'No big deal" Just an atmospheric phenomenon' some outages green energy absolved

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A fellow Portuguese post on X has some interesting tidbits and speculation



Justino Carneiro

@katechon22
The April 28 blackout that hit Spain and Portugal remains officially unexplained. Initially, Portugal’s public energy agency attributed the failure to a “rare atmospheric phenomenon” that affected the Spanish power grid. That explanation was later quietly withdrawn. No new cause has been offered. There are material reasons to believe this could have been a genuine accident—a result of technical fragility and misguided energy policies. Just a week prior, Spain conducted its first national-scale test of a 100% renewable energy supply, relying entirely on solar, wind, and hydro. These sources, promoted as part of the sustainable development agenda, are inherently unstable.

Solar, for example, lacks the inertia needed to stabilize the grid under stress. Experts have warned for years that this kind of over-reliance on intermittent energy can trigger cascading failures during demand fluctuations. Portugal is even more exposed. After shutting down two major coal-fired power plants four years ago—under the previous Socialist government and in alignment with Agenda 2030—the country became structurally dependent on external energy sources, primarily Spain. As a peripheral player in the European grid, Portugal no longer has the means to buffer against regional failures. Any major instability in Spain’s network now directly impacts Portugal. This isn’t a hypothetical risk—it’s baked into the system. Some have also pointed to the geopolitical context.

Just days before the blackout, Spain cancelled a €6.6 million order for millions of bullets from an Israeli arms manufacturer. The decision came after junior coalition partners condemned the deal as a “flagrant breach” of the government agreement, arguing it undermined Spain’s position on holding Israel accountable for its actions in Gaza. Whether this incident is directly related to the blackout or not, it’s a scenario being discussed by others and adds another layer of ambiguity to the timing.

Viewed in a broader context, the blackout strongly resembles a deliberate stress test—one that presupposed and exploited existing structural fragilities as plausible deniability. It appears designed to assess the impact of widespread infrastructure failure: transportation disruption, communication breakdowns, halted supply chains, and the behavioral response of the population. At the same time, it plays a role in conditioning the public for future energy rationing. This aligns closely with the kind of scenario outlined in simulations like Cyber Polygon. More significantly, it acts as predictive programming—an event that not only tests the system, but prepares the public psychologically for similar disruptions to come, potentially even more severe. In that sense, April 28 wasn’t a failure. It was a rehearsal.

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Further:
 The UK was struck by unusual power activity hours before large swathes of Spain and Portugal were hit by blackouts, it has emerged.
Britain’s grid operator has confirmed it is investigating unexplained changes in electricity frequency seen early on Sunday morning and also in the evening. The system’s frequency must be kept within specific limits for the lights to remain on.
 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho...41631.html

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A fellow Portuguese post on X has some interesting tidbits and speculation

Mostly speculation.

The April 28 blackout that hit Spain and Portugal remains officially unexplained. Initially, Portugal’s public energy agency attributed the failure to a “rare atmospheric phenomenon” that affected the Spanish power grid. That explanation was later quietly withdrawn. No new cause has been offered.

Not really.
Someone said that REN had told Reuters that, but it didn't happen.

Portugal is even more exposed. After shutting down two major coal-fired power plants four years ago—under the previous Socialist government and in alignment with Agenda 2030—the country became structurally dependent on external energy sources, primarily Spain. As a peripheral player in the European grid, Portugal no longer has the means to buffer against regional failures.

It's true Portugal is exposed, and always has been.
After the blackout, Portugal restarted its power without the help of Spain, just with two power plants, and that's why it took longer than it could with more power plants. Two additional hydroelectric power plants have now orders to be ready for start from zero.

Any major instability in Spain’s network now directly impacts Portugal. This isn’t a hypothetical risk—it’s baked into the system.

Not "now", it has always been that way.

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Mostly speculation.


Not really.
Someone said that REN had told Reuters that, but it didn't happen.


It's true Portugal is exposed, and always has been.
After the blackout, Portugal restarted its power without the help of Spain, just with two power plants, and that's why it took longer than it could with more power plants. Two additional hydroelectric power plants have now orders to be ready for start from zero.


Not "now", it has always been that way.

 Not really.
Someone said that REN had told Reuters that, but it didn't happen.

Newsweek suggests REN told SKY News the same thing. So does this SkyNews video...


33,815 views Streamed live on Apr 28, 2025 #SkyNews #NewsatTen #NewsWatch News at Ten with Sky's Gillian Joseph as the cause of Spain and Portugal's mass power outage continues to be investigated.




https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/eur...r-AA1DMq8b

What To KnowREN told Sky News on Monday that the outage was caused by a fault in the Spanish electricity grid, which was caused by a "rare atmospheric phenomenon."
REN said that as a result of extreme temperature variations in Spain, there were "anomalous oscillations" in extremely high-voltage lines. REN said this is known as "induced atmospheric variation," which in turn can lead to oscillations. This caused synchronization failures between systems, leading to successive disturbances across the European network, which is interconnected.

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Newsweek suggests REN told SKY News the same thing. So does this SkyNews video...

