Spain Disable Electricity Sparks The Burning Game on Green Energy

A Catastrophic electricity shutdown A attentive part of Spain, Portugal and South of France has included the role of renewable energy and energy safety in the focus.

A sharp and widespread blackout, one of the worst in Europe in live memory, influenced the entire Iberian Peninsula on April 28.

Disabling, which lasted several hours, loaded most of the region into the darkness, pressed thousands of train passengers and left millions without phone and interpretation or access to cash cash.

Since then, the Spanish authorities have launched several investigations to determine the root cause of the incident, including the probe whether cyberattack may blame.

Along with the Spanish opposition parties, some external observers marked renewable sources and Net-Nula’s emissions goals If possible, the reason for the shutdown, in particular, taking into account Spain and Portugal, as they calculate high wind and solar energy for its power grid.

“It is very sad to see what happened to Portugal and Spain, and so many people are out there, but you know when you cling to the wagon to the weather, it’s just a risky endeavor,” US Energy Minister Chris Wright said CNBC “Power Lunch” April 28.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and network operator in Red Electrica de ESPANA (Ree) both point out that record levels of renewable energy were not guilty of dim.

Meanwhile, European Union Energy Chief Dan Jorgensen – Note What at the time of “nothing unusual” about the power sources into the system.

“Thus, the causes of darkening cannot be reduced to a certain source of energy, such as renewable energy sources,” he added.

European energy technology companies have called on observers to refrain from creating their own conclusions in the absence of an official interpretation of the authorities.

Henryr Andersen, CEO of Danish Windener Manufacturer VestasHe said he encourages a “public administration” over darkening, especially when Spanish politicians continue to investigate.

“First of all, energy security means that you can manage societies without shutdown. This states the obvious,” said Andersen CNBC “Squawk Box Europe‘On Tuesday.

“Everyone perceives the rapid reasons for the roots and blame each other, and I just don’t want to there, because until we find out that the root cause, why networks can fall through Spain and Portugal, we will not guess or try to blame anyone for cybersecurity or blame individual sources,” he added.

“Europe needs more energy – and we probably also need a stronger network. This is understood,” Andersen said.

Siemens energy Meanwhile, CEO Christian Bruch said the German Group on Energy Technology is negotiating with the relevant transfer operators and utilities after darkening.

“What you see is what, when you build an energy system, you need to think about the generation, such as sunny, wind, gas, whatever, but you also need to think about how the common system is on the network (how you stabilize it,” Bruch said at CNBC on Thursday.

“This is sometimes underestimated in its complexity, and therefore products from us to stabilize the net at the moment use the requirement to balance these things,” he continued.

“It is possible to solve it, but it will take investment, and it’s not easy. It’s not only a couple of solar panels and some batteries. It’s a little more difficult than that,” Bruh said.

For those who are on the spot at the time of shutdown, the lack of power emphasized the problems of the digital society.

“The cash suddenly becomes really important,” said Rose, a resident of the Southern Spanish city of Malaga, CNBC. She said she had only 40 euros (45.16 dollars) when the electricity inclusion was after noon.

“Obviously, you can’t get the money and you can’t pay the card, so it is definitely important to have a little money in your pocket all the time,” she continued.

“We went all digital, but the system collapsed when there is no electricity,” Rosan said.

– CNBC Karen Gilchrist He contributed to this report.