Spain experienced a nationwide power outage one week after reaching 100% “green” energy.
For those keeping score at home:
April 22nd: Spain brags about hitting 100% renewable power.
April 28th: Spain has the nation’s largest blackout in history. pic.twitter.com/S6wsaHEePK
— Will Hild (@WillHild) April 28, 2025
Across all of Portugal and Spain, people were left without power or cell service of any kind. The nations literally went dark.
Tens of millions of people had to resort to old handheld radios to figure out what was even happening. It could have been an alien invasion for all they knew!
From El Pais:
The outage suddenly set Spain back to the 19th century. Traffic lights out of service, traffic jams forming across the country, pedestrians wandering around cities without public transportation, desperate families trying to communicate with their loved ones, passengers left stranded without trains or flights, canceled medical appointments, rescues underway in subway stations and elevators, lines forming outside small shops due to supermarket closures…
I wonder what could have caused this?
For no reason at all, here’s a video of Spaniards celebrating the destruction of a nuclear power plant three years ago.
Spain three years ago:
— Ada Lluch (@ada_lluch) April 28, 2025
