You may recall the recent events in Spain and Portugal where large scale energy black outs occurred. A recent newspaper article, “How the weather nearly made Britain’s energy system nearly blow a fuse” explains how the same nearly happened in the UK at the end of May this year. We’ve reproduced this article below. It helps explain why over-reliance on inconsistent, renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power leads to unstable and insecure supply of electricity.
