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No, I agree renewables didn't cause the blackout themselves. Spain due to not having hydro power had to use renewables that were inverter-based and didn't have
by ricardobayes 3mo ago
No, I agree renewables didn't cause the blackout themselves. Spain due to not having hydro power had to use renewables that were inverter-based and didn't have rotating mass to dampen any oscillations. The Entso-E report said there was a direct consequence between not having this inertia and the resulting blackout.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with renewables themselves, although it also has to be said if they never used renewables or not to this extent, this event simply wouldn't have occurred.
- tialaramex 3mo ago> The Entso-E report said there was a direct consequence between not having this inertia and the resulting blackout That isn't what it said > if they never used renewables or not to this extent, this event simply wouldn't have occurred This is an entirely speculative counter-factual and so is even more useless than it appears.
- ricardobayes 2mo agoYes, I see that now. That excerpt I took paraphrasing a google summary which apparently used a youtube video as its source. But I see it now it's not true, thanks. However I do stand by the part where I said if renewables were never used this likely wouldn't have happened - even though, as you say, it is a useless argument.