Another solar energy debacle – this time in Spain, Portugal, and parts of southern France.

Spanish media cheered the news that April 16 was the country’s first weekday ever with 100% of its electricity supplied by renewable energy. Less than two weeks later came the biggest European blackout in memory.

No one knows for sure the reason for the blackout, but a contributing factor was that France — which exports power to the Iberian peninsula – switched off its grid connections to these nations to stop the blackouts from spreading.

Traditional energy sources include safeguards that allow the electricity to keep running, even if there is a surge or loss of power. Solar and wind don’t have such a fallback.

When will countries learn that reliance on “renewable” energy is a prescription for energy poverty?