Interior Secretary Warns U.S. At Risk Of Spain-Style Blackouts

The United States Is at Risk of a Spanish-Style Electricity Meltdown

Spain declared a state of emergency earlier this week after the country’s electricity supply went down, due to cascading failures blamed on possible faults in two solar plants in the country’s southwest region. Americans should not be complacent, however. The same could happen in the United States, too. Spain has been ramping up solar power for years, and set a record of meeting nearly 80 per cent of demand on April 21. On April 28, the day of t…

U.S. Faces Threat of Spain-Style Blackouts Amid Polarized Energy Debate, Warns Interior Secretary

U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum warns that America could face catastrophic blackouts like Spain’s due to overreliance on intermittent renewables and policies sidelining stable energy sources (coal, nuclear). Spain’s April 2024 grid failure, triggered by rapid renewable adoption and coal/nuclear plant closures, caused widespread chaos (stranded commuters, halted flights) and €1.5 billion in losses — highlighting the instability of solar/wind …

Interior Secretary warns U.S. at risk of Spain-style blackouts

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum warned the United States is at risk of suffering from blackouts that recently brought most of Spain to a halt due to over-subsidizing intermittent renewable energy sources. "We just saw in Spain, they were celebrating on April 12th of this past month that they'd shut down their last coal plant. A week after that, they were celebrating the fact that they had their first day of 100% renewables on their system," Burgu…

According to U.S. Interior Minister Doug Burgum, the too strong focus on intermittent renewable energies is responsible for the blackout in Spain. The United States would face a similar fate. Such an incident would endanger the country's internal security. When the Iberian electricity grid collapsed, because there was obviously too much intermittent solar power in Spain and the regulatory mechanisms failed, the big problem of this type of power …

America ‘Dangerously Close’ to ‘Rolling Blackouts & Grid Failure’ Like ‘We Just Saw in Spain,’ Trump’s Interior Secretary Warns

President Donald Trump's Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is warning that the United States is at risk of major widespread blackouts similar to the power cuts that recently shut down most of Spain and Portugal. The post America ‘Dangerously Close’ to ‘Rolling Blackouts & Grid Failure’ Like ‘We Just Saw in Spain,’ Trump’s Interior Secretary Warns appeared first on Slay News.

Interior Secretary Warns U.S. At Risk Of Spain-Style Blackouts

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