In the week immediately before its historic blackout, Spain posted multiple renewable energy records, including its first-ever day of 100% clean energy. At 12:30pm, three minutes before the 18-hour April 28th blackout, wind and solar were contributing 3.5 GW and 17.7 GW to the national energy mix – 12% and 61% of the total. A full description of the causes of the blackout has yet to be published (whether from the Spanish government, grid operator Red Electrica de Espana, or European TSO association ENTSO-e), but it may have been something similar to the 2022 Odessa Disturbance which occurred in Texas, in which 1.7 GW of solar went offline alongside 800 MW of dispatchable assets. South Australia’s 2016 blackout may also…