Richard Rusk, Engineer

Richard Rusk, Engineer

Spain's grid was 18,000 MW Solar and 3300 MW Wind before the April 28 blackout, out of a total Demand 27,000 MW. June 2 was similar with no blackout.

June 2 at 12:35 Demand was 32,000 MW, Solar 17,000 MW and Wind was 6200 MW

Richard Rusk
Jun 02, 2025
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Here is what I see on the website of Red Electrica de Epana on April 28. My source is this web page.

https://demanda.ree.es/visiona/peninsula/nacionalau/acumulada/2025-04-28

Here is the full graph:

Update: Here is June 2, 2025 at 12: 35 pm. The mix is similar to April 28. The grid did not crash.

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