”. No comments, however, on the place from where the interruption of the energy generation was produced. A non -secondary detail, because he could have pointed the finger at an area fed by renewable energy plants. In fact, it is rumored that the cause of the collapse arrives from the farmadura region and that at that instant about 78% of the electricity introduced into the network came from renewable sources (photovoltaic, wind, nuclear).
The spotlight of many experts in the sector are on renewables. As now known to all, Spain is the European country that most of all has bet on renewables. Entering in detail, already in 2023 over 50 percent of the Spanish electricity came from renewable sources: wind (24%) and photovoltaic solar (14%), together with technologies such as nuclear power (20.3%) and the generation of combined cycle gases (17.2%), reports QN. The ambitious plane by Sanchez involves the aim of reaching 81% of energy from renewable sources enters 2030. But be careful: the energy from renewable sources is unstable, intermittent, and changes depending on the weather conditions. The cases of wind and photovoltaic is emblematic. A clear contradiction, if we consider that the electricity grid needs stability: energy production and demand must substantially match. In case of imbalance, with overproduction, renewable sources of detach yourself from the network. And this is precisely the mechanism that could be the basis of the blackout. “This does not mean that it is necessary to abandon renewables, far from it. We must work so that the safety of these supply networks is made safer”, The experts added. A strong and clear warning, especially for the greenery of the green world.
Also the Telegraph He emphasized the dependence on solar and wind energy that made Spain vulnerable to mass blackout. The absence of traditional inertia mechanisms in renewable sources aggravated the collapse of the network: this is what reiterated by experts in the energy sector to the British newspaper. Updates will follow.
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