Spain power outage escapes from the game of blame on green energy

A Castic power outage The influence on a large part of Spain, Portugal and southern France has pushed the role of renewable energy and energy security in the spotlight.

A widespread sudden impact, one of the worst living memory in Europe, on the entire Iberian Peninsula on April 28.

The interruption, which lasted for several hours, was drowned by many of the area in the dark, was cut by thousands of train passengers and left millions without covering the phone or the Internet or accessing cash from ATMs.

The Spanish authorities have since launched several investigations to determine the root cause of the accident, including the investigation of whether to blame the electronic attack.

In addition to the Spanish opposition parties, some external observers reported Renewable energy sources and The goals of the net emissions zero As possible reasons for interruption, especially given Spain and Portugal, both high levels of wind and solar energy are dependent on the electricity network.

“It is very sad to see what happened to Portugal, Spain and many people there, but you know, when you raise your vehicle to the weather, it is just a risky endeavor,” US Energy Minister Chris Wright Tell the “Power lunch” for CNBC On April 28.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and the country’s network operator Red Electrica de Espana (ReE) have said records of renewable energy were not planned due to blackout.

Meanwhile, at the same time, at the same time, at the same time, at the same time, He said There was nothing “unusual” about the energy sources that provide electricity with the system at the time of power outages.

“Therefore, the causes of obfuscation cannot be reduced to a specific source of energy, for example renewable energy sources,” he added.

Henrik Andersen, CEO of the Danish wind turbine manufacturer FestasHe said that he would encourage a “degree of state ingenuity” to blackout, especially as Spanish policy makers continue to investigate.

“First of all, energy security means that you can manage societies without stopping the power outage. This explains what is clear,” Andersen told CNBC’s.Squawk Box EurobeTuesday.

He added: “Everyone realizes the rapid radical reasons and blame each other, and I simply do not want to go there because until we know the root cause of the reason for the failure of networks in Spain and Portugal, let us not guess or try to blame someone in cybersecurity or blame individual energy sources.”

Andersen said: “Europe needs more energy – and we may also need a stronger network. This goes without saying,” Andersen said.

Siemens Energy Meanwhile, CEO Christian Broch said that the German Energy Technology Group is in talks with transmission operators and relevant facilities after blackout.

“What you see is that when you build an energy system, you need to think about the generation, such as solar energy, wind and gas, whatever, but you also have to think about how the general order on the side of the network (is (operation and how you settle it.”

“This is sometimes underestimated in their complexity, which is why products from us to install networks are currently required to balance these things,” continued.

“It can be resolved, but it will require investments, not easy. It is not just solar cells and some batteries. They are a little more complicated than that,” said Brosh.

CNBC Karen Gilkerst He contributed to this report.