The Big Questions

S01E20 - DEEP DIVE - So what just happened in Spain?!


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At 12.33pm on Monday 28 April, a large chunk of Spain and Portugal were plunged into chaos by a major blackout. 

So what happened?

Lots of actors and media jumped on a bandwagon to blame net-zero, renewables or the energy transition. Was that fair? What was does this mean in terms of future resilience of renewable-energy based grids? (Spain and Portugal are two of the world's leading nations for renewables)

How can policy makers right now and in the future strengthen interconnectedness between grids yet build up local resilience. What's the role of battery storage in the future? What's the role of AI?

Join us this week for a short deep-dive on what just happened to get some of the answers to these Big Questions!

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