Energy Transitions podcast: Applying grid resilience lessons from Spain's blackout

An unprecedented blackout in Spain this year has prompted experts to reassess grid resilience strategies, not only to pinpoint the cause, but also to identify lessons that can help prevent similar incidents in the future.

To unpack the current state of Spanish and European grid resilience, Pamela Largue speaks in this episode of the Energy Transitions podcast with José Luis Adanero López, Head of Planning, Regulation & Investment Office at Iberdrola, and Simona Rossetti, Senior VP of sales Europe for Grid Technologies at Siemens Energy.

López and Rossetti explore the causes and aftermath of the Spanish blackout, as well as the critical roles of grid inertia, regulatory stability, and strategic investment to build a resilient energy grid in Europe.

In this episode, you will learn more about:

• How the energy transition is causing a heightened need for resilience strategies,
• Lessons learned from the Spanish blackout and how to transform those lessons into actions,
• The impact of eliminating fossil fuels and the loss of rotating mass,
• The hidden challenges of introducing renewables into the system,
• Regulatory strategies to improve grid resilience,
• How to direct investment to ensure a more proactive rather than reactive approach to grid resilience,
• The role of digitalisation in grid stability.

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Navigating stakeholder resistance in US energy projects
The rise of next-gen solar thermal technology

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