At the precise moment that Canada was handing electoral victory to one of the world’s most vocal boosters of green energy, 60 million Europeans were plunged into a catastrophic blackout caused in part by green technology.
And in Alberta, at least, last week’s blackout in Spain and Portugal is being cited as a preview of coming attractions if the green visions of Prime Minister Mark Carney come to pass. “Albertans would be left to freeze in the dark,” said Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.
On April 28, the conjoined power grids of Spain and Portugal plunged into complete shutdown, leaving both nations without electrical power for 10 hours. Grid operators were ultimately forced to reboot the system from a cold start; the “nightmare scenario” according to an analysis out of University College Dublin .
