Macron Blames Renewable Energy for Spain’s National Blackout

Since adopting its Climate Change and Energy Transition Law in May 2021, Spain has committed to achieving climate neutrality by 2050.

A woman uses her phone's torch while she walks her dog during a massive blackout affecting the entire Iberian Peninsula on April 28, 2025. Miguel Riopa/AFP via Getty Images

French President Emmanuel Macron stated that Spain’s reliance on renewable energy was central to last year’s unprecedented Iberian blackout.

Macron said in a Feb. 10 interview with Spanish newspaper El País that the issue in Spain is “a false debate.”