Tag: Blackouts

Britain is facing the terrifying prospect of months-long Spanish-style blackouts as the shift from stable gas power to unreliable wind and solar threatens grid stability.

Solar farm failures were likely behind the blackouts in Spain and Portugal, Spain's national grid operator has said – as Tony Blair comes out against Starmer's Net Zero plans and the phasing out of fossil fuels.

A reliance on Net Zero energy – solar and wind power – left Spain and Portugal vulnerable to the mass blackouts engulfing the region, experts have said.

Britain came "within a whisker of blackouts" on Wednesday after plunging temperatures and low wind power generation left electricity grid operators struggling to keep the lights on.

The U.K. only avoided a blackout on Tuesday because gas came to the rescue after a power line importing electricity from Norway failed. Under Net Zero we won't have gas to save us, warns Paul Homewood.

National Grid executives have warned of blackouts before the end of the decade in London and the South East due to unreliable wind and solar power in private remarks that contradict the company's official position.

Robert Jenrick is right. There is a genuine risk of blackouts if Labour's decarbonisation targets are pursued, says David Turver.

An energy expert has warned that Britons could be asked to stop using gas and electricity at peak times and turn off the lights when the wind isn’t blowing to avoid winter blackouts.