Macron critica l’elevata dipendenza della rete spagnola dalle energie rinnovabili.

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For the president, the blackout was related to “the fact that no system, at least with current technology, can withstand such dependence on renewable energies.”

French President Emmanuel Macron has said that there is a “false debate” regarding France’s energy interconnections with Spain, whose high dependence on renewable energy he believes cannot be supported by Spain’s own domestic grid.

“What is happening with Spain is a false debate. Its problem is that it has a 100% renewable model that its own domestic network cannot handle,” he said in an interview with several international newspapers, including El País.

In this regard, the French president believes that the Spanish blackout had nothing to do with interconnections, “but rather with the fact that no system, at least with current technology, can withstand such dependence on renewable energies.”

The energy models of Spain and France

“Stability is needed in the energy mix, because otherwise shocks that are too large occur. But it is not just about interconnections. Networks are needed,” he added.

On another matter, the occupant of the Élysée Palace reiterated his opinion that “Mercosur is a bad agreement,” based on a mandate that is too outdated, and expressed support for “mirror clauses” that would impose on non-European producers the same restrictions that apply to those within Europe. “It is an old, poorly negotiated agreement,” he summarized.

Regarding the transatlantic relationship, Macron warned that the prevailing ideology in the United States today is “openly anti-European,” and he anticipates that Washington “will attack us in the coming months in terms of digital regulation” and will try to force Europeans to give ground.

“If they do so, it will be coercion. We have mechanisms to protect ourselves and we will have to activate them. Europe must stand firm on this issue,” the French president argued, insisting that “we are not obliged to let ourselves be trampled on.”

Renewables and eurobonds

In addition, the French president defended the need for Europe to mobilize its savings in order to finance the challenges posed to the continent by the changing world order.

At the same time, given that the European budget is limited, Macron believes that “the time has come to establish a common borrowing capacity for these future expenditures: future eurobonds.”

In this respect, faced with possible reluctance from countries such as Germany, the French president argued that this would not involve pooling past debt and recalled that the EU is under-indebted compared with the United States and China. He said it would therefore be a mistake not to take advantage of this borrowing capacity at a time of intense technological investment, while also noting that markets are looking for alternatives to the dollar, which offers an opportunity for European debt, since for investors a democracy governed by the rule of law is highly attractive.

Furthermore, although all national budgets are constrained by population ageing, in France’s case Macron pointed out that the country has never had a balanced model like some northern economies, which rely more on a sense of responsibility. Nor has it experienced austerity, and reforms such as those implemented over the past decade in Portugal, Spain, Italy or Greece have not been carried out, reforms whose benefits are now becoming evident.

Cool that he shares his opinion, but why should the spanish listen to him?

Wasn’t the blackout caused by how many different power sources were taken offline at the same threshold (of the grid frequency)? That has little to do with the actual source and can be circumvented quite easily

Misinformation from Macron.

As opposed to other parts of Europe that rely on Russian gas?

It wasn’t caused by high % of renewables. There have been multiple reports about it at this point.

https://ieefa.org/resources/excess-renewables-generation-did-not-cause-iberian-blackout

Yes better be dependent on nuclear energy that happens to produce France.
Epic move

If I had to guess this means there’s not enough stable power generation. It could show up in France which I suppose has to supply Spain with energy when there’s more demand than generation. And, when there’s excess, it flows massively in other direction.

Seems France is net exporter towards all its neighbours. So, all its neighbours run on French nuclear power when they have a calm chilly day with clouds.

Lastr summer’s blackout was embarrassing

Ever heard of Macron wanting to promote French nuclear energy? I wonder if this may have something to do with anything…

France has been blocking any connection between the Spanish grid and Central Europe. Even after the Ukraine war started and Germany requested France to allow Spanish electricity to be exported to Germany, France refused. And now that Spain is starting to build subsea electricity interconnections Macron says this, because he doesn’t want Spanish cheap energy to compete with their aging nuclear reactors.

Macron wants a united Europe, exact when that union collides with French business.