MICHAEL WALSH. AMERICAN FREE PRESS:- On April 16, 2025, Spain celebrated a much-lauded 100 per cent green energy triumph. Just twelve days later, on April 28, the Iberian Peninsula suffered a total collapse of electric energy.

When the only available energy source is shop-bought batteries, moonlight and candles, the outcome is catastrophic.

Remember, Spain’s economy is the fourth strongest in Europe and 14^th in the world. Europe’s second-largest country is five times the size of England.

Without warning, Spain’s nearly 50 million citizens plus Portugal’s 10.5 million population were trapped in lifts and buses, schools and hospitals.

Madrid’s Barajas Airport, by area, the largest terminal in the world, along with all other airports, train and travel hubs, was plunged into darkness.

Europe’s longest and fastest rail network was stopped on its tracks, in tunnels and in wilderness. Exhausted passengers alighted and trudged along silent rail tracks.

Millions more were affected, with automobiles inaccessible, trapped in electric-door operated garages.

What went wrong? How could such a multi-nation disabling calamity occur without warning and without anyone knowing if and when the outage would end?

In the absence of conventional power assets such as nuclear or coal-fired power stations, Spain, on April 16^th, it seems, had reached the pinnacle of green credentials.

Between 10:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., wind, solar, and hydro resources met 100 per cent of mainland electricity demand. 

Red Eléctrica, the backbone of Spain’s electrical grid, handling 45,000 kilometers of high-voltage power lines, reported that at 11:15 a.m., wind and solar alone produced 100.63 per cent of Spain’s demand.

Just 12 days later, mid-morning on April 28, Spain and Portugal experienced their largest-ever blackouts. As the Iberian grid disconnected from the European network (ENTSO-E), the power cut affected parts of France, Andorra, Belgium, and the Netherlands.

Many hours later, power restoration began irregularly and gradually. But the sudden collapse sent repercussions through Europe. 

The cause of the calamity is still under investigation but has so far proved to be futile. If the cause is unknown and therefore cannot be remedied, then a repeat is likely.  

When speculation is rife, the ‘conspiracy theorists’ enjoy a field day. Who can blame them?

The issue? Solar and wind energy sources rely on inverter-based technology. However, this method lacks the controllable consistency and predictable outcome of conventional coal, gas, or hydro plants.

Older systems act as shock absorbers during grid disturbances. Alas, without them, grids become faster, but more fragile.

A 2022 ENTSO-E report had previously cautioned that low-inertia systems significantly affect a grid’s ability to maintain balance during disruptions.

Pride comes before the fall: Red Eléctrica itself posted on April 9, 2025, that: ‘There is no risk of a blackout and Red Eléctrica guarantees supply.’

In 2022, amid Europe’s gas crisis, Premier Sánchez boldly told the Senate that warnings of blackouts were ‘apocalyptic’ and politically motivated.

Bombastically, the far-left socialist premier assured no power outages, no electricity rationing, and total energy security for Spain.

Now, that speech is resurfacing for all the wrong reasons. On April 28, Sánchez reappeared more than five hours after the blackout to admit:

‘We don’t have conclusive evidence about the source, but we’re not ruling out any hypothesis.’ His vagueness has done little to calm the public.

Many now ask: Has Spain moved too fast on renewables without investing enough in grid stability?

Mainstream media’s pundits are sticking to the theory that it was ‘probably’ caused by expansion and retraction of the high-tension cables due to fluctuating environmental temperatures.’

Really? The weather across the Iberian Peninsula on April 28 was seasonally normal. Yet, temperatures are ‘suspected’ of causing this catastrophe?

Interestingly, the Spanish Premier immediately contacted Mark Rutte, the General Secretary of NATO, as well as the EU leadership to discuss the situation. The EU is understandable, but where does NATO fit in?

It may, or may not be of interest that a couple of months ago, the Russian Aerospace Agency placed in orbit, some 585 km from Earth, a trio of satellites.

This in itself is not unusual. What the western scientific community is wondering about is an object released by one of these satellites that they cannot explain the function of.

Moscow is not volunteering any information on the purpose of these satellites. Who can blame them?

No one is yet taking seriously the intriguing thought that Putin is to blame. But imagine the implications if the Russians had the kind of EMP technology that could paralyze multiple nations.

According to Michael Maloof, a former Pentagon senior security policy analyst, a satellite launch of an EMP (electromagnetic pulse) weapon at a height of about 200 miles would knock out all the electronics of NATO countries.

Around 90% of all US bases rely on energy from the local community grids. If those are knocked out, there’s no communication. And the United States is not geared up for that.’ TELL US WHAT YOU THINK

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