EU expert body on 2025 Iberian blackout: Renewables are fine, upgrade grids

““Damian Cortinas, chair of the board of ENTSO-E, said “the issue is not about renewables” but instead improving the grid’s ability to manage “fast voltage variations” that can destabilise the system.””

https://www.ft.com/content/bc3cb930-08c2-4710-8a6c-1de650cf9461?syn-25a6b1a6=1

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N.W.T. part of 'national energy corridor' deal with other provinces, Yukon
The Northwest Territories has signed on to an energy deal that the province of Ontario is billing as a "national energy corridor." It essentially launches a process to identify opportunities to connect power grids across the country. As of Tuesday, the N.W.T. government had not issued any public-fa...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/n-w-t-part-of-national-energy-corridor-deal-other-provinces-yukon-9.7123103?cmp=rss

Power prices in Europe swing wildly between free sunlight and expensive gas:

"On March 4, day-ahead prices in Denmark swung from €26 per MWh at 2pm to almost €430 at 5.45pm, less than four hours later. Prices in the Netherlands jumped from €24 to €450 over the same period, with similarly large swings in Belgium and Germany."

--> We need way more grid storage

https://www.ft.com/content/ac77915d-7542-4129-aabe-d3a9daff2573

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Power prices in Europe swing wildly as Iran war stokes volatility

Prices rise almost 20-fold in a few hours as solar gives way to natural gas made scarce by war in Middle East

Financial Times

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