Renewable Rides Ep 88: Lessons From the Recent Major Outages and Putting a Value on Resilience
What happens when an entire country goes dark? In this episode, we break down three recent massive power outages — in Spain, Chile, and at London’s Heathrow Airport — that disrupted millions of lives and exposed the fragility of our global energy infrastructure. You’ll learn what triggered each blackout, why these failures are more than just isolated incidents, and how interconnected, inverter-heavy grids are creating new vulnerabilities in a world rapidly shifting to renewables.
We also unpack what these crises reveal about resilience in both national and business-critical energy systems. You'll walk away with a better understanding of why energy resilience matters now more than ever, and what it means for the future of clean tech, critical infrastructure, and global business continuity.
What You’ll Learn in Today’s Episode:
- What caused Spain's largest power outage in recent history.
- How inverter-heavy grids react to rapid solar drops.
- Why Chile’s national blackout triggered military intervention.
- The business cost of a single blackout.
- How centralized infrastructure becomes a single point of failure.
- The economic ripple effects of nationwide outages.
- What industries are most vulnerable to voltage spikes.
- Lessons from biotech and semiconductor facility resilience.
- How airports are rewriting their power recovery procedures.
Resources In Today's Episode:
You can view a video of the conversation on VECKTA's website here: https://tinyurl.com/y37ym5sc