{"id":1571104,"date":"2025-09-11T06:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T10:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1571104"},"modified":"2025-09-11T06:45:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T10:45:00","slug":"spains-power-grid-in-one-chart-net-zero-drive-pushes-economy-toward-paralysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/spains-power-grid-in-one-chart-net-zero-drive-pushes-economy-toward-paralysis\/1571104\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain’s Power Grid In One Chart: Net Zero Drive Pushes Economy Toward Paralysis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spain’s Power Grid In One Chart: Net Zero Drive Pushes Economy Toward Paralysis<\/span><\/p>\n

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Days before the media celebrated<\/a> Spain’s first full weekday powered entirely by renewables in late April, the unthinkable happened: the grid collapsed, triggering a nationwide blackout. The incident served as a stark reminder<\/a> to other Western nations, including ‘America First’ folks, that overreliance on intermittent sources, such as solar and wind, creates not just grid fragility but also a national security risk.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A new report from El Pa\u00eds<\/a>, citing data from the Association of Electric Power Companies (Aelec),\u00a0based on data published by Iberdrola, Endesa, Naturgy, and EDP, warned\u00a0that Spain’s peninsular power grid is severely overstretched and unable to absorb additional demand. In fact, most of the country’s electricity hubs have already reached their limits.<\/p>\n

Aelec data showed that\u00a083.4% of all these power nodes in the Spanish grid are at full capacity and can no longer accept new connections.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Most regions in Spain have\u00a0limited spare grid capacity to accommodate new energy demand without compromising the system’s stability.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The problem of grid capacity shortages arises as Europe’s overreliance on intermittent sources, such as wind and solar, has left the continent’s energy grid vulnerable.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brussels has had a weird obsession with all things “green” energy, which is not as green as it’s made out to be, sparking the blackout<\/a> in Spain in late April. Also, energy prices have soared, and power bills have skyrocketed as liberal elites on the continent sacrificed grid reliability to combat some alleged climate crisis.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As we all know, net zero was bullshit and won’t come until nuclear power generation<\/a> is ramped up in the 2030s, if not in the decade after. However, the net zero narrative was\u00a0lucrative for woke politicians and their\u00a0allies (billionaires). And under the\u00a0banner of fighting an alleged climate crisis, these\u00a0lawmakers funneled billions of dollars into subsidies, grants, and contracts that enriched a web of special interests, from renewable energy companies to consulting firms to NGOs and financial institutions.<\/p>\n

After this massive boondoggle, what are the Europeans left with? Look no further than Spain: a fragile, maxed-out grid that threatens to paralyze the economy as power constraints will stall new factories and data center buildouts. Well done, Brussels – it’s almost as if these so-called ‘green’ policies were never intended to succeed, but rather to neuter the E.U. and give a clear path for China’s economic rise.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nThu, 09\/11\/2025 – 02:45<\/span><\/p>\n

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