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EU renewable power system’s need for flexibility laid bare by Iberian blackout

By Eleonora Rinaldi ( May 2, 2025, 15:29 GMT | Comment) -- Can renewable energy sources be trusted to keep the lights on in Europe? The question has become urgent after this week's unprecedented blackouts in Spain and Portugal. Politicians both blamed and defended wind and solar in relation to the incident, but one thing is clear: More flexibility is needed to stabilize Europe’s power system. But what would that mean in terms of new EU legislative initiatives on storage or grids? This week's unprecedented blackouts in Spain and Portugal may have had one positive outcome in posing deep questions: Can renewable energy be trusted to keep the lights on in Europe? Or, put in a more nuanced way, what policy and regulatory changes are needed to make it secure?...

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