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Outrage + Optimism — The Spanish Grid Goes Down: Are renewables really to blame?
Scout ratingSCOUT· 69%44m·2025-05-15·Science

The Spanish Grid Goes Down: Are renewables really to blame?

Outrage + Optimism · 19

On April 28th, millions of people across Spain, Portugal and beyond were plunged into darkness in one of Europe’s most severe blackouts in decades. Was it a cyberattack? A renewables failure? Or might things be a little more complex? This week, Tom Rivett-Carnac, Christiana Figueres, and Paul Dickinson dig into what…

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