Seems you are an anti-Semite if you don't agree with the Zionists murdering over 40,000 innocent men, women and children in Gaza.

Coming to Australia under Blackout Bowen and Eacy Way Albo:
"It could be a coincidence, but Spain’s grid ran entirely on renewables for the first time on April 16th. Less than two weeks later, at lunchtime Monday Spain and Portugal and even parts of France suffered massive cascading blackouts. Thirteen gigawatts of electricity, about half the grid, suddenly disappeared at 12:30pm. Trains were halted, and people were stuck in dark subway tunnels. A tennis tournament was stopped, flights were cancelled and diverted, and prosaically, as an emblem of the Western World, Spain’s nuclear plants shut too, and are now running on diesel back up. Shops have been stripped, people are fighting over taxis, and landlines and ATMs are down, and even the mobile network failed in Madrid. The mayor of Madrid has urged the PM to declare an emergency and deploy soldiers.

Electricity has been restored to some areas, but the grid operator has said “it could take up to a week to fix”. Other reports say “six to ten hours”.

Notably, Spain has one of the highest proportions of renewable power in Europe — with 50% of the national supply coming from pure unreliable power. Spain has 32 GW of solar power, and 32GW of wind turbines. As it happens, the wind turbines have been largely useless for the last 24 hours. The Telegraph is reporting that solar power was providing almost 60% of Spain’s power two hours before the blackout..."
"It appears the phenomenon occurred when it was a climate extreme of 23 degrees C in Madrid today. .."
https://joannenova.com.au/2025/04/days-after-spain-reaches-100-renewable-mass-blackouts-hit-due-to-mysterious-rare-atmospheric-phenomenon/

Mikko2,

The blackout in Spain wasn’t “renewables gone wild.” It was a grid frequency drop - a stability issue that can happen in any power system if infrastructure doesn’t keep pace with generation changes. Even fossil-fuel grids have suffered similar cascading failures.

But instead of engaging with that reality, you quote a climate denial blogger, toss in some apocalyptic imagery, and hope readers won’t notice the leap from “solar panels” to “soldiers in the streets.”

Yes, renewables require smarter grids and better storage. But misrepresenting a one incident - while ignoring the global shift toward renewables backed by serious engineering - isn’t analysis. It’s emotional manipulation dressed up as energy policy.

John,

"The blackout in Spain wasn’t “renewables gone wild.” It was a grid frequency drop - a stability issue that can happen in any power system if infrastructure doesn’t keep pace with generation changes."

It is a problem with wind and solar, and the more of it there is in the system, the more unmanageable the system becomes. The Spaniards are victims of the wind and solar con, as are Australians with skyrocketing power prices. Grid collapses to come. IBM's tales won't make the problem disappear.

Fester,

No, the blackout wasn’t caused by a problem with wind or solar. It was caused by a sudden frequency drop - a grid stability issue that can occur in any system if the supporting infrastructure doesn’t keep up. That’s not a flaw in renewables - it’s a failure to modernise the grid around changing inputs.

Spain’s grid operator didn’t blame solar or wind - you did, because it fits your narrative. But repeating it doesn’t make it true.

Meanwhile I'd sooner trust the 50 signatories to an open letter on the follies of the renewables plan and the benefits of nuclear energy including expert such as Dr Adi Paterson, the former head of ANSTO, who has many years of international experience, rather than Bowen, Albo and some commenters here:
Australia’s energy future is in jeopardy, according to a major open letter signed today by over 50 of the nation’s leading scientists, engineers, economists, conservationists, business leaders, union leaders, and energy experts.

The signatories warn that Australia’s current energy policies are ideologically driven and risk becoming a multi-trillion-dollar, irreversible economic and environmental disaster.

Key Points from the Open Letter:

• Australia’s energy transition is proceeding without sufficient scientific rigour, transparency, or cost accountability.

• Full renewable transition costs are projected between $7 trillion and $9 trillion — equivalent to up to $850,000 per Australian household.

• Renewable-only plans pose a severe threat to grid stability, affordability, and national energy sovereignty.

• Nuclear energy is being misrepresented and prematurely dismissed; reliable, zero-emission nuclear power could be delivered for around $120 billion — a fraction of the renewables rollout cost.

• Billions in taxpayer subsidies are flowing offshore to foreign-controlled renewable companies, with limited transparency or return for Australian taxpayers.

• Environmental damage from large-scale wind and solar developments is being overlooked by major energy councils and environmental non for profits.