PedroMar 20
Ketan Joshi
Good news! The final ENTSO-E report into the Spain blackout is out A complex stew of different factors, but "too much solar" is simply not even among them, let alone a major component. As always: the narrative built by fossil/nuke advocates was wrong www.entsoe.eu/news/2026/03...
Mar 20 at 10:13amWeb
Show threadKetan JoshiMar 20
What is going to happen now is that a bunch of journalists are going to Ctrl + F "solar", screenshot what they find, and without understanding what they're looking at present it under a headline that'll look something like FINAL REPORT SHOWS SOLAR WAS TO BLAME FOR DEADLY BLACKOUT APOCALYPSE
Show threadKetan JoshiMar 20
The big talking point that emerged DURING the blackout, led in particular by Bloomberg's Javier Blas, was that over-reliance on solar resulted in low 'system inertia' (the heartbeat of the grid). Others, such as a prominent Norwegian nuke advocate, helped spread it. it was COMPLETELY WRONG
Show threadKetan JoshiMar 20
Here's my @[email protected] piece from last year on how inertia became the new baseload for pro-fossil, pro-nuke guys. They defaulted to this without evidence because it's the most anti-wind/solar explanation available, and that's their agenda. reneweconomy.com.au/inertia-is-t...
Show threadKetan JoshiMar 20
Amusingly: Javier Blas has not posted about the new ENTSO-E report yet because he's distracted BY THE FACT FOSSIL FUEL RELIANCE IS DIRECTLY CAUSING YET ANOTHER MAJOR GLOBAL CRISIS I reckon we know which system causes the most instability and darkness guys! 🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲
Show threadKetan JoshiMar 20
Meanwhile over at X, where all the hard-headed engineering experts and realistic energy guys still are, we get the real story from accounts like this (five days before the report was released)
Show threadKetan JoshiMar 20
they obviously knew the report was coming on March 20 so they orchestrated the complete fabrication of its findings a few days before. Congrats to everyone still on X for enabling all of this, you're doing great
Show threadKetan JoshiMar 20
The thing with ENTSO-E reports is that you have to squint your eyes and strain to hear the secret message where they're actually blaming wind and solar for everything
Show threadNoel KellyMar 20

@ketanjoshi.co

What you loose on cost, your only remaining argument is intermittency.

As some one who's lost power 4 times this summer, due to weather [32-ish hours total]. I can live with any renewables intermittency.

Show threadChris GossMar 20
Thanks Ketan. It's good to catch up on this.