One of the things that video mentions is one of the rumours that spread at the beginning, that it could take a week to get back to normal.

I have yet to see a clear evidence that REN did say what they deny they said.

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One of the things that video mentions is one of the rumours that spread at the beginning, that it could take a week to get back to normal.

I have yet to see a clear evidence that REN did say what they deny they said.

So, Sky News and Reuters BOTH made it up?

[sahgwa]

Mostly speculation.


Not really.
Someone said that REN had told Reuters that, but it didn't happen.


It's true Portugal is exposed, and always has been.
After the blackout, Portugal restarted its power without the help of Spain, just with two power plants, and that's why it took longer than it could with more power plants. Two additional hydroelectric power plants have now orders to be ready for start from zero.


Not "now", it has always been that way.

The point remains that all evidence is pointing to a failure of 'green' energy systems implemented for woke points or by decree of EU. 
Atmospheric or space weather conditions likely played a part.

I see Portugal is sensible in bringing back older hydroelectric plants back online now.

I drove by the impressive dams up north, my father in law helped work on one, they should use what they have and strive to be more self sufficient instead of linked to Spain or France..

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A fellow Portuguese post on X has some interesting tidbits and speculation


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Justino Carneiro

@katechon22
The April 28 blackout that hit Spain and Portugal remains officially unexplained. Initially, Portugal’s public energy agency attributed the failure to a “rare atmospheric phenomenon” that affected the Spanish power grid. That explanation was later quietly withdrawn. No new cause has been offered. There are material reasons to believe this could have been a genuine accident—a result of technical fragility and misguided energy policies. Just a week prior, Spain conducted its first national-scale test of a 100% renewable energy supply, relying entirely on solar, wind, and hydro. These sources, promoted as part of the sustainable development agenda, are inherently unstable.

Solar, for example, lacks the inertia needed to stabilize the grid under stress. Experts have warned for years that this kind of over-reliance on intermittent energy can trigger cascading failures during demand fluctuations. Portugal is even more exposed. After shutting down two major coal-fired power plants four years ago—under the previous Socialist government and in alignment with Agenda 2030—the country became structurally dependent on external energy sources, primarily Spain. As a peripheral player in the European grid, Portugal no longer has the means to buffer against regional failures. Any major instability in Spain’s network now directly impacts Portugal. This isn’t a hypothetical risk—it’s baked into the system. Some have also pointed to the geopolitical context.

Just days before the blackout, Spain cancelled a €6.6 million order for millions of bullets from an Israeli arms manufacturer. The decision came after junior coalition partners condemned the deal as a “flagrant breach” of the government agreement, arguing it undermined Spain’s position on holding Israel accountable for its actions in Gaza. Whether this incident is directly related to the blackout or not, it’s a scenario being discussed by others and adds another layer of ambiguity to the timing.

Viewed in a broader context, the blackout strongly resembles a deliberate stress test—one that presupposed and exploited existing structural fragilities as plausible deniability. It appears designed to assess the impact of widespread infrastructure failure: transportation disruption, communication breakdowns, halted supply chains, and the behavioral response of the population. At the same time, it plays a role in conditioning the public for future energy rationing. This aligns closely with the kind of scenario outlined in simulations like Cyber Polygon. More significantly, it acts as predictive programming—an event that not only tests the system, but prepares the public psychologically for similar disruptions to come, potentially even more severe. In that sense, April 28 wasn’t a failure. It was a rehearsal.

  
I am more of the mind that it was an atmospheric phenomenon. Due to plasma getting down to lower levels due to a weakening magnetic field. Last night for instance saw the Aurora Australis visible from Tasmania, and there was no reason as nothing out of the ordinary was going down with the space weather.. 
 Many countries seem to have put out warnings to have a few days food on hand, if it was war related, they would have organized the pre distribution of iodine tablets. So, I think they know more than they are letting on to avoid mass panic as all the clues are pointing to grid failure, if there was anything they could do about propping up a poor electrical infra structure they would not close down coal fired ones. Top scientists would have warned past and present governments of the effect of a weakened magnetic field on modern infrastructure and other than monitoring there is nothing they can do about it except pray that it will pass.
  Also, we seem to have a lot of distractions filling up the news channels with either war economic and weather with volcanoes going off., Add in the imminent supply chain disruption which will soon hit home with empty stores, what is happening has to be something so basic that it is affecting everything that we have been lured into thinking is normal.
Here is a good take on it. Wild theory about what caused the Blackout in Spain!

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So, Sky News and Reuters BOTH made it up?

No.

I couldn't find a thing in Reuters about that and Sky News only repeats the same thing other sites said, that "REN said".

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The point remains that all evidence is pointing to a failure of 'green' energy systems implemented for woke points or by decree of EU. 

It's not just a question of "woke points" or the EU, as Portugal has to import all the oil, gas and coal for thermal power plants, while we don't need to import a thing for solar or wind power plants.

I see Portugal is sensible in bringing back older hydroelectric plants back online now.

Not bringing back, as they never stopped being used.