Europe wastes record solar power as ageing grids fail to keep pace
The phenomenon, known as curtailment, occurs when grid operators order generators to shut down because transmission networks cannot move the electricity to where…
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The phenomenon, known as curtailment, occurs when grid operators order generators to shut down because transmission networks cannot move the electricity to where…
Operators knew from the start that the 2025 Iberian blackout was due to renewable energy, according to audio recordings Spain's legislature has obtained.
French President Emmanuel Macron has attributed the major blackout that hit the Iberian Peninsula in April 2025 to Spain's heavy dependence on renewable energy sources,…
Spain's grid operator, Red Eléctrica (REE), has issued a fresh alert to the National Commission on Markets and Competition (CNMC) about "abrupt voltage variations"…
Spain's Association of Electric Power Companies (Aelec) warned that most of the country's power grid is saturated, hindering the economic development of the nation.
The Berliner Zeitung newspaper reported that the high uptake of solar energy in Germany had increased the chances of an overload and an electricity blackout like…
A new study by Swedish think-tank the Scandinavian Policy Institute (SPI) has warned that the promotion of wind power as being cost-effective and reliable was misleading…
Norwegian energy company Statkraft announced it is putting on hold all development of new projects for producing “green hydrogen”.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has doubled down on his plans to expand on renewable energy while continuing to fiercely oppose nuclear power, apparently ignoring…
Spain was warned well before the outage across the Iberian Peninsula that it risked severe energy blackouts due to its reliance on renewable energy, it has been…
While Spain and Portugal are slowly recovering from the electricity blackout that put both countries to a standstill, experts have been pointing out that renewable…
The European Union has unrealistic goals for renewable hydrogen energy, despite close to €20 billion in funding, says the EU's financial watchdog.
In his new book The Price is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won't Save the Planet, Brett Christophers argues there’s a widespread misconception about what’s needed…
Two Swedish economists have issued a warning that the country’s wind-power industry is on the brink of a wave of bankruptcies.
Global energy demand rose one per cent last year and record renewables growth did nothing to shift the dominance of fossil fuels, which still accounted for 82 per…
It will take several millennia to hit UK Government green-energy production targets, according to a report from the left-leaning London-based think-tank the Institute